Past / Published Human Rights & Social Justice Projects

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The Project has two primary objectives: First, the Project seeks to educate students at the university and secondary levels about existing international human rights documents. Second, the Project, through its website and conferences, is providing a process for individuals, organizations and governments to draft new human rights documents as part of a continuing evolution of enforceable international human rights. Learn more

The Green Bike Share pilot project will establish an initial fleet of 20 bright green bicycles as a means to provide an affordable alternative form of transportation to students, faculty and staff of UC Berkeley. The pilot project, targeted to commence in August, 2008 will be open to the first 100 UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff to sign up for the program. All members can sign up on the Green Bike Share website (GreenBikeShare.org). It only costs $15 a semester to become a member of the Green Bike Share. This membership will allow you to checkout bikes for up to 24 hours at a time. The Green Bike Share tent will be located on lower Sproul, Monday -Friday between 11am-1pm for pick-up and drop-off. Learn more

The goal is to create a project that will be self-sustainable. The health and birthing building will be run by the traditional healers, who have shown great interest in this facility. The sewing and empowerment center will be run by the women who use it, with dress sales serving as a source of income for its maintenance, future purchases of fabric and expansion of the coop. The two buildings will be equipped with a shared cooking area and composting latrines. They will be built by locals, who have already expressed interest in volunteering their labor. The land has also already been donated and cleared. Learn more

Our goal is the formation of a partnership between the Peace Corps, SynBERC, and granting organizations that will facilitate the communication of pressing problems in the developing world for which synthetic biology might have solutions. Learn more

By Spring 2009, we intend to combine our collective research and connections to create a document outlining the different ways UC Berkeley community members can get substantively involved in and contribute to the Green Collar Jobs movement. We would like the information made available as a link on the website of related campus research groups and organizations. Learn more