Our Story
Prior to the development of the Housing & Dining Sustainability team in 2018, two environmental organizations, The Cal Dining Sustainability Team (TCDST) and the Residential Sustainability Program (RSP) promoted sustainability throughout their respective departments. Both RSP and TCDST were initially funded independently through grants from The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF).
TCDST was founded in 2012 to support environmental initiatives and consult with Cal Dining on environmental practices. Cal Dining hired the department’s first full-time Environmental Initiatives coordinator in 2015.
RSP was founded in 2007 as a unit-based approach to promote green living in the dining halls and to equip residents with the necessary knowledge and tools to reduce their environmental impact.
The two teams merged in order to centralize UC Berkeley’s housing and dining sustainability efforts in 2018. A full-time Sustainability Program Manager now oversees the ambitious and far-reaching Housing & Dining Sustainability (H&DS) office.
