Sustainable Stanford Programs

Complementing academic curricula led by faculty and operational efficiency measures undertaken by facilities staff, action-oriented programmatic initiatives led by OOS help make sustainability both more tangible and more visible at …

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Sep 14

New Students Experience Sustainable Stanford During First Days on Campus

Members of the incoming class of 2018 had the opportunity to experience the thriving culture of sustainability at Stanford …

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Sep 14

PSSI/Stanford Recycling Engage Local Elementary Students in Zero-Waste Efforts

Staff from Peninsula Sanitary Service, Inc./Stanford Recycling Center hosted a Zero-Waste Assembly for 300 students at Nixon Elementary to teach them how to minimize waste and properly sort common items …

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Oct 14

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 …

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Oct 14

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 …

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Oct 14

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 …

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Dec 14

Green Fund Announces Funding for Student Conservation and Outreach Projects

The Stanford Student Green Fund provides up to $30,000 a year in one-time grants for student-led projects that improve campus sustainability. Through this program, Office of Sustainability supports student leadership …

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Jan 15

Lecturer’s Environmental Documentary Receives Oscar Nomination

Stanford lecturer J. Christian Jensen, MFA ’13, received an Oscar nomination in the documentary short category for his film White Earth. The film served as Jensen’s Documentary Film Program thesis. …

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Jan 15

Cardinal Green Office Resource Library Launches

The Cardinal Green Office Program (CGOP) addresses the measurable impact of individual actions on efficient resource consumption. Since the program was piloted in 2009, over 80 buildings have participated to …

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Mar 15

Inaugural “Green Week” Raises Awareness of Sustainability in Stanford’s Ethnic Community

Members of the Xi Beta chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha organized an inaugural “Green Week,” with a schedule of events aimed at raising awareness of environmental sustainability in the black …

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Mar 15

Stanford’s RecycleMania Video Recognized in Case Study Competition

As Stanford began its ninth year of participation in the annual RecycleMania competition, in which universities and colleges across the nation compete to reduce waste and increase recycling and composting …

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Apr 15

Earthfest Welcomes New Students to Sustainability Community

Hundreds of students came together at Earthfest on April 24 to celebrate Stanford students’ sustainability initiatives. The festival, organized each year by Students for a Sustainable Stanford, aims to engage …

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Apr 15

President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Among Tour Groups at New Central Energy Facility

In the spirit of leadership by example and best-practice sharing, Stanford offers public tours of its new Central Energy Facility, which opened on April 1. Offered weekly and by special …

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Apr 15

Delta Delta Delta Is First Residence on Campus to Use a 100% Green Cleaning System

Residential & Dining Enterprises (R&DE) Student Housing’s Delta Delta Delta sorority house became the first residence at Stanford to use 100% green cleaning methods. All of the chemicals in the …

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Apr 15

Annual Celebrating Sustainability Earth Day Festival Hosted at New Central Energy Facility

More than 700 guests, 65 volunteers, and 30 campus groups came together to once again celebrate the thriving culture of sustainability at Stanford during the annual Earth Day festival known …

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Apr 15

TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary

The TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy was established in 2009 with a generous gift from two Stanford alumni, husband-and-wife team Tom Steyer and Kat Taylor. With the goal of transforming …

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Apr 15

TomKat Center Seeds Sustainable Energy Innovations

Building on the success of its first year, the Innovation Transfer Program at the TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy supported 11 new projects seeking to commercialize transformative sustainable energy solutions. …

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May 15

Successful Cardinal Green Events Pilot Program Leads to Campus-Wide Launch

With the support of the Provost’s Committee on Sustainability, Office of Sustainability piloted its Cardinal Green Events program with nine campus departments in spring 2015. Each department was given access …

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May 15

Scientist and Ocean Advocate Sylvia Earle Encourages Passion in Work During Annual Memorial Lecture

World-renowned underwater explorer, scientist, and ocean advocate Sylvia Earle addressed the campus community on May 7 in the third annual Stephen H. Schneider Memorial Lecture. Earle encouraged attendees to support …

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May 15

Perry McCarty Distinguished Lecture Reflects on Growing Complexities of Sustainable Development

The 2015 Perry McCarty Distinguished Lecture was a talk by Michael Kavanaugh on the increasingly complex trade-off problem being faced by environmental professionals in development projects. Kavanaugh reflected on the …

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May 15

Inaugural Lucid Connected Buildings Summit Hosted at Stanford

Lucid, an Oakland-based company that connects people to buildings through energy dashboards and analytics, hosted its inaugural Connected Buildings Summit at Stanford in May. Stanford partnered closely with Lucid to …

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Aug 15

Sustainable Living Video Released

In time for the freshmen to arrive in the fall of 2015, Residential & Dining Enterprises Student Housing, in partnership with Office of Sustainability, released the first sustainable living video …

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Aug 15

Stanford Updates Its Energy and Climate Plan

In October 2009 Stanford released a comprehensive and long-range Energy and Climate Plan aimed at raising the bar for energy efficiency and the use of innovative, clean, and renewable energy …

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