BELOW ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR PARTNERS.

Title Summary Category Statussort descending Updated
Education and Outreach, Sustainability Office A team of student staff that works with staff to plan, coordinate and facilitate annual education and outreach activities. In Progress 08/10/2016
Recreational Land Use Management Plan for the Campus’s Natural Lands Create a sustainable trail network taking into account cultural resources, research, education, sensitive species, erosion and human access In Progress 12/19/2019
Renewable Energy Assessments The Renewable Energy Assessments project on campus is currently an IDEASS student-led project and has been on-going for two years come. In Progress 02/24/2016
Smart Slug Bin The Smart Slug Bin Project automatically sorts recyclables at the time of disposal while educating users on proper methods of recycling. In Progress 06/24/2020
Pallet Palace We are building a small, affordable house largely out of discarded pallets to serve as a reproducible model for those in need. In Progress 05/29/2022
Urban Agriculture Research To quantitatively measure and minimize the work and resources put into and maximize the resulting food output from a small urban garden. In Progress 12/19/2019
C9C10 Garden Club Our club is a student-initiated project with a goal of building and maintaining a thriving organic garden at Colleges Nine and Ten. In Progress 04/07/2016
Converting Calories to Electricity at OPERS Gym A number of student projects have looked into the idea of converting gym equipment at OPERS into electricity-generating machines. In Progress 09/04/2015
Gaia Magazine Issue VIII With the theme "The Changing Face of the Environmentalist", the goal of Issue VIII is to inspire mindfulness and activism within each reader In Progress 04/07/2016
Wonderfil at UCSC Wonderfil is creating electric dispensers for shampoo & conditioner to eliminate the need for single-use plastic for toiletries on campus. In Progress 04/19/2021

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