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Sustainability Summer Minor & Certificate: Sustainability in Action Panel 2022

ERG’s Sustainability in Action Panel on Wednesday, July 20th provided students with the opportunity to learn about Sustainability-oriented student/campus organizations – and to discover ways to engage with them. Watch ... Continue Reading »

ERG’s Salma Elmallah on Justice Implications of Solar and Wind Energy Projects

ERG PhD student Salma Elmallah has recently been published in the Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning with an article that explores the drivers of solar and wind project siting ... Continue Reading »

ERG Researchers Predict Clean Energy Will Require Extensive Electrification Upgrades

ERG professor Duncan Callaway and graduate students Anna Brockway and Salma Elmallah have published a Haas Energy Institute working paper identifying the necessity of upgrading California's electric distribution system in anticipation for a clean energy future.

ERG’s John Harte: Risks of Warming Greater, and Solutions Easier, Than Commonly Thought

ERG’s John Harte was recently featured in an Environmental Health News article discussing the tremendous risks of global warming, and how the solutions to address this crisis could be simpler ... Continue Reading »

California Must Accelerate Carbon Neutrality Goal, Argues ERG’s Dan Kammen

In an op-ed published in the Los Angeles Times, ERG’s Dan Kammen pushes for California to set a more ambitious carbon neutrality goal, and suggests that this plan should mobilize ... Continue Reading »

ERG’s Dan Kammen on How Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine Underscores the Urgency of Shifting to Renewable Energy

ERG's Dan Kammen was featured in a recent article in the Los Angeles Times proposing that Russian aggression has hastened the need for America and other nations to transition away from relying on fossil fuels. (Photo by Karsten Würth)

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Toxic Tides Project

ERG students Nicholas Depsky and Seigi Karasaki featured on RCNR's Breakthroughs

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Grace Wu

ERG Annual Lecture 2022: Damilola Ogunbiyi

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“Sustainability, in short, is a shared and at times shifting concept–an inconvenient truth that we at ERG must fully confront in pursuing our mission. It is therefore critical that diverse experiences and knowledge bases are embraced within ERG (and within UC Berkeley), so that the group as a whole can appreciate–and work towards–the range of visions that constitute sustainability.”
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ERG's Chelsi Sparti Recipient of the 2022 Switzer Environmental Fellowship

ERG’s Chelsi Sparti Recipient of the 2022 Switzer Environmental Fellowship

ERG Master’s student Chelsi Sparti has recently been chosen as one of the recipients of the 2022 Switzer Environmental Fellowship, a program of the Robert ...
ERG's Salma Elmallah on Justice Implications of Solar and Wind Energy Projects

ERG’s Salma Elmallah on Justice Implications of Solar and Wind Energy Projects

ERG PhD student Salma Elmallah has recently been published in the Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning with an article that explores the drivers of ...
ERG Researchers Predict Clean Energy Will Require Extensive Electrification Upgrades

ERG Researchers Predict Clean Energy Will Require Extensive Electrification Upgrades

ERG professor Duncan Callaway and graduate students Anna Brockway and Salma Elmallah have published a Haas Energy Institute working paper identifying the necessity of upgrading ...

Sustainability Summer: Register Soon!

Summer 2022 registration opens February 1 for all UC Students and February 15 for all others. The certificate program and individual courses are open to the public.

The Minor and Certificate in Sustainability provides a comprehensive understanding of the most pressing issues facing the world today. The program offers a practical and relevant interdisciplinary approach at the intersection of environmental, economic, social, political, and cultural issues.

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