Santa Cruz Green Building Program presents awards honoring waste reducing and resource efficient building practices to local homeowners.

Growing concerns for the environmental impact of rapidly-accumulated rubbish have prompted a new Santa Cruz City Council policy. On Oct. 11, the city council prohibited the city of Santa Cruz purchasing single-use bottled water for city offices in a 6-0 vote.

SPACES, the nonprofit project of Elias Martinez and Aaron White blends sex positivity, queer justice and environmental sustainability through the promotion of vegan-adult toys and educational workshops.

With Cowell Dining Hall’s LEED certification and the kick-off to a three-week conservation competition between colleges, UCSC maintains its reputation as one of the nation’s most sustainable campuses.

Hoping to decrease UCSC’s carbon footprint and increase sustainability, concerned students hosted a Meatless Monday outreach event at the College Nine/10 Dining Hall.

In an effort to increase awareness of the need to conserve water, Sarah Finder implements a project in which mock water bills are to be distributed to Crown and Merrill apartments.

UC Santa Cruz has many programs that promote green living and sustainability. There are many ways that students can get involved, and help the university work together to reduce our carbon footprint.

In solidarity with the rhetoric of sustainability, Santa Cruz is “Going Green.” Members of the Santa Cruz community are coming together to share the techniques and technologies of low-tech, local self-sufficiency.

What if a shovel, a seed and a conversation could change the world? Students of University Repair find themselves asking such questions every day.