Goals

  1. Convert remaining areas to reclaimed water from potable water as appropriate and as funding allows (on-going).
  2. Continue to incorporate bioswales and water infiltration into all projects on campus (on-going).
  3. Generate report on fuel and herbicide use by different management groups, in order to measure progress on conversion to reduced herbicide use and reduced local emissions.
  4. Complete conversion of low efficiency to high efficiency sprinkler heads (ongoing).
  5. Assess GHG sequestration potential of campus landscapes.
  6. Remove grass from bike path roundabouts to reduce water use (on-going).
  7. Assess the opportunities and constraints of integrating an ‘Edible Campus Program” on campus with consideration of integrated pest management issues (on-going).
  8. Seek ways to support the newly formed American Indian and indigenous Gardens Alliance (AIIGA), a student group through the office of student life within the framework of other best management practices for campus landscapes (on-going).
  9. Grounds and CCBER will work with CalPirg group on identifying goals for becoming a Bee Safe community.
  10. Convert 15 acres of random turf plots to non-turf (e.g. mulch) to conserve resources for unnecessary turf (34% reduction)
  11. Make Campus Flora and Tree inventory available to public via new App for My Tree Keeper
  12. Replace Nassella tenuissima at BREN and SSRB with natives or other sustainable plants