Earth Summit
Earth Summit History
In 2001, the SEC was created with the goal of seeking clear and specific sustainable initiatives through student voice, education, and empowerment.
To achieve these goals, SEC convened the first Earth Summit in 2002. They brought students, faculty, staff, administrators, and community members together to discuss the state of sustainability at UC Santa Cruz.
Of many notable accomplishments that first Earth Summit manifested, it first guided Earth Summit participants to form working groups and the Chancellor's Sustainability Action Council (CSAC), a supporting group designed to "help institutionalize and coordinate the ongoing efforts of the working groups." Together, these working groups and CSAC sought to spark important conversations and put projects identified at Earth Summit into action.
Today, Earth Summit remains on of the longest running events on campus. And while we do focus on sustainability each year, we change the focus and theme to reflect current campus and global issues.
EARTH SUMMIT 2024
NO TIME TO WASTE
Thank you all for coming out to our 23rd Annual Earth Summit! This event continues to be a space for the campus community to come together and celebrate past and current actions in campus sustainability, reflect on the year, and promote education for a sustainable future at UCSC. We loved getting to see your messages to the Chancellor about the waste crisis on campus. Stay tuned for updates on our new projects!
EARTH SUMMIT 2023
NO TIME TO WASTE
Thank you to everyone who came out to our 22nd annual Earth Summit and participated in the No Time to Waste Scavenger Hunt! Congratulations to McKenna Berry for winning the $500 REI gift card! If you are interested in checking out all the submissions, you can find them in our submission gallary located on the ESLP website. Huge shout out to our donors: New Leaf, Go Ask Alice, Verve, Petroglyph, Sockshop Santa Cruz, REI Co-op, and Epicenter Cycling for their contributions to our NTTW Scavenger hunt! Stay tuned for updates on our No Time to Waste campaign progress coming in summer.
EARTH SUMMIT 2022
NO TIME TO WASTE
Thank you to everyone who came out and voted in the 2022 Campus elections!
Our Earth Summit theme this year, “No Time To Waste”, focused on education and political engagement. Enviroslug submitted an opinion poll for the 20202 UCSC campus elections to gain a better understanding of where students stand on the issue of Zero Waste. We asked 2 questions:
Should UCSC stop purchasing products that end up in landfills?
Should students have a say in future sustainability plans?
Students responded with a resounding YES to both questions, not only supporting the movement for a Zero Waste campus, but also starting critical conversations around the importance of including student voices in sustainability initiatives on campus.
