Training Tomorrow's Environmental Citizens and Leaders

The BIE is greening the UC Berkeley curriculum by adding environment-themed minors and specializations for students all across campus, in addition to the many existing majors with an environmental focus. We're also providing opportunities for students to launch their own research, get involved in on-the-ground learning experiences, and intern with the most effective environmental organizations around. The BIE further participates in campus-wide efforts to green the U.C. Berkeley campus through initiatives by students, faculty, and staff.

Idea Labs

BIE is partnering with Big Ideas @ Berkeley to sponsore student-run "Idea Labs", multidisciplinary collaborations between graduate students on campus working on developing a common application, product, or service.

Current Idea Labs include:
Energy Efficiency & Conservation
Berkeley Water Group
Green Collar Jobs
Better Blocks
Microbial Biofuels
Rural Electrification in the Developing World
Green Policy Innovations

2008 Energy & Environmental Innovation Bears Breaking Boundaries Competition

$45k in prizes to student teams
Co-sponsored by Big Ideas @ Berkeley & the Center for Energy & Environmental Innovation

Winners to be announced April 28, 2008

1st place, $5,000 - CalCap by Scott Zimmerman and Fahmida Ahmed
2nd place, 3,000 - Urban Eco Blocks by Erin O'Mahoney Cubbison
3rd place, $2,000 - Green Cement by John Anderson