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New Events and Opportunities for Winter 2021
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UCI Sustainability Winter 2021 Week 4 Digest
 

Good afternoon Anteaters,

We want to hear from you! The Sustainability Resource Center is looking to gather information about resources that interest you, so we can better tailor our programming to meet your needs. We would be grateful if you could please fill out this impact survey. All responses will be anonymous. 

I look forward to seeing you at the Sustainival later this week!
Udara Abeysekera
Program Coordinator
Got feelings about the confluence of a global pandemic, climate disruption, racial justice uprising, and hopes for the future? Join us for Resilience Fridays.

Every other Friday starting 1/15/21, 2:00-3:00pm. Email us at sustainability-center@uci.edu for more info.

Visit sustainability related campus clubs, departments, and community organizations, and green businesses at the (virtual) Winter Sustainival. 
Janurary 28h and 29th 4:00-6:00pm. 
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Events & Opportunities

To Know the World Webinars


Author Mitchell Thomashow will be offering two virtual webinars discussing his new book, To Know the World: A New Vision for Environmental Learning. Both seminars will have ample opportunity for conversation. Register here.

January 28, 2021
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Sustainival

The Sustainability Resource Center is excited to announce our fifth annual (and first ever virtual) Sustainival held on January 28th and 29th from 4:00pm - 6:00pm. Come out to explore sustainability related campus clubs and community organizations. You can find out more information and register here.

January 28-29, 2021
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Journal to Wellness


Writing + Wellness Workshops provide a virtual space for students, faculty and staff to relax, reflect and realize wellness at UCI. In a casual, salon-style space, participants consider how they are—or are not—caring for their minds, bodies and communities. Join using the zoom link here.
 
January 29, 2021
10:30am - 11:30am

Volunteer Opportunity: Ants in Your Plants

Ants in Your Plants Garden s a student-led effort to fight food insecurity on campus and promote sustainable practices. The garden project is a collaborative partnership among the ASUCI Sustainability and Garden Commission, the UCI Sustainability Resource Center, the FRESH Basic Needs Hub, and Arroyo Vista Housing. Sign up to be a volunteer here. 

Volunteer Opportunity with Innovare Environmental


Are you interested in a volunteer opportunity involving sustainable uses of food waste, more specifically FOG (fats, oils, and grease)? Innovare Environmental helps restaurants properly dispose of used cooking oil, and earn an additional source of revenue as well as save money in plumbing repairs and grease trap pumpings. Contact Danielle Drake, a fourth year Environmental Engineering UCI student, for more information at djdrake@uci.edu. 

Innovation Prize

This prize is a pitch competition that uniquely supports startups (with student members) with non-dilutive funding and bespoke industry mentorship. Your plan can target anywhere across the food system and is open to applicants from the U.S., Canada and Mexico. 1st place team receives $20,000 and 2nd place team receives $10,000. Learn more here.

Apply here.

Applications Due: January 31, 2021

Dorris Duke Conservation Scholarship

The goal of the Conservation Scholars Program is to grow a diverse community of emerging leaders to strengthen conservation. You will enjoy two fully-funded summers in an immersive mentorship program focused on Conservation Research, Leadership, Communication, and Professional Skills, and join a network of 500+ conservation leaders. Apply here.

Applications Due: February 1, 2021

Climate Tech & Energy Prize @ MIT

Previously known as the Clean Energy Prize @ MIT competition, CEP is now the ClimateTech & Energy Prize @ MIT competition to be inclusive of all climatetech related problems and to move the world closer to net zero carbon emissions. As the largest and longest-running competition for student-led climatetech startups in the world with over 550 applicants, over 200 mentored teams, and over $2.8M in awarded cash prizes, teams compete for more than $100,000 in prize money and have access to mentoring and other resources.

Apply here.

Applications Due: February 5, 2021
Sustainability in the News
The SRC weekly e-digest promotes events and opportunities that appear in the Sustainability Calendar or Opportunities Database during the week. To best ensure your event appears here, use the online form or email us at sustainability-center@uci.edu to add your programs. Deadline for submissions to appear in the e-digest is Wednesdays at 12:00pm. Thank you!
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