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2010 Spring Convergence Photo Contest
We saw you! You were taking awesome pictures at the Convergence. We want the best of the best Convergence photos. So, we’ve created a contest. Pick your ten best photos that you took of the Convergence. The Operating Team will then select the top three submitted photos that best campture the [...]
Are You Interested In Joining CSSC’s Statewide Leadership? Tell Us About It!
CSSC is very active right now and we need your help to keep going strong. We are dependent entirely on student and alumni volunteers to accomplish our work. Joining CSSC’s leadership is an excellent way to take your work to the next level, build your resume, cultivate your leadership skils, and meet lifelong [...]
Nikki Henderson, CSSC Board Member, Featured in ELLE Magazine’s 5 at 25
Nikki Henderson featured in the ELLE Gold Awards 2010: 5 at 25
Nikki Henderson has been with CSSC for a long time. As a student she participated in Convergences and Leadership Retreats, joining the CSSC Leadership along the way. As an alumni, she joined the CSSC Board of Directors where she currently acts as the Director [...]
Housing For Everyone!
Hello Convergence Attendees!
There is less than 3 weeks till the first day of the Convergence and we are buzzing with excitement and eagerness! The weekend is shaping up to be an absolutely outstanding one with all pieces falling into beautiful places.
I wanted to write real snappy to inform you all of two very important pieces [...]
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Meet CSSC’s Operating Team
The CSSC Operating Team is a body of students from across California who voluntarily fill roles that maintain the regular operations, events, and projects of CSSC.
Students Urge Regents to Strengthen Sustainability Policies
Gabi Kirk, UC Santa Cruz - On March 23rd, students from across the state pulled together successful messaging to ask the UC Regents to strengthen sustainable food policies and support UC’s investment in renewable energy projects. The UC Board of Regents met from March 23-25 at UC San Francisco. Various committees discussed every aspect of [...]
West Coast Students Strengthen the Roots of the Real Food Movement
On February 12-14, over 200 students from 35 campuses gathered in Santa Cruz, California, for the third annual Strengthening the Roots: Food and Justice Convergence. The convergence brought together a diverse group of students – from aspiring farmers to animal rights activists to campus dining employees – who were committed to creating a healthy, just, [...]
Just 4 Weeks Away!
Fine Fun Friday!
Hello all Convergence comers, UCSD awaits you in a quite and anxious manner. We are only four full weeks away from the Friday of the Convergence, a night certain to be full of relaxed memory. The Old Student Center of campus, stocked full with the Food Co-op, the General Store Co-op, Groundworks Bookstore Co-op, [...]
Becky Miller, Student Board Member and Responsible Investment Campaign Coordinator
UC Los Angeles, 2010
As a student member of the Board, I help oversee CSSC as we aim to uphold the accountability and advance the development of the Coalition. I represent students, the vital and central entity of CSSC.
Holly Hellerstedt, Website Co-Director
San Diego State University, 2010
I help ensure that this amazing network of statewide student leaders have the best possible web space possible to share their work!
2010 California Higher Education Sustainability Conference
[ June 20, 2010 to June 23, 2010. ] Over 1500 students, staff, faculty and administrators in California higher education will gather from June 20-23, 2010 at the 9th annual California Sustainability Conference at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, to explore the ways in which we can implement social, environmental, and economic sustainability on our campuses statewide; prepare this generation for green collar jobs, and [...]
CSSC LA Regional Potluck, Sherman Oaks - March 14th
[ March 14, 2010; ] Please join us for a community building dinner of dedicated students working towards sustainability in the Los Angeles and Southern California region. Please bring a yummy dish, appetizer, desert, or beverage to share, as well as any musical instruments. Join us in this wonderful opportunity to get to know one other, celebrate, and become familiar [...]
Ashley Malyszka, Newsletter Co-Editor
San Francisco State University, 2010
I compile and distribute information to the CSSC network regarding CSSC initiatives and other employment, volunteer or educational opportunities for students.
Lauren Jabusch, Operating Team Co-Chair
UC Davis, 2011
My role is to facilitate operating team conference calls, keep moral up for all of the operating team members, help team members achieve their goals, and plan and execute bi annual leadership retreats.
Ryan Andersen, Website and Communications Director, Alumni Advisor
University of California Santa Barbara, 2007
I direct the development and maintenance of the CSSC Website. I direct the Communications of CSSC which includes our online communities, email campaigns, and online messaging. I also act as a mentor to the Operations Team as an Alumni Advisor.
Apply for an Internship or Volunteer with Voces y Manos
Voces y Manos Por el Derecho a la salud is looking to recruit enthusiastic, committed volunteers for our summer program! Since 2007, Voces y Manos has been working with Indigenous communities to promote educational opportunities for local youth, and community health. Voces y Manos is unlike the majority of other summer volunteer programs—our objective is [...]
California Water Tour
[ June 20, 2010 5:00 am to June 26, 2010 5:00 am. ]
The California Water Tour seeks to bring together qualified students and young professionals on a week long exploration of California’s intricate natural and artificial water systems. Participants will visit public, private, research and non-profit institutions in a peer-to-peer dialogue concerning the future of California’s water. University students, recent graduates and young professionals have the technical [...]
Contest: Student Sustainability Film Festival - Due May 14th
[ May 14, 2010; ] Entries Due May, 14 - The Northwest Institute for Social Change is now encouraging and accepting entries from high school and college students across North America for its 2010 Student Sustainability Film Festival. We are inviting students to produce and submit short films about projects their communities and colleges have instigated to promote sustainability. Entries [...]
Apply or Nominate: Brower Youth Awards - Due May 15th
Applications Due May 15th - The Brower Youth Awards has launched the 2010 prize search for outstanding grassroots environmental leaders across North America. We celebrate eco-activists, ages 13-22, leading the way to a green, just future. Six Brower Youth Award recipients will receive a $3,000 cash prize, an all-expenses paid trip to San Francisco to [...]
Petition: Urge the UC to Invest Responsibly
Responsible Investing is the practice of taking social and environmental concerns, not just monetary, into account when making investment decisions. Colleges and universities own stocks of companies - often millions, or even billions - in their endowments. As large institutional shareholders, universities have the power to use their investments to push for the progressive elimination [...]
Where are the CSSC Campuses?
You are probably looking for a CSSC Campus Profile. Sorry that we can’t show you what you are looking for. We recently completely relaunched our website and we are still working on adding the CSSC Campus Profiles back in. They will be better than ever once we are complete.
We encourage you to check back here [...]