Student Environmental Resource Center - SERC at UC Berkeley

08/22/2025

Sign up to come with SERC! https://tinyurl.com/sercbioblitz25

The Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force & East Bay Regional Park District with cosponsors Student Environmental Resource Center Nature Education Wellness Together (SERC NEWT) & United Nations Association EB invites you to join us for a family friendly and fun bioblitz nature walk at Tilden Nature Area. Be a part of a community bioblitz to capture a snapshot of Tilden’s biodiversity.

At the BIOBLITZ we will:

🍃Find, identify, and record life on a walk to Jewel Lake.
🍄Use the iNaturalist mobile app to record our observations of the area’s wildlife, plants, and more!

Be sure to wear comfortable layers, sturdy shoes, sun protection, bring water and a fully charged mobile device or camera! Get a head start and download the iNaturalist app to your phone and make a free account prior to arriving.

Open to all levels of learners. Children 8+ welcome with parent (guardian) participation required.
Meet at the Tilden Nature Area Environmental Nature Center, 1500 Central Park Dr, Berkeley, CA 94708 at 9:00 AM on Saturday, September 20! UC Berkeley students can sign up to carpool with SERC NEWT using the link in bio! Limited spots available!

For information, call EBRPD (510) 544-3265 or email [email protected].

08/21/2025

🪡Seeking Crafters, Makers, and Sewists of Berkeley!🧵

Are you a passionate maker who is interested in leveling up your sewing skills while supporting our local Berkeley Community? Apply to join our Inaugural Community Threads Student Training Program!

During the Fall 2025 semester, students will be selected to participate in a paid, sewing, mending and alternation training program, where they will gain valuable mending and sewing skills under professional guidance. In the Spring 2026 semester, students will be able to utilize those skills in service of community, offering free clothing repair services to the Berkeley community through public events.

Follow the link in bio to learn more - Apply by August 29th for first consideration!

05/23/2025

Hello All,

We're Hiring!

The Student Environmental Resource Center (SERC), a campus department and central sustainability hub at UC Berkeley, is hiring for a Wellness & Environmental Justice Community Engagement Manager, a Full Time career position. SERC is looking for a strong candidate that aligns with our values and mission of cultivating a collaborative space to strengthen the collective effectiveness of the sustainability community and provides resources for students to actualize their visions of a more equitable, socially just, and resilient future.

The Wellness and Environmental Justice Community Engagement Manager will develop, support, and advise programs, projects and initiatives focused on wellness, outdoor education, civic engagement, and environmental justice for the UC Berkeley community, and supervise SERC student staff, fellows, and serve as an advisor for student organizations.

Centering under-served and historically marginalized populations on campus, this position will execute and supervise several of SERC’s programs, including EJ Education, Nature Education & Wellness Together (NEWT), SERC’s Outdoor Education Department, SERQueer, and more. Please see this link on how to access the official job posting and how to apply: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fbHV8ueSFbLFEh9iwTC0qt4LUg1edRjTkT_No8zLapQ/edit?tab=t.0 =h.71ldjutdqeur

We'd appreciate it if you could share this opportunity with your network and encourage people you think would be a great fit to apply. If you have any questions about the role or our organization, please contact Jed Lee at [email protected].

Thanks!

Wellness and Environmental Justice Community Engagement Manager (4564U) #78514 Job ID 78514 Location Main Campus-Berkeley Full/Part Time: Full Time About Berkeley At the University of California, Berkeley, we are dedicated to fostering a community where everyone feels welcome and can thrive. Ou...

11/22/2024

Mobilize Berkeley is hosting another Community Climate Healing Gathering on December 6th 12-2pm! Come out to the Tilden Room on UC Berkeley’s campus to be in community with people passionate about climate change and wellness. We’re mobilizing Berkeley towards climate resilience and healthy communities in the face of the rise of fascism and the ongoing climate crisis. Join us in listening to amazing performances and speakers, and spending time engaging in collaborative, cathartic, and compassionate discussion focused on post election healing.

Lunch and snacks will be provided!

Register at tinyurl.com/CCHGFall24

Please email [email protected] with any questions

11/07/2022

The Environmentalists of Color Scholarship awards five 2,000 dollar scholarships to help bridge institutional gap in support for environmentalistsof color.

Apply: http://tinyurl.com/EOCApp2022

11/07/2022

The Brian Gialketsis SERQueer Scholarship awards five students with a $1000 scholarship to futher their personal and professional careers at UC Berkeley

Apply: http://tinyurl.com/EOCApp2022

11/06/2022

Last but certainly not least, another member of the SERC COP27 Delegation is Khyati Garg! Khyati is the Carbon Neutrality Initiative Engagement Fellow at SERC. Read more to find out about why she is excited to attend COP27!

For more information on the SERC COP27 Delegation, please visit https://serc.berkeley.edu/serc-cop27-delegation/

11/04/2022

Meet the Berkeley SERC COP 27 Delegation! SERC is sending students on an all paid expenses trip to be observers to COP 27 (UN’s international climate conference) in Egypt this year. The conference is occurring November from the 6th to the 18th.

Over 370 applicants applied and the following students were selected!

For more information and updates from the conference, please visit the website listed on the last slide of the post. Safe travels delegates!

11/02/2022

The US Midterm Elections are coming up on Tuesday, November 8th! 🗳 SERC & the ASUC Eco Office are excited to share our voter information guide. 🌎

Head to bit.ly/ecovoterguide for a one-stop shop for environmental viewpoints on candidates in California and the City of Berkeley. (also in our bio!)

We’ll be handing out a ton of stickers & flyers for the voter guide this week and next, so find us on Upper Sproul or stop by the SERC Space in MLK bNorth to get a cute sticker!

10/31/2022

Come and join fellow transfer students during climate justice week! 🎃

This community event will be a great way to get to know other transfer students in the environmental community and/or a space for transfers who are interested in learning more about climate and environmental justice. Join us for food, fun, and community!

RSVP at: tinyurl.com/CJtransfersocial