UC Davis

Davis, CA

Chapter Name: Campus Center for the Environment (CCE)
Chapter Email: [email protected]
Chapter Website: cce.ucdavis.edu
Representatives: Maisie Borg and Danielle Doedens

Mission Statement

CCE strives to promote inter-group collaboration among campus organizations, while providing various environmental opportunities and resources for all students.

Current Projects

• Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP) - Spring quarter 2 or 4 unit student-run guest lecture class that incorporates Action Research Teams (ARTs) which initiate and support sustainable projects led by students and community members throughout campus

• ARTs: Building an effective and educational aquaponics system on campus, Developing a well-researched timeline for coal divestment for UC Davis, Expanding both the seed library and native bee sanctuary at the Domes, Implement e-waste recycling receptacles across campus, Expanding Project Compost, Creating institutional memory for the Salad Bowl Garden

• Field Guide to Sustainable Living in Davis - Fall/Winter quarter 2 unit student-led class aimed towards freshmen to introduce them into the sustainable networks that exist in Davis sponsored by Steve Wheeler of the Landscape Design and Architecture Department

• Red Cup Clean Up - A project taking one-use red cups and placing them in TerraCycle recycling program to re-purpose them

• Resident Garden - Running a completely organic garden for the freshmen living in the dorms.

• Continue to provide support for CSSC connectivity and campaigns.

• Plans and promotes documentary screenings on campus to advocate for sustainable living engagement.

• Provides internship opportunities for students who would like to head an environmental project on campus or shadow one of our staff members.

• Hosts sustainable craft events with the purpose of fostering collaboration between our campus sustainability organizations.

• Sells compostable cups, plates and utensils to various organizations and people for campus events at no profit.

• Staff currently shares a strong relationship with dining services through the Go Green Grant committee.

• We maintain a mutually beneficial relationship with the John Muir Institute for the Environment, and the office of Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability.