Our Mission

 

In the 21st century the world's greatest challenge is arresting the rapidly increasing accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that cause climate change. We recognize that the U.S. and China are the two largest producers of greenhouse gases. Consequently, any efforts that attempt to comprehensively address climate change must involve China. The Santa Cruz Energy & Resources Collaborative (SCERC) is a student-led organization whose mission is to connect and educate the University of California, Santa Cruz energy and resources community. SCERC is modeled after and allied with the Berkeley Energy and Resource Collaborative (BERC) at the University of California, Berkeley. SCERC acts as a hub that connects the many departments, programs, and labs affiliated with UC Santa Cruz including the Jack Baskin School of Engineering, Physics Department, Economics Department, Environmental Studies Program, Chemistry Department, Politics Department, UCSC Sustainability Office, University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) at NASA Ames, Science Technology Engineering Policy and Society project (STEPS), Quantum Electronics Group, UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Initiatives, Chancellor’s Advisory Council on Climate Change, NASA Ames ARC laboratories, Campus Sustainability Subcommittee, Santa Cruz Campus Sustainability Council, Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology Department, and others.

In an effort to promote productive applications of UC Santa Cruz’s research, technology, and leadership in energy efficiency we forge connections with the larger Green Tech community that is growing in Silicon Valley, the greater Bay Area, and beyond. Thus, in addition to connecting to the best and brightest innovators and supporters of Green Tech in California, SCERC forges strategic relationships with the emerging Green Tech community in China in an effort to develop partnerships that are necessary to appropriately address the scope of the problem of global warming.

 

Projects

 

US | China Green Tech Summit (USCGTS)

Our first project will consist of co-organizing the next US | China Green Tech Summit (USCGTS) with The Marley Association, Asia Society, and the New York State governor’s office this November at the Grand Hyatt in Beijing. The US | China Green Tech Summit (USCGTS) is a part of a continuing series of conferences focusing on the relationship between the United States and China, opportunities in green technology and the fundamental importance of collaboration between the two nations. The 2009 Summit, built on the success of two previous conferences, will bring together leaders of industry, government and finance from the United States and China to work towards climate change solutions, maintain focus on job creation and promote energy sustainability.  The 2009 Summit will not seek to merely discuss these issues, however, and will push forward specific projects and innovative collaboration.
 

Learn More

 

Please visit our website at http://www.scerc.org to gather more information about our activities. You may also email info@scerc.org

 

 

Advisory Board

 

Professor Dan Kammen

Distinguished Professor, University of California, Berkeley

Blake Simmons

Vice President, Deconstruction Division Joint BioEnergy Institute

Mart Bailey

Chairman, Marley Association

Professor Kenneth Kletzer

Chair of the Economics Department, University of California, Santa Cruz

 

Leadership Team

 

Founder and Chairman

Kahlil Morse

President

Jonathan Lee

Vice President of Finance

Amato Giaccia

Vice President of Outreach – History | Politics

Chris Siegel

Vice President of Outreach - Engineering | Politics Department:

Keith West Tyran

Creative Director

Collin Wikman

Vice President of Logistics

Anthony Lew

Vice President of Operations

George Zhong

Consultant

Sergio Costa

Vice President of Communications

Ben Goldhaber