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Information submitted to Sierra magazine for consideration in their Cool Schools publication. It includes a table of contents with sections on education, research, operations, and planning. a brief description of the Green Living Coordinator program, including how student educators are selected, the formal training they receive, and the staff and financial support provided by the institution. The document also mentions other sustainability programs, but does not provide detailed information on them.
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The following information was submitted through the STARS Reporting Tool to be shared with Sierra magazine for consideration in their Cool Schools publication.
Date Submitted: April 24, 2012 STARS Version: 1.
The information presented in this submission is self-reported and has not been verified by AASHE or a third party. If you believe any of
Responsible Party
Jiffy Vermylen Sustainability Coordinator Sustainability & Energy Management / Office of Sustainability
Criteria
Institution coordinates an ongoing peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program for degree-seeking students. The institution:
This credit focuses on programs for degree-seeking students enrolled in a for-credit program. Continuing education and/or non-credit students are excluded from this credit.
Student clubs or groups, which are covered by Co-Curricular Education Tier Two Credit 1 , are not eligible for this credit unless the group meets the criteria outlined above.
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Green Living Council
The Green Living Council is a group of trained students who act as “Green Living Coordinators” for individual dorms and provide environmental education and outreach to dorm members. Examples of the peer-to-peer outreach include administration of the university's Green Living Pledge, kick-off presentations during New Student Orientation, and organization of the annual "Conservation Cup" event. All undergraduate dorms are served by Green Living Coordinators, and 96% of undergraduates live in campus housing ( undergraduates in 2010 - 2011).
To become a Green Living Coordinator, students must submit a brief application. The organization receives both staff and financial support from Student Housing at Stanford, and the leaders of the Green Living Council work directly with sustainability staff within Student Housing.
Green Living Coordinators participate in a two-unit course entitled “Promoting Behavior Change at Stanford” (
http://glc.stanford.edu/course
). The course explores new research on different strategies that achieve maximum success and engagement with target audiences and provides strategies for effective program design.
The two-unit training course is taught by Stanford Professor Tom Robinson. GLC members are encouraged to apply for grant funding from the Stanford Green Fund to implement sustainability projects within their dorms. The GLC also receives institutional support from the Office of Sustainability, Student Housing, and Stanford Dining.
http://glc.stanford.edu/
Responsible Party
Jiffy Vermylen Sustainability Coordinator Sustainability & Energy Management / Office of Sustainability
Criteria
Institution holds at least one sustainability-related outreach campaign directed at students. The campaign yields measurable, positive results in advancing sustainability. The sustainability-related outreach campaign may be conducted by the institution, a student organization, or students in a course.
To measure if the campaign yields measurable, positive results, institutions should compare pre-campaign performance to performance during or after the campaign.
The campaign could take the form of a competition (such as a residence hall conservation competition), or a collective challenge (such as a campus-wide drive to achieve a specific sustainability target).
The campaign may focus on one or more sustainability issues, but educating students is a primary feature of the campaign.
The campaign may reach additional campus members (faculty, staff, visitors, etc.) as long as students are one of the audiences of the campaigns.
The following impacts are not sufficient for this credit:
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Yes
(1) RecycleMania & (2) Conservation Cup
http://sustainable.stanford.edu/be_cardinal_green_recyclemania
Responsible Party
Jiffy Vermylen Sustainability Coordinator Sustainability & Energy Management / Office of Sustainability
Criteria
Institution includes sustainability prominently in its new student orientation activities and programming. Sustainability activities and programming are made available to all new students and are intended to educate about the principles and practices of sustainability.
Because orientation activities vary from one institution to another, prominent inclusion of sustainability may not take the same form on each campus. When reporting for this credit, each institution will determine what prominent inclusion of sustainability means given its particular context.
As this credit is intended to measure sustainability being infused throughout the institution, program or discipline-level orientations are not included in this credit.
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Yes
As part of “Approaching Stanford,” a set of materials and activities sent to first-year and transfer students as they prepare for their time at Stanford, all students are emailed a digital copy of “Sustainability on the Farm,” a student's guide to sustainable living on campus. The guide is accompanied by a letter from the Office of Sustainability describing why Stanford considers sustainability to be a key component of the university’s mission and the Stanford experience.
In addition, all freshmen participate in a zero waste lunch during New Student Orientation. Boxed lunches that are 100% compostable and recyclable are prepared for all students. At the zero waste lunch students learn details about waste reduction efforts at Stanford, including how to compost and recycle on campus. Student volunteers station themselves at each compost and recycle bin to ensure waste is sorted and disposed of properly.
http://frosh.stanford.edu/
Responsible Party
Jiffy Vermylen Sustainability Coordinator Sustainability & Energy Management / Office of Sustainability
Criteria
Institution produces outreach materials and/or publications that foster sustainability learning and knowledge. The publications and outreach materials may include the following:
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Yes
The Sustainable Stanford website provides information about Stanford’s sustainability efforts across all campus realms, including academics, research, campus operations, and student engagement. The website discusses specifically the campus plans for energy, transportation, food, waste, landscaping, Sustainable IT, and other sustainability topic areas. It also provides suggestions for what staff, students, and faculty can do to promote sustainability within their own lives, including comprehensive campus-wide sustainability campaigns (
http://sustainable.stanford.edu/be_cardinal_green
Similar signage has been included in numerous other high performance buildings on campus, including the Knight Management Center (the new eight-building project for the Graduate School of Business), the Huang Engineering Center, and the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering.
http://sustainable.stanford.edu/sites/sem.stanford.edu/files/documents/Stanford_Y2E2_facts.pdf
Yes
All Stanford dining halls and Stanford-operated cafes practice composting and utilize compostable serviceware. As a result, all include signage describing the differences between recyclable, compostable, and waste material. Stanford Dining also promotes a “Love Food Hate Waste” campaign which includes signage describing the environmental impacts of food waste.
The Stanford Dining publication “Sustainability: A Way of Life” describing how Stanford incorporates sustainability into its food system.
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/rde/dining/sustainablefood.htm
Yes
Stanford's "Waterwise Demonstration Garden" serves as an educational model for the entire campus community regarding native and drought-tolerant plants.
http://bgm.stanford.edu/groups/grounds/special/waterwise
Yes
The Office of Sustainability offers a campus sustainability tour at major university events and a short tour upon request. Aboard one of the new diesel-electric hybrid Marguerite shuttles, participants travel to venues where campus operations feature sustainable practices in action. Staff members provide presentations both on the bus and on-site at select stops. Topics include water, waste and recycling,
transportation demand management, energy, sustainable landscaping, and a version of some high performance building tour.
http://sustainable.stanford.edu/events
Yes
Stanford's Parking and Transportation Services provides extensive information online and through one-on-one consultations regarding alternative transportation. The commute planning assistance program provides personalized recommendations (
http://transportation.stanford.edu/commuteplanning/
). The guide “Thriving at Stanford Without a Car” provides an overview of public transit options on and around campus. Stanford's "Commute Club" incentivizes the use of public transit and carpooling.
http://transportation.stanford.edu/pdf/thriving-at-stanford.pdf
Yes
“Sustainability on the Farm: A Student's Guide to Sustainable Living on Campus,” now in its third year of publication, is a publication specifically designed for students living on campus. It describes options to reduce personal energy and water use with campus-specific examples, such as explaining campus dual flush toilets or suggesting going trayless at the dining halls. The publication is sent electronically each summer to all incoming freshmen and transfer students.
http://sustainable.stanford.edu/sites/sem.stanford.edu/files/documents/oos_student_guide_ .pdf
No
n/a
http://woods.stanford.edu/docs/publications.html
Yes
Sustainable Stanford published an annual report titled publishes “Sustainable Stanford – A Year In Review.” This publication provides campus sustainability metrics and trends as well as highlights campus sustainability stories from the past year. The publication highlights the actions taken across campus to improve sustainability and provides valuable tracking from year-to-year on consumption metrics.
http://sustainable.stanford.edu/publications_and_reports
Yes
Sustainable Stanford publishes a large number of Fact Sheets that explain various aspects of campus sustainability. These publications are designed to provide a concise overview of a particular environmental topic and how it is being addressed on campus. Fact sheet topics include “Food & Dining,” “Transportation,” “Water Conservation,” “Energy and Climate Action,” and fourteen others.
http://sustainable.stanford.edu/publications_and_reports
Yes
Sustainable Stanford publishes step-by-step “How To Guides” on various campus sustainability topics. These guides are intended to help individuals on campus take specific actions to contribute to campus sustainability. The guides directly support the Building Level Sustainability Program (
http://sustainable.stanford.edu/building_level_sustainability
). Topics include “How to Eat More Sustainably,” “How to Start an Office Composting Program,” “How to Reduce Computing Energy Use,” and five other campus-specific topics.
http://sustainable.stanford.edu/publications_and_reports
Stanford Energy Club (http://energyclub.stanford.edu/)
http://sustainable.stanford.edu/student_groups
Responsible Party
Jiffy Vermylen Sustainability Coordinator Sustainability & Energy Management / Office of Sustainability
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Yes
Stanford has a one-acre organic community farm on which Stanford affiliates can utilize plots for gardening and farming. Each quarter a hands-on organic farming class is taught to students here, and books on organic gardening are available onsite. Additionally, Stanford Dining operates a network of organic gardens at dining halls and student houses across campus to enable students to experience growing and consuming fresh organic produce.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/scfarm/
