The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF)

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY! The Green Initiative Fund is proud to announce the inaugural Fall 2020 Brian Gialketsis SERQueer Scholarship, in honor of Brian Gialketsis, our late TGIF Coordinator. $1,000 scholarships will be rewarded to five students. Read more about Brian Gialketsis and the scholarship (and FAQ's) here -> tgif.berkeley.edu/brian-gialketsis. There will be two rounds of submissions in the scholarship application process. The first round is this Google Form Applic...ation due November 2nd, 2020 at 5pm. CLICK the link to APPLY! -> https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSe4aAKC5bHF1k.../viewform

Reminder to come to our workshop today from 3-4pm PST to get immediate feedback on your application or answer any questions!

TGIF is hosting a workshop tomorrow at 3PM PST for the Fall Minigrant! We are offering assistance with developing your idea, writing your proposal, and identifying metrics. Can't make the time? Want more personalized advice? Schedule a meeting with our staff at the links below, or at their book.mes on the flyer. https://teresayu.youcanbook.me/... https://elizabethreyes.youcanbook.me/ https://jessiemcginley.youcanbook.me/ See more

Our COVID Emergency Fund has limited funding left. We are now making these funds available for all UC Berkeley sustainability projects that have been impacted by COVID-19. Funding will be allocated on a rolling basis. Please find more details, including the application, here: https://tinyurl.com/tgifcovidfunding Projects should also consider applying to our fall mini-grant which is due Friday, October 16th, 2020 by 5pm. More information can be found on our website: https://tgif.berkeley.edu/grants/

The Student Environmental Resource Center (SERC) is launching their second year of the Environmentorship Program. Mentors will help guide mentees to attain personal, academic, and career achievements in the field of environmental sustainability. Apply now! Applications are due by 11:59 PM on October 16th, 2020 More information: https://tinyurl.com/Environmentorship2020 ... Student mentees application: https://tinyurl.com/EnvironmenteeApp2020 Alumni mentors application: https://tinyurl.com/EnvironmentorApp2020 (you do not need to have been involved in SERC or a Cal alumni to mentor! Graduating seniors can also be mentors and will be placed with first or second years) Questions? Email Sion Calabretta, SERC Development Associate, at [email protected]

Come to our infosession tomorrow to learn how you can get up to $5,000! Check out our website tgif.berkeley.edu/grant-info for more information and registration.

Apply to our Environmental Justice Student At-Large and Undergraduate Student At-Large Committee Representative positions! These are PAID STUDENT POSITIONS. Applications due Friday, October 2nd, 2020 at 5pm. Applications can be found on our website: https://tgif.berkeley.edu/committee/ The TGIF Committee is the decision-making body for The Green Initiative Fund. The Committee chooses which projects receive money, approves changes to awards, and guides the general direction of TGIF.

"UC Berkeley is now an affiliate of Bee Campus USA, an initiative of the Xerces Society that aims to foster ongoing dialogue to raise awareness of the role pollinators play in our communities and how each of us can take action to create healthy habitat." "Bee campus is planning the rehabilitation of two campus gardens and working to add more pollinator friendly places to the landscape." For more information regarding UC Berkeley's Bee Campus, which is partly funded by TGIF, check out their webpage! https://sustainability.berkeley.edu/engage/bee-campus