In efforts to reduce the number of single-use coffee cups that are used on campus every day and destined for the landfill, Students for a Sustainable Stanford launched an awareness …

Graduate students in the fall 2015 Energy Transformation Collaborative course leveraged class time to support sustainability in one of Stanford’s neighboring communities. The city of East Palo Alto asked for …

In the first “Stories of Sustainability” event, hundreds of students came together to listen to how climate change had impacted the home communities of their peers. The ASSU Executive Committee …

Environmental justice was a key topic of interest for students in 2016. To raise awareness and inspire action among the campus community, student organizations partnered with community centers to host …

Stanford University hosts thousands of events across campus each year. To support the sustainability of these events and recognize the sustainability leadership of campus event planners, the Office of Sustainability …

Stanford took action against campus waste during winter quarter, resulting in a strong finish in RecycleMania, a national competition aimed at increasing recycling and composting and reducing landfilling. During February …

It wasn’t long ago that scientists such as Reginald Daly, William Davis, and John Hack communicated their research with lofty prose. Earth was magnificent to behold, and its processes could …

Emeritus Stanford Professor and Stanford Woods Institute Senior Fellow Harold Mooney (Biology) co-edited the book Ecosystems of California, which provides a thorough overview of the state’s varied and rich ecosystems. …

Following a successful pilot in 2015, Residential & Dining Enterprises (R&DE) Student Housing’s Lantana, Castaño, Ng, KAO, Pi Phi, Terra, and ZAP residences converted to using 100% green cleaning methods. …

New waste stations were installed outside of cafés and eateries in the academic areas of campus to capture more compost and recycling. On-campus cafés are a big source of compostables, …

The Global Climate & Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford has awarded $7.6 million for research on advanced energy technologies for industrialized countries and the developing world. The funding will be …