October

Dealing with Drought: Hamilton Project and Stanford Woods Institute Host Forum of Experts and Government Leaders

California Governor Jerry Brown joined a wide range of water experts at Stanford for a discussion of policy prescriptions and new research on improving water management, hosted by the Hamilton …

Stanford Students Create Interactive Tool to Showcase Story of Global Climate Change

As part of a biology course on understanding the geographic impacts of climate change, Stanford students have created an interactive online map that helps people visualize how global change can …

Bright Award Recipient Encourages Strong Community Relations to Aid in Sustainability Efforts

Art Sterritt, the recipient of the 2014 Bright Award, visited campus to deliver a lecture on the process of establishing the Great Bear Rainforest, a 250-mile stretch of coastline in …

Stanford Roundtable Encourages Climate Action

Global leaders in climate change science, industry, and the political sector came together to compel discourse and solutions on climate change …

SLAC Reduces Paper Consumption by Half

The sustainability, IT, and communications offices at SLAC have seen significant results from a multiyear campaign to reduce paper purchases. The groups partnered to encourage more efficient printing practices and …

Marguerite Fleet Increases Electric Buses

Stanford’s free Marguerite shuttle continues to improve its fleet with zero-emission, battery-electric buses and larger capacity buses. The Marguerite fleet currently has 13 electric vehicles, and 10 more are on their way. With these additions …

Stanford Athletics Strengthens Sustainability Program

After members of the Green Sports Alliance—a coalition of more than 300 university and professional sports organizations striving to help sports teams, venues, and leagues enhance their environmental performance—toured Stanford’s …

New Sustainable Stanford Portal Bridges Information and Action

To fulfill its mission of creating visible and tangible experiences of sustainability at Stanford, Office of Sustainability launched a new interactive portal through which the campus community can engage with …