{"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":"2023-01-05T06:39:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T06:39:13","slug":"uc-santa-cruz","status":"publish","type":"location","link":"https:\/\/sustainabilityreport.ucop.edu\/2022\/locations\/uc-santa-cruz\/","title":{"rendered":"UC Santa Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 2021, UC Santa Cruz was ranked the No. 3 green college in the nation<\/a> by Princeton Review. This recognition reaffirms decades of dedication to environmental and social justice action. UCSC continued leading in these areas throughout the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UC Santa Cruz was first in the nation for racial and gender diversity in leadership, according to a new report conducted by the Women\u2019s Power Gap Initiative<\/a>. Additionally, the Sustainability Office<\/a> hired its first sustainability and equity special projects manager to advance diversity, equity and inclusion within the environmental movement.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Climate resilience work continued across campus through student-led outreach and UC Santa Cruz faculty leadership in a multicampus initiative<\/a> on coastal resilience and climate adaptation. A Zero Waste Action Committee was launched and completed an outreach campaign, including the installation of multilingual waste signage. Dining Services returned to in-person operations, offering reusables in dining halls and Eco-Boxes<\/a> for to-go meals for residential meal plan holders free of cost to students, saving thousands of pounds in waste annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exciting and productive conversations between the chancellor, operational staff, faculty and the student-led Climate Coalition<\/a> resulted in a commitment to launch a decarbonization and electrification planning process for UC Santa Cruz\u2019s major greenhouse gas emissions. This plan will build upon UC Santa Cruz\u2019s existing efforts to electrify \u2014 from the all-electric construction of Kresge\u2019s 200,000-square-foot housing project to smaller but impactful actions like replacing gas lawn equipment with electric equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Generous Gifts Help UCSC Shatter Fundraising Records in Holiday Food Drive<\/a><\/h3>\n

UC Santa Cruz surpassed all previous records during its participation in the annual Second Harvest Holiday Food and Fund Drive, raising the equivalent of 376,099 meals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Amah Mutsun Relearning Program at the Arboretum & Botanic Garden<\/a><\/h3>\n

The Amah Mutsun Relearning Program at the Arboretum & Botanic Garden aims to assist the tribe’s efforts in cultural revitalization, recuperation and relearning of dormant cultural knowledge, and environmental justice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n