CALPIRG Students Annual Report 2019-2020
This year CALPIRG Students engaged 2,000 volunteers and worked to ban single-use plastics and turn out the youth vote. Read more in our annual report.
Sustainability
University of California, Berkeley, leads the way with country’s strongest single-use plastic ban
BERKELEY, Calif. — The University of California, Berkeley has committed to eliminating all non-essential single-use plastic with viable alternatives by 2030. This target, adopted by Chancellor Carol Christ, makes history by being the most comprehensive ban of plastic by an institution and the country’s strongest ban on single-use plastic.
CALPIRG Students at UCLA wins campaign to phase out single-use plastics
A few years ago, when I first moved to Southern California, I decided to learn how to surf. My favorite part about surfing in San Diego is swimming out past where the waves break to where the water is still and just lying down on the board, looking into the water. But those idyllic waters are changing rapidly, and not for the better.
UC Berkeley recognized as bee-friendly campus by Bee Campus USA
The California Public Interest Research Group, or CALPIRG, a statewide student-run nonprofit aimed at promoting civic engagement through activism, commemorated UC Berkeley becoming the 80th Bee Campus USA affiliate Thursday. As of Sept. 3, UC Berkeley became one among five… Read more
University of California, Berkeley, leads the way on climate with a commitment for 100 percent clean energy by 2050
UC Berkeley becomes biggest American university to fully commit to clean energy
Student PIRGs Partners with Environment America, Students And Faculty To Urge Colleges And Universities To Shift To 100 Percent Clean, Renewable Power
The Student PIRGs and Environment America, along with students across the country, will launch 50 campaigns in 15 states this year, imploring colleges and universities to generate 100 percent of their energy from renewable sources.
Berkeley passes most ambitious zero waste ordinance in country
The Berkeley City Council voted Tuesday night to implement one of the most sweeping Zero Waste ordinances in the US. It sets a timeline for all restaurants, cafes, and bars to phase out plastic food containers and utensils and creates incentives for using reusable products.
Students from Across State Converge at the Capitol to Protect the Environmental Future of California
Sacramento – Motivated by a concern for the state’s environmental future and rollbacks at the federal level, 100 students from CALPIRG, the California Student Public Interest Research Group chapters converged in Sacramento for their Annual Lobby Day.
WE HELPED SAVE THE BAG BAN!
After months and months of hard work, we are proud that voters saw through the deceptive ballot measure funded by out-of-state plastic companies and voted to continue to protect our ocean.
Save the Bag Ban Alternative Spring Break Tour
This spring break we took a road trip, but not to Cancun. We took 30 college students with CALPIRG Students at the UCs on an Alternative Spring Break media tour in support of the Save the Bag Ban Campaign.