Goals

To learn more about the UC wide sustainability goals, view the UC Sustainable Practices Policy

  • Develop and implement a strength-based skills program to help campus community members build skills and tools to cope with the emotional challenges facing us daily.
  • Reimagine the policies, practices, infrastructure, and lived experience at UCSC to build a health promoting university.
  • Develop community-centered spaces and programming.
  • Provide sustainability and climate related training to all incoming students, faculty, and staff.
  • Improve the campus community’s emergency preparedness through a resilient and responsive campus.
  • Implement diverse, equitable, inclusive and just (DEIJ) approaches to care.
  • Develop sustainable and affordable campus housing.

  • Reduce Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions through the funding and implementation of decarbonization and electrification.
  • Reduce Scope 3 GHG emissions.
  • Convert equipment and vehicles to electric, hybrid, or clean fuel alternatives.
  • Increase installed renewable energy, battery storage, and resilient infrastructure.
  • Implement energy efficiency projects.
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  • Develop and execute land management plans for campus to protect ecosystems and promote biodiversity. 
  • Offer living laboratory opportunities.
  • Collaborate with local tribes to incorporate indigenous perspectives into land management and use.
  • Use best practices when designing and implementing development projects to minimize ecological impacts.
  • Improve physical infrastructure for a diverse array of multi-modal transportation options.
  • Implement water systems that adapt to uncertain water conditions.
  • Advance water conservation and efficiency measures.

  • Harness the spending power of the university to support sustainable and diverse businesses and products.
  • Create infrastructure, tools, and processes that enable reuse, refurbishment, and sharing of university-owned resources.
  • Improve waste management system to meet the UC waste goals.
  • Increase the purchase of sustainably-sourced and plant-based foods in the campus food system.
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  • Engage and educate students, faculty, and staff.
  • Steward Carbon Fund student fee measure funds to effectively advance campus projects.
  • Collaborate across campus divisions to advance climate change, sustainability, and resilience goals in Leading the Change: the UCSC Strategic Plan.
  • Maximize transparency by reporting successes and challenges.

Last modified: Jun 11, 2024