{"id":71,"date":"2020-10-02T19:39:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T19:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainabilityreport.ucop.edu\/?post_type=location&p=71"},"modified":"2023-04-21T18:24:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T18:24:00","slug":"uc-santa-cruz","status":"publish","type":"location","link":"https:\/\/sustainabilityreport.ucop.edu\/2021\/locations\/uc-santa-cruz\/","title":{"rendered":"UC Santa Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Despite remote instruction and a full campus evacuation due to the CZU fire<\/a>, UC Santa Cruz still has many sustainable accomplishments to report. With decreased personnel on campus, there was an almost 40% reduction in total greenhouse gas emissions and a 34% reduction in potable water use from the previous year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

UC Santa Cruz launched a new agroecology major, which focuses on the ecology of agricultural systems with the goal of designing farming methods that conserve resources, maintain yields and protect the health of people and surrounding natural landscapes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Sustainability Office adjusted conservation programs to accommodate remote engagement through programs like the \u201cstay green during quarantine\u201d Home Office Assessment<\/a> and by launching a new environmental and social justice film series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UC Santa Cruz\u2019s employee educational certificate classes went virtual and set record graduation rates. The Sustainability Certificate Program<\/a> had 36 graduates for a total of 114 since 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the campus\u2019s student population was significantly reduced, operational staff stayed hard at work implementing sustainable infrastructure. Over $1 million in grant money enabled the campus to upgrade the Great Meadow Bike Path<\/a> by improving the pavement and widening the path for mixed pedestrian use. The Grounds Services department took a holistic approach<\/a> to improving the biome of the athletic fields, which resulted in saving approximately 1 million gallons of water. Lastly, UC Santa Cruz achieved Fair Trade University status thanks to the efforts of students, and also adopted the DocuSign electronic signature platform, saving tens of thousands of pounds of paper campuswide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UC Santa Cruz\u2019s Global Environmental Justice Observatory Launches Peer-Reviewed, Student-Edited Journal of Global Environmental Justice<\/a><\/h3>\n

UCSC\u2019s new student-edited, peer-reviewed Journal of Global Environmental Justice supports research and education in the interface of the environment and climate change, social justice and human rights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n