Your Act of Green
Our students, staff and faculty share how they are making a difference through a simple act of green.
What are you doing to show your commitment to Earth Week? 
Share your Act of Green by submitting a video!
- Going paperless on my sketches and notes." —Luis Sanz, Staff
- I pledge to continue to donate surplus food to Inland Harvest and homeless shelters in Riverside County." —UCR
- I pledge to have more than 1.1 MW of solar power generation on campus by 2012." —UCR
- I pledge to continue to hold a Farmer's market twice a month." —UCR
Submit Your Video Pledge Take action! Pledge to Save our Planet Show your commitment to Earth Week by creating a video pledge—tell the world what you are doing to save our planet. It can be as simple as your pledge to make the world greener by recycling or a short film on what Earth Day means to you.
Upload your video to YouTube… then Share your video with us!
How UCR is Creating A Greener, Healthier World for All
- Professor Hoddle is protecting crops and preventing economic loss by utilizing biological control to combat invasive pests.
- Professor Grafton-Cardwell is combating insect-borne citrus disease to minimize fruit damage in order to provide affordable, healthy fruit to consumers.
- Professor Paine is protecting California’s landscape by developing ways to manage invading pests.
- Professor Dinar is preserving California’s water resources by developing sustainable water management strategies.
- Working at the forefront of “green chemistry”, Professor Bertrand has discovered an inexpensive, clean and quick way to prepare amines which, produces no waste.
