As Treasurer, I manage our finances and oversee our fiduciary responsibilities with our stakeholders. I process, manage, and audit all expenses and revenues associated with our statewide operations.
This quarter I am also working as the Convergence Coordinator for the 2013 Spring Convergence at UC Berkeley. My Job is to make sure things run smoothly working with my team on campus and within the CSSC.
SCHOOL: UC Berkeley, 2013
PAST ROLES: City College of San Francisco Council Member, Student Board Member and GreenCorps President
MAJOR: Conservation and Resource Studies: Co-operative Business Development
HOMETOWN: San Francisco, CA
CONTACT: zen.trenholm(AT)sustainabilitycoalition.org
About Zen
Zen Trenholm is a fourth year student at UC Berkeley studying Cooperative Business Development. He serves as the Treasurer and Project Director for the California Student Sustainability Coalition. Concerned with addressing the needs of his local community, he has worked on projects such as his former community college campus’s upcoming farmers market and district-wide sustainability plan. Zen was a speaker on the “Building the New Economy through Student Leadership” panel at the Spring 2011 Green Festival and has worked on numerous social, environmental and economic justice issues throughout his academic career.
How I Got Involved In CSSC
I had first encountered the CSSC when I was invited to the 2009 Summer Leadership Retreat. The ‘how” was typical of many of us: I was a fresh organizer bent on transforming my school into an influential model of sustainability. But the reasons behind why we remain involved, is unique to all of us; for me, there is no understating the fact that CSSC transformed my life. I had finally found a community of caring, like-minded, intelligent, and passionate people. From that point on, I knew that I would dedicate my life to serving this community, a family of students that has only grown larger over the years. I am thankful to have the opportunity to fulfill the role of Treasurer on our Board of Directors.
The Area of Sustainability That Interests Me Most
Co-operative business, alternative economies, political ecology, agroecology, environmental justice
The Role of Student Action in Sustainability
Like all generations, we have inherited the best and worst of our ancestors. And like all who have come before us and will come after us, we have a duty to leave this planet better off than how we found it. Our challenges have only gotten harder and more numerous but as students we have the distinct advantage of being able to wield our education and our impressive networks to reverse our current trajectories for a more positive future. Though we inherit the institutions and cultures of our predecessors, it is up to us to sustainably transform them for our children.
Sustainability Projects I’ve Worked On
- End Coal Campaign at UC Berkely
- CCSF Farmers’ Market
- CCSF Urban Garden
- CCSF Sustainability Plans 1 and 2
- PowerVote CA
- Powershift 2011
- AS Student Sustainability Resource Center
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