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Report Card 2011

Stanford University

Student Survey

With the publication of the College Sustainability Report Card 2011, more than 1,100 school survey responses from over 300 institutions are now available online. In total, these surveys offer more than 10,000 pages of data collected from colleges and universities during the summer of 2010. To access surveys from other schools, go to the surveys section of the website. To see grades, or to access additional surveys submitted by this school, please click the "Back to Report Card" link at the beginning or end of the survey.

School name: Stanford University

Date submitted: July 11, 2010

For each question, please choose the response that best represents the activities of your student organization. Some questions have additional instructions below the question. If you cannot find information for a particular question, please leave that question blank.

The response to this survey should be only in reference to one student organization. If there are multiple student organizations at a given school, each organization should complete its own survey. Only one survey should be submitted for each student organization at a particular school.

1) Contact Information

The following fields designate the main contact person for your group.

Name: Theo Gibbs

School Name: Stanford University

Name of student organization: Students for a Sustainable Stanford

Your position or title: Co-President

2) Student Organization

Please describe the student-run campus environmental/sustainability organization in which you have a leadership role. If you are a member of multiple organizations, you will be able to enter information about their activities on a later page.

Active members attend meetings and help implement the organization’s initiatives. Please describe event or email-listserv attendance under “Additional Comments.”

Number of active members:

Date of last meeting (mm/dd/yyyy):

May 23, 2010

Frequency of meetings:

Note: if you meet more than once a week, please select weekly.

Weekly

Key issues addressed and programs implemented since August 2009:

Use the categories below to help describe your group's initiatives in each area. In the "Describe" field, outline actions taken and elaborate on the impact and degree of success. You may want to compose your descriptions in Microsoft Word or a similar program and then paste them into the boxes provided. Please be detailed in your descriptions, and use the "Other" option to describe additional areas of involvement. You can also elaborate or add clarifying comments under "Additional Comments."

	Addressed	Progress	Describe
Academics Examples: Minor, major and concentration programs, curricular additions, research projects	[X]	Moderate	Proposal to create a “Sustainable Civilizations” General Education Requirement: We worked throughout the year with different administrators and members of the faculty Senate as we crafted a proposal to introduce a new sustainability-focused GER for the undergraduate student body. We will continue to work in the fall as part of a committee of the Study of Undergraduate Education at Stanford. The proposal was received well by students and faculty, and had positive media coverage on campus.
Administration Examples: Procurement policies, institution-wide sustainability policy, advocating for sustainability-related staff positions	[ ]
Climate Examples: Climate action plan, greenhouse gas emissions inventory	[ ]
Endowment Examples: Proxy voting guidelines, investment advisory committees	[ ]
Energy Examples: Conservation/behavioral change programs, retrofits and efficiency improvements	[X]	Moderate	Green Behavior and Behavior Change class created in conjuction with the Office of Sustainability: A result of a partnership with the Office of Sustainability, this class was designed to teach students about sustainability on campus and train them to be student auditors for campus buildings (water and energy).
Food Examples: Advocating for local, organic, or more sustainable food, campus gardening, food purchasing and ingredient guidelines	[X]	Significant	350.org Food/Climate choices awareness partnership outreach in students dining halls: SSS partnered with Stanford Dining for a week-long education campaign about the connection between food choices and climate change. 2) Stanford Farm Project: A campaign to establish a 2-3 acre working production farm on campus for research, education, and local food production. The campaign is in partnership with Dean Pam Matson and several other faculty members. We have secured land for it from the University and aim to break ground in September 2010. 3)New composting system in Stanford Dining eateries, Axe&Palm, and Tresidder: We worked with Stanford Dining and other campus eateries to implement a new and improved composting system and compostable eatery purchasing program. The eateries have all agreed to purchase the compostable items, and we run a monitoring program in which Student Composting Coordinators audit the bins and eateries on a weekly basis and help with signage and student composting education.
Green Building Examples: Design or construction policy	[X]	Moderate	Lotus One proposal and campaign: A proposal to build a green dorm on campus. It has support from a broad spread of faculty members, and it building on a student-led research team from previous years (the Green Dorm Project).
Grounds and Maintenance Examples: Green landscaping, non-toxic cleaners	[X]	Moderate	Organic lawn management test plot/program: Stanford Grounds agreed to give us a plot of lawn to test out a compost tea/organic management system to serve as a pilot plot to develop more enviromentally-friendly lawn management at Stanford. The project is continuing into this summer and preliminary results are expected in the fall.
Student Involvement Examples: Facilitating engagement with students, speaker series, establishing EcoReps program, student guide to sustainable living on campus	[X]	Significant	1) FutureFest 2010: FutureFest was a large collaborative event, the result of a partnership between 10+ social and environmental student groups. The objective was to underscore the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation when trying to address global challenges. Students were asked to share their “vision of the future” through written, visual, audio, and film media. We collected over 800 student statements. Event highlights included a Sustainable Fashion Show, Van Jones as the keynote speaker, and a performance by De La Soul. For info at www.futurefest.stanford.edu 2) Social M Challenge: SSS co-sponsored the Social M Challenge, a social innovation competition with a $35,000 prize for the winning proposal to create a social movement centered around the theme of sustainability. The competition was launched with the Social-M Convergence, a day-long conference featuring workshops and speeches from professionals, social changemakers, and professors from all disciplines.
Transportation Examples: Promoting sustainable transportation, campus fleet improvements, connecting students with public transit	[ ]
Waste Reduction Examples: Recycling, composting, reducing consumption	[X]	Significant	Green Move-Out 2010 (“Ditch That Dumpster!”): We collaborated with ASSU and Stanford Student Enterprises (SSE) to set up “Ditch That Dumpster!” sites across campus where students could donate unwanted reusable items when they were moving out of their campus residences at the end of the year, instead of throwing all of it away. SSE will hold a big rummage sale in the fall where students can buy the items at the beginning of the year when they are moving in.
Water Examples: Water conservation, reducing campus pollution, bottled water campaigns	[X]	Moderate	Rain cachment installation and workshop: Installing two rain collecting barrels and pumps at a student residence on campus
Other	[ ]

Additional Comments

We had a highly productive year and focused a great deal of energy of collaboration with other groups, thereby facilitating a campus discussion around a more nuanced definition of "sustainability", one that includes social equity and economic sustainability, not just environment.

3) Sustainability Competitions and Challenges

This information should describe a campus challenge or competition organized by your group to promote sustainability. To add general information about your group, return to the previous questions.

First competition

Name of competition	Conservation Cup
Frequency of competition	Annually
Year initiated Even if the competition has not been held continually each year, enter the year it began.	2005
Groups involved in coordinating If your group conducted the competition alone enter your group's name. Otherwise, enter other student groups, administrative offices, or faculty departments that assisted in implementation.	Green Living Council

Participants:

Students	[X]
Faculty	[ ]
Staff	[ ]
Other. Please describe.

Incentives/Rewards:

Describe how students, faculty, and/or staff were encouraged to participate in the competition. How were they notified and enticed to join the competition? What was the “prize” or reward for which they were competing?

I am not really familiar with the details of the incentives/rewards. SSS was not in charge of organizing it, so you would have to talk to the Green Living Council, whose president was Kevan Christensen this year (kevanc@stanford.edu)

Goals of competition:

Describe the sustainability-related goal of the competition (e.g. conserve electricity, water, reduce waste, increase recycling rates).

Energy conservation	[X]
Waste reduction	[ ]
Water conservation	[ ]
Other. Please describe

Percent of energy/water/waste reduced (describe):

Describe both the raw savings, and the savings as compared to use before the competition. For example, an electricity-saving competition may have encouraged a dorm to conserve 6,000 kW/h of electricity for the month of April, a savings of 5% from the same month last year.

see comment above

Lasting effects of competition:

Describe other impacts and effects. What are observable changes in campus behavior even after the competition’s completion? Have other efforts towards sustainability been given added momentum? Has the competition inspired other campaigns or initiatives?

Website:

http://glc.stanford.edu/

Second competition

Name of competition
Frequency of competition
Year initiated Even if the competition has not been held continually each year, enter the year it began.
Groups involved in coordinating If your group conducted the competition alone enter your group's name. Otherwise, enter other student groups, administrative offices, or faculty departments that assisted in implementation.

Participants:

Students	[ ]
Faculty	[ ]
Staff	[ ]
Other. Please describe.

Incentives/Rewards:

Goals of competition:

Describe the sustainability-related goal of the competition (e.g. conserve electricity, water, reduce waste, increase recycling rates).

Energy conservation	[ ]
Waste reduction	[ ]
Water conservation	[ ]
Other. Please describe

Percent of energy/water/waste reduced (describe):

Lasting effects of competition:

Website:

Third competition

Name of competition
Frequency of competition
Year initiated Even if the competition has not been held continually each year, enter the year it began.
Groups involved in coordinating If your group conducted the competition alone enter your group's name. Otherwise, enter other student groups, administrative offices, or faculty departments that assisted in implementation.

Participants:

Students	[ ]
Faculty	[ ]
Staff	[ ]
Other. Please describe.

Incentives/Rewards:

Goals of competition:

Describe the sustainability-related goal of the competition (e.g. conserve electricity, water, reduce waste, increase recycling rates).

Energy conservation	[ ]
Waste reduction	[ ]
Water conservation	[ ]
Other. Please describe

Percent of energy/water/waste reduced (describe):

Lasting effects of competition:

Website:

4) Sustainability in Student Government and Other Activities

Please describe the role of Student Government and other groups.

Does your student government include a specific position or committee dedicated to campus sustainability issues?

Yes

If yes. Please describe below:

Include the following: How many students are active in the committee? How often does it meet? What kinds of power and decision-making ability does it have? What impacts and initiatives has it undertaken? What kind of working relationship does it have with other student groups and the administration?

Sustainability Executive Chair—Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU). This individual is chosen through an application/interview process by the two elected presidents of the student body to sit on their executive committee. He/she works with different environmental student, staff, faculty initiatives to push forward environmental sustainability on campus under the banner of the ASSU. Last year’s main project was the establishment of a Greenstore, where houses and fraternities/sororities on campus could buy recyclable party cups, rather than using the traditional, non-recyclable red cup. Also important was the promotion of flyer-less campaigning for the ASSU representatives, in order to reduce paper usage (which tends to be excessive during campaign season). The Sustainability Exec also ensures that the ASSU’s operations are “green”, in terms of items like recycling facilities, compost, recycled paper usage in the office, turning off computers at night, putting appliances on a Smartstrip, etc.

Please describe any additional campus sustainability activities or projects that you or your group has initiated at your school:

Describe any activities that your group or yourself, as a leader on campus, have undertaken that are not already included in your survey responses. If applicable, also describe off-campus and community efforts that relate to institutional sustainability at your school.

Please Note: The following is for informational purposes only; your response will NOT be included in the Report Card evaluation process.

Please list any regional or national networks with which your group is affiliated (e.g., Energy Action Coalition/Campus Climate Challenge, Sierra Student Coalition, a state PIRG, a state student sustainability coalition):

California Students for Sustainability Coaliton (CSSC)

_______________________________

School name: Stanford University

Date submitted: May 20, 2010

1) Contact Information

The following fields designate the main contact person for your group.

Name: Kevan Christensen

School Name: Stanford University

Name of student organization: Green Living Council

Your position or title: President

2) Student Organization

Active members attend meetings and help implement the organization’s initiatives. Please describe event or email-listserv attendance under “Additional Comments.”

Number of active members:

Date of last meeting (mm/dd/yyyy):

May 19, 2010

Frequency of meetings:

Note: if you meet more than once a week, please select weekly.

Weekly

Key issues addressed and programs implemented since August 2009:

	Addressed	Progress	Describe
Academics Examples: Minor, major and concentration programs, curricular additions, research projects	[X]	Significant	For the second year hosted a 2-unit course training course for members that taught strategies for sustainable behavior change, including community-based social marketing
Administration Examples: Procurement policies, institution-wide sustainability policy, advocating for sustainability-related staff positions	[ ]
Climate Examples: Climate action plan, greenhouse gas emissions inventory	[X]	Moderate	350.org campus group photo
Endowment Examples: Proxy voting guidelines, investment advisory committees	[ ]
Energy Examples: Conservation/behavioral change programs, retrofits and efficiency improvements	[X]	Significant	The annual winter quarter Conservation Cup, a campus-wide competition among dorms and houses to conserve energy and water; aided with a CFL distribution in the fall quarter; several projects to put laundry drying racks in student residences
Food Examples: Advocating for local, organic, or more sustainable food, campus gardening, food purchasing and ingredient guidelines	[ ]
Green Building Examples: Design or construction policy	[ ]
Grounds and Maintenance Examples: Green landscaping, non-toxic cleaners	[ ]
Student Involvement Examples: Facilitating engagement with students, speaker series, establishing EcoReps program, student guide to sustainable living on campus	[X]	Significant	A Green Living Pledge, in which we asked students across campus to commit to doing a number of sustainable activities in their daily lives
Transportation Examples: Promoting sustainable transportation, campus fleet improvements, connecting students with public transit	[ ]
Waste Reduction Examples: Recycling, composting, reducing consumption	[ ]
Water Examples: Water conservation, reducing campus pollution, bottled water campaigns	[X]	Significant	The Conservation Cup; several projects to put shower timers in student residences
Other	[X]	Significant	Green Screens Environmental Documentary Series - screened several documentaries in student residences around campus

Additional Comments

Active membership is somewhat hard to gauge, and often tapers off significantly throughout the course of the year. Some members cannot attend meetings due to time conflicts but still try to stay involved with projects. At the start of the year, we had over 100 students apply to become Green Living Coordinators, by the end of the year we have far fewer active members.

3) Sustainability Competitions and Challenges

This information should describe a campus challenge or competition organized by your group to promote sustainability. To add general information about your group, return to the previous questions.

First competition

Name of competition	RecycleMania
Frequency of competition	Annually
Year initiated Even if the competition has not been held continually each year, enter the year it began.
Groups involved in coordinating If your group conducted the competition alone enter your group's name. Otherwise, enter other student groups, administrative offices, or faculty departments that assisted in implementation.	Stanford Recycling Center/PSSI

Participants:

Students	[X]
Faculty	[X]
Staff	[X]
Other. Please describe.

Incentives/Rewards:

Goals of competition:

Describe the sustainability-related goal of the competition (e.g. conserve electricity, water, reduce waste, increase recycling rates).

Energy conservation	[ ]
Waste reduction	[X]
Water conservation	[ ]
Other. Please describe

Percent of energy/water/waste reduced (describe):

Lasting effects of competition:

Website:

recycling.stanford.edu

Second competition

Name of competition	Conservation Cup
Frequency of competition	Annually
Year initiated Even if the competition has not been held continually each year, enter the year it began.
Groups involved in coordinating If your group conducted the competition alone enter your group's name. Otherwise, enter other student groups, administrative offices, or faculty departments that assisted in implementation.	Green Living Council, Student Housing

Participants:

Students	[X]
Faculty	[ ]
Staff	[ ]
Other. Please describe.

Incentives/Rewards:

Prizes this year were reusable water bottles and a trip for the winning residences to the California Academy of Sciences

Goals of competition:

Describe the sustainability-related goal of the competition (e.g. conserve electricity, water, reduce waste, increase recycling rates).

Energy conservation	[X]
Waste reduction	[ ]
Water conservation	[X]
Other. Please describe

Percent of energy/water/waste reduced (describe):

Lasting effects of competition:

Website:

glc.stanford.edu/conservationcup

Third competition

Name of competition	Social-M
Frequency of competition	Annually
Year initiated Even if the competition has not been held continually each year, enter the year it began.	2010
Groups involved in coordinating If your group conducted the competition alone enter your group's name. Otherwise, enter other student groups, administrative offices, or faculty departments that assisted in implementation.	Students for a Sustainable Stanford, FUSION, BASES

Participants:

Students	[X]
Faculty	[ ]
Staff	[ ]
Other. Please describe.

Incentives/Rewards:

$10,000 prize for best idea for creating a social movement to promote sustainability

Goals of competition:

Describe the sustainability-related goal of the competition (e.g. conserve electricity, water, reduce waste, increase recycling rates).

Energy conservation	[ ]
Waste reduction	[ ]
Water conservation	[ ]
Other. Please describe	creation of innovative social movements

Percent of energy/water/waste reduced (describe):

Lasting effects of competition:

Website:

social-m.stanford.edu

4) Sustainability in Student Government and Other Activities

Please describe the role of Student Government and other groups.

Does your student government include a specific position or committee dedicated to campus sustainability issues?

Yes

If yes. Please describe below:

The ASSU Executive, our student body President and Vice President, has a Sustainability Chair as part of the cabinet. This year, one of the chairs spearheaded the creation of GAIA, the Green Alliance for Innovative Action, which is a coalition of environmental groups on campus.

Please describe any additional campus sustainability activities or projects that you or your group has initiated at your school:

Please Note: The following is for informational purposes only; your response will NOT be included in the Report Card evaluation process.

_______________________________

School name: Stanford University

Date submitted: May 12, 2010

1) Contact Information

The following fields designate the main contact person for your group.

Name: Katherine Rostkowski

School Name: Stanford University

Name of student organization: Engineers for a Sustainable World

Your position or title: President

2) Student Organization

Active members attend meetings and help implement the organization’s initiatives. Please describe event or email-listserv attendance under “Additional Comments.”

Number of active members:

Date of last meeting (mm/dd/yyyy):

May 3, 2010

Frequency of meetings:

Note: if you meet more than once a week, please select weekly.

Weekly

Key issues addressed and programs implemented since August 2009:

	Addressed	Progress	Describe
Academics Examples: Minor, major and concentration programs, curricular additions, research projects	[X]	Significant	Two classes per year supporting our projects
Administration Examples: Procurement policies, institution-wide sustainability policy, advocating for sustainability-related staff positions	[ ]
Climate Examples: Climate action plan, greenhouse gas emissions inventory	[X]	Moderate	Solar-powered Refrigeration Project
Endowment Examples: Proxy voting guidelines, investment advisory committees	[ ]
Energy Examples: Conservation/behavioral change programs, retrofits and efficiency improvements	[X]	Moderate	Solar-powered Refrigeration Project
Food Examples: Advocating for local, organic, or more sustainable food, campus gardening, food purchasing and ingredient guidelines	[ ]
Green Building Examples: Design or construction policy	[X]	Significant	Tsunami Preparedness Project and Adobe brick-making workshop
Grounds and Maintenance Examples: Green landscaping, non-toxic cleaners	[ ]
Student Involvement Examples: Facilitating engagement with students, speaker series, establishing EcoReps program, student guide to sustainable living on campus	[X]	Significant	Technical Workshops and speaker series
Transportation Examples: Promoting sustainable transportation, campus fleet improvements, connecting students with public transit	[ ]
Waste Reduction Examples: Recycling, composting, reducing consumption	[X]	Significant
Water Examples: Water conservation, reducing campus pollution, bottled water campaigns	[X]	Significant	Ecological Sanitation in Mexico Project, Rainwater Harvesting Workshop
Other	[ ]

Additional Comments

3) Sustainability Competitions and Challenges

This information should describe a campus challenge or competition organized by your group to promote sustainability. To add general information about your group, return to the previous questions.

First competition

Name of competition	The Weekly Green Challenge
Frequency of competition	Weekly
Year initiated Even if the competition has not been held continually each year, enter the year it began.
Groups involved in coordinating If your group conducted the competition alone enter your group's name. Otherwise, enter other student groups, administrative offices, or faculty departments that assisted in implementation.	Green Living Council

Participants:

Students	[X]
Faculty	[ ]
Staff	[ ]
Other. Please describe.

Incentives/Rewards:

Goals of competition:

Describe the sustainability-related goal of the competition (e.g. conserve electricity, water, reduce waste, increase recycling rates).

Energy conservation	[X]
Waste reduction	[X]
Water conservation	[X]
Other. Please describe

Percent of energy/water/waste reduced (describe):

Lasting effects of competition:

Each week, the Green Living Council challenges the campus community to try a new sustainable behavior. The goal of the Weekly Green Challenge is to encourage the average Stanford student to make changes one step at a time, by trying something relatively easy and hopefully getting hooked. Over time, students can begin to see that integrating sustainable habits into everyday life doesn't have to involve huge sacrifices or drastic changes. Examples of Weekly Green Challenges include going a day without eating meat, cutting shower times by three minutes, and turning off your computer every night for a week.

Website:

http://glc.stanford.edu/greenchallenge

Second competition

Name of competition	The Conservation Cup
Frequency of competition	Annually
Year initiated Even if the competition has not been held continually each year, enter the year it began.
Groups involved in coordinating If your group conducted the competition alone enter your group's name. Otherwise, enter other student groups, administrative offices, or faculty departments that assisted in implementation.	Green Living Council

Participants:

Students	[X]
Faculty	[ ]
Staff	[ ]
Other. Please describe.

Incentives/Rewards:

Most Efficient Residence (Per Capita) The dorm and house that are the most energy and water efficient, on a per-capita basis, will receive trophies.  10% Reduction From Baseline Any dorm or house that reduces it’s combined energy and water use by 10% or more will receive prizes that may include reusable water bottles or T-shirts  20% Reduction From Baseline Any dorm or house that reduces it’s combined energy and water use by 20% or more will receive a larger prize, such as a sustainable outing to the California Academy of Sciences.*This is a new calculation formula we are trying this year. If it does not end up being an accurate measure, we will determine prizes based on reductions over a baseline drawn from winter quarter of previous years.

Goals of competition:

Describe the sustainability-related goal of the competition (e.g. conserve electricity, water, reduce waste, increase recycling rates).

Energy conservation	[X]
Waste reduction	[X]
Water conservation	[ ]
Other. Please describe

Percent of energy/water/waste reduced (describe):

Lasting effects of competition:

The goal of the competition is to use teamwork and the competitive spirit to promote sustainable behaviors while engaging the campus community in a fun event.

Website:

http://glc.stanford.edu/conservationabout

Third competition

Name of competition	Recyclemania
Frequency of competition	Annually
Year initiated Even if the competition has not been held continually each year, enter the year it began.
Groups involved in coordinating If your group conducted the competition alone enter your group's name. Otherwise, enter other student groups, administrative offices, or faculty departments that assisted in implementation.	Green Living Council

Participants:

Students	[X]
Faculty	[ ]
Staff	[X]
Other. Please describe.

Incentives/Rewards:

Nationwide competition

Goals of competition:

Describe the sustainability-related goal of the competition (e.g. conserve electricity, water, reduce waste, increase recycling rates).

Energy conservation	[ ]
Waste reduction	[X]
Water conservation	[ ]
Other. Please describe

Percent of energy/water/waste reduced (describe):

Lasting effects of competition:

Website:

http://recyclemania.com/

4) Sustainability in Student Government and Other Activities

Please describe the role of Student Government and other groups.

Does your student government include a specific position or committee dedicated to campus sustainability issues?

Yes

If yes. Please describe below:

Sustainability Chair - mobilizes/supports campus wide initiatives and is the main liaison to GAIA (alliance of all sustainability groups on campus)

Please describe any additional campus sustainability activities or projects that you or your group has initiated at your school:

This year GAIA (Green Alliance for Innovative Action) was formed. It is an umbrella group of all the green groups on campus to help us coordinate our efforts and increase the impact of our initiatives. This year we hosted two important events: Secretary of Energy Steven Chu in an effort of increasing awareness of the Re-energyze plan and FutureFest, a now annual sustainability festival that seeks to educate and inspire students to take action by supporting a bigger sustainability effort on campus and incorporating it into the curriculum. GreenFest was an effort to unite all sustainably-minded student groups in one event--a festival that featured collaborative work of all the groups in energy, water, food, and resources.

Please Note: The following is for informational purposes only; your response will NOT be included in the Report Card evaluation process.

Engineers for a Sustainable World - National

_______________________________

School name: Stanford University

Date submitted: May 4, 2010

1) Contact Information

The following fields designate the main contact person for your group.

Name: John Ten Hoeve

School Name: Stanford University

Name of student organization: Stanford Solar and Wind Energy Project

Your position or title: President

2) Student Organization

Active members attend meetings and help implement the organization’s initiatives. Please describe event or email-listserv attendance under “Additional Comments.”

Number of active members:

Date of last meeting (mm/dd/yyyy):

April 21, 2010

Frequency of meetings:

Note: if you meet more than once a week, please select weekly.

Biweekly

Key issues addressed and programs implemented since August 2009:

	Addressed	Progress	Describe
Academics Examples: Minor, major and concentration programs, curricular additions, research projects	[X]	Significant	Develop renewable energy resource assessment and financial models for academic use. We also hold a speaker series every few weeks which brings in industry, academic, and government professionals to talk to students.
Administration Examples: Procurement policies, institution-wide sustainability policy, advocating for sustainability-related staff positions	[X]	Moderate	We work closely with the administration when planning and developing our projects, to assess feasibility.
Climate Examples: Climate action plan, greenhouse gas emissions inventory	[X]	Moderate	Our overarching goal is to reduce Stanford's carbon footprint, and so we address many climate issues, even if tangentially, in our group.
Endowment Examples: Proxy voting guidelines, investment advisory committees	[X]	None
Energy Examples: Conservation/behavioral change programs, retrofits and efficiency improvements	[X]	Significant	Our mission statement is to help reduce Stanford's carbon footprint by promoting and developing renewable energy projects for the university, so energy issues are at the core of our student group
Food Examples: Advocating for local, organic, or more sustainable food, campus gardening, food purchasing and ingredient guidelines	[ ]	None
Green Building Examples: Design or construction policy	[X]	Moderate	One of our main projects is focused on promoting solar water heating for Stanford campus dorms - we helped install and instrument two solar water heaters on campus this year
Grounds and Maintenance Examples: Green landscaping, non-toxic cleaners	[ ]	None
Student Involvement Examples: Facilitating engagement with students, speaker series, establishing EcoReps program, student guide to sustainable living on campus	[X]	Significant	We have a large amount of student invovlement in our projects. Students from a variety of diverse backgrounds (engineering, earth science, economics, business) are working on the multiple aspects of developing renewable energy projects.
Transportation Examples: Promoting sustainable transportation, campus fleet improvements, connecting students with public transit	[X]	Moderate	Some of our projects deal with reducing emissions from transportation (i.e. a white paper about the feasibility of EVs at Stanford)
Waste Reduction Examples: Recycling, composting, reducing consumption	[ ]	None
Water Examples: Water conservation, reducing campus pollution, bottled water campaigns	[ ]	None
Other	[X]		Community outreach is a growing in importance in our student group.

Additional Comments

3) Sustainability Competitions and Challenges

This information should describe a campus challenge or competition organized by your group to promote sustainability. To add general information about your group, return to the previous questions.

First competition

Name of competition
Frequency of competition
Year initiated Even if the competition has not been held continually each year, enter the year it began.
Groups involved in coordinating If your group conducted the competition alone enter your group's name. Otherwise, enter other student groups, administrative offices, or faculty departments that assisted in implementation.

Participants:

Students	[ ]
Faculty	[ ]
Staff	[ ]
Other. Please describe.

Incentives/Rewards:

Goals of competition:

Describe the sustainability-related goal of the competition (e.g. conserve electricity, water, reduce waste, increase recycling rates).

Energy conservation	[ ]
Waste reduction	[ ]
Water conservation	[ ]
Other. Please describe

Percent of energy/water/waste reduced (describe):

Lasting effects of competition:

Website:

Second competition

Name of competition
Frequency of competition
Year initiated Even if the competition has not been held continually each year, enter the year it began.
Groups involved in coordinating If your group conducted the competition alone enter your group's name. Otherwise, enter other student groups, administrative offices, or faculty departments that assisted in implementation.

Participants:

Students	[ ]
Faculty	[ ]
Staff	[ ]
Other. Please describe.

Incentives/Rewards:

Goals of competition:

Describe the sustainability-related goal of the competition (e.g. conserve electricity, water, reduce waste, increase recycling rates).

Energy conservation	[ ]
Waste reduction	[ ]
Water conservation	[ ]
Other. Please describe

Percent of energy/water/waste reduced (describe):

Lasting effects of competition:

Website:

Third competition

Name of competition
Frequency of competition
Year initiated Even if the competition has not been held continually each year, enter the year it began.
Groups involved in coordinating If your group conducted the competition alone enter your group's name. Otherwise, enter other student groups, administrative offices, or faculty departments that assisted in implementation.

Participants:

Students	[ ]
Faculty	[ ]
Staff	[ ]
Other. Please describe.

Incentives/Rewards:

Goals of competition:

Describe the sustainability-related goal of the competition (e.g. conserve electricity, water, reduce waste, increase recycling rates).

Energy conservation	[ ]
Waste reduction	[ ]
Water conservation	[ ]
Other. Please describe

Percent of energy/water/waste reduced (describe):

Lasting effects of competition:

Website:

4) Sustainability in Student Government and Other Activities

Please describe the role of Student Government and other groups.

Does your student government include a specific position or committee dedicated to campus sustainability issues?

Yes

If yes. Please describe below:

I'm not the right person to ask about this...

Please describe any additional campus sustainability activities or projects that you or your group has initiated at your school:

We have several ongoing and completed projects related to sustainability:- In situ wind resource assessments in Salinas, CA and Redwood City, CA to eventually install a community-scale wind farm that could be used to offset Stanford's carbon emissions. - A solar water heating project that is currently operating in two of Staford's undergraduate dorms.- A speaker series that focuses on bringing industry professionals from around the Bay Area to speak to Stanford graduate and undergraduate students.- Participation in on-campus sustainability initiatives such as FutureFest- Hosting workshops and other educational events for Stanford students, such as an informational session about Stanford's newly created Energy and Climate Plan.

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School name: Stanford University

Date submitted: August 4, 2010

1) Contact Information

The following fields designate the main contact person for your group.

Name: David Gobaud

School Name: Stanford University

Name of student organization: ASSU (Associated Students of Stanford University)

Your position or title: President

2) Student Organization

Active members attend meetings and help implement the organization’s initiatives. Please describe event or email-listserv attendance under “Additional Comments.”

Number of active members:

15000

Date of last meeting (mm/dd/yyyy):

April 23, 2010

Frequency of meetings:

Note: if you meet more than once a week, please select weekly.

Weekly

Key issues addressed and programs implemented since August 2009:

	Addressed	Progress	Describe
Academics Examples: Minor, major and concentration programs, curricular additions, research projects	[X]	Moderate	SSS (Students for a Sustainable Stanford) worked with ASSU Executive’s Eli Miller to propose a Sustainability GER to the Vice Provost for undergraduate education. The proposal advocated for the addition of sustainability as a topic that fulfills the “Education for Citizen” graduation requirement. The “Education for Citizen” requirement mandates that students take classes in ethical reasoning, global community, gender studies, and American cultures. This proposal is still under review by the Vice Provost.
Administration Examples: Procurement policies, institution-wide sustainability policy, advocating for sustainability-related staff positions	[X]	Significant	As stated in our website, “GAIA (Green Alliance for Innovative Action) is an ASSU Executive initiative aimed at forming a partnership between the different energy and sustainability efforts across campus. Today, while there are many student, faculty, and administrative units doing remarkable work on sustainability, they need to be integrated in a holistic fashion in order to create the synergies that will enhance productivity and impact. GAIA will expand on this partnership and look at how students can become integrated and involved by eliminating redundancy of events, sharing ideas and resources, and serving as a hub for sustainability groups on campus. Our current partners include Students for a Sustainable Stanford (SSS), the Green Living Council (GLC), Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), Stanford Wind and Energy Project (SWEP), Energy Crossroads (EC), IDEAS, and the ASSU, in addition to a Faculty Advisory Board comprised by professors and members of entities such as the Office of Sustainability, and the Woods Institute for the Environment.” As a result of GAIA, many student groups have added sustainability officer positions to their clubs. In addition, campus wide pledges have also been created and promoted through GAIA and events like FutureFest. According to the Green Living Council (GLC) website, “The Green Living Pledge is intended to show campus-wide support for sustainable action in our daily lives. Pledges can be quite simple, like installing a CFL or reducing shower times by a few minutes, but they add up over time and with many people participating. “
Climate Examples: Climate action plan, greenhouse gas emissions inventory	[X]	Significant	The ASSU Executive has made significant strides towards climate issues through the ReEnergyse Campaign. According to the ReEnergyse website, (http://leadenergy.org/issues/reenergyse/), “The ReEnergyse Campaign is a national effort to establish the country’s first comprehensive federal program for clean energy science and engineering education. Our objective is to mobilize and empower young people across the country to advance RE-ENERGYSE – the clean energy education proposal in the Obama administration’s 2011 budget request to train thousands of young energy scientists and engineers – and ensure it is funded by Congress in 2010.”
Endowment Examples: Proxy voting guidelines, investment advisory committees	[ ]
Energy Examples: Conservation/behavioral change programs, retrofits and efficiency improvements	[X]	Significant	According to The Green Store website, “The Green Store, an ASSU (Associated Students of Stanford University) service initiative, strives to make eco-friendly goods more accessible to Stanford students by offering them at a break-even cost. In order to promote sustainable living on campus, we offer five green products: cups, power strips, laundry detergent, and silverware sets.” Thus, in addition to awareness events like FutureFest, competitions like GLC’s conservation cup, the Re-Energyse proposal, and GAIA, the ASSU Executive has achieved reductions in energy and waste through the vending of these sustainable items at subsidized prices.
Food Examples: Advocating for local, organic, or more sustainable food, campus gardening, food purchasing and ingredient guidelines	[X]	Moderate	Stanford’s ASSU Executive made progress in reducing food waste by promoting a pilot trayless program in two of the freshman dining halls. In an effort to reduce food waste and water consumption, Stanford Dining implemented the trayless program as a part of their “Love Food, Hate Waste Campaign.”
Green Building Examples: Design or construction policy	[X]	Significant	One of the results of the formation of GAIA, an ASSU Executive Project, was a new stimulus to the Green Dorm Project, headed by SSS (Students for a Sustainable Stanford). Below is a description of The Green Dorm Project (now known as Lotus One), which was presented to faculty and administration this year. “Lotus One (1.0) maintains and increases the scope to the initial vision of the Green Rom Project for an ‘evolving,’ ‘influential,’ ‘flexible,’ and ‘desirable’ living and learning facility. Lotus One will act as an incubator for holistic and sustainable solutions through the dynamics of living spaces. The name, stemming from the original Lotus Living Laboratory concept, embodies the significance and function of the lotus flower as a symbol of resilience through sustainable and adaptive pathways. To promote these pathways, Lotus One will be a forum for interdisciplinary innovation, spanning from alternative energy systems to human behavior and environmental education…As important as this project is to meeting a growing demand for housing and sustainable campus development, it is most important in meeting the demand for innovation in sustainable living where students form a new channel with staff and faculty to collectively pu8ruse scalable projects and ventures both within and outside the context of Stanford.” More information on Lotus On e can be found at this web address.: http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1nz2v/LotusOne10ARow20Init/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yudu.com%2Fitem%2Fdetails%2F173074%2FLotusOne--1.0----A-Row-2.0-Initiative-at-Stanford-University
Grounds and Maintenance Examples: Green landscaping, non-toxic cleaners	[X]	Moderate	This year the ASSU Executive created a Green Move-In and Move-Out program for people moving out of residences. As a part of the program student volunteers would help people sort their trash and recycling at a local dumpster. Furthermore, ASSU Executive initiated many advocacy efforts such as promoting the use of low water ground coverings.
Student Involvement Examples: Facilitating engagement with students, speaker series, establishing EcoReps program, student guide to sustainable living on campus	[X]	Significant	Through events like FutureFest and “Steven Chu and the Clean Energy Generation “, competitions like “Conservation Cup,” and pledges like GLC’s Green Living Pledge, the ASSU Executive has made significant progress in promoting student involvement. As stated on the FutureFest website (futurefest. Stanford.edu), “ Future Fest is an all day festival that celebrates Stanford culture and talent and moves students toward collective action regarding the holistic challenges that threaten our future. FF will promote and demonstrate in practice the confluence of backgrounds and skill sets needed to address our collective visions for progress. We’re looking for an agreement, a first step from the student body that moves towards a more interdisciplinary educational system here at Stanford, and a commitment that addresses the fundamental principles that will secure the foundation for our visions of the future, at Stanford and in the world. FF featured student performances, interactive booths and activities, food from Stanford Dining, Sustainable Fashion Show, speaker Van Jones, and headlining artist De La Soul, and much more.” This year’s FutureFest received a huge amount of support from the student body with almost 500 people in attendance and spectacular performances from a wide variety of people. Steven Chu and the Clean Energy Generation also helped garner student support with almost 2,000 people in attendance including faculty, administration, and the undergraduate and graduate student population. Furthermore, ASSU Executive brought back Beginnings, a panel discussion during New Student Orientation that educates incoming freshmen on different issues. This year’s Beginnings focused on sustainability and climate issues and featured people like Vinod Khosla, Jane Woodward, Jeff Orlowski, and Jeffrey Koseff. These events are just a few examples of the huge amount of student involvement in ASSU Executive sustainability initiatives. More information about student involvement in other events and projects can be found at gaia.stanford.edu and its affiliated partners websites.
Transportation Examples: Promoting sustainable transportation, campus fleet improvements, connecting students with public transit	[X]	Moderate	Starting in 2007, the ASSU Executives along with the Undergraduate Senate and the Graduate Student Council began the first ever ASSU Airport Shuttle. The shuttle took students to both the San Jose and San Francisco International Airports at a price of only $5.00 at the end of the school year. Not only is this shuttle a cheap alternative for students, but it also reduced the total amount of airport trips
Waste Reduction Examples: Recycling, composting, reducing consumption	[X]	Moderate	As stated on the ASSU Executive website, “..through collaboration with Students for a Sustainable Stanford (SSS) and Stanford Hospitality and Auxiliaries (SHA), three campus dining locations are now 0% waste areas. New compost bins are now in place at Union Square in Tresidder, The Axe & Palm, and the new Russo Café in Munger, and these three facilities are using compostable and recyclable materials. The compost bins are accompanied by recycling bins for glass, plastics and paper, as well as signs to help diners sort waste into the appropriate receptacles. To support and ensure ongoing success of the program, SSS is training eight Student Compost Coordinators to perform bi-weekly compost audits. We are now working with CoHo, Treehouse, and Ray's to implement the program… Composting bins were introduced in Tresidder several years ago, but were eventually removed because they were regularly contaminated with non-compostable materials. The composting disposal service that Stanford used would charge a fine for such contamination, and because of this the program was not able to continue. However, steps are being taken to ensure that this problem does not arise again. In addition to informative signs and clearly labeled bins, the ASSU Executive Sustainability team will collaborate with SSS on educational and outreach initiatives for the project - such as recruiting volunteers to stand near bins and help visitors properly dispose of their items.”
Water Examples: Water conservation, reducing campus pollution, bottled water campaigns	[X]	Moderate	Please refer to the energy, grounds and maintenance, and waste reduction answers for information on our projects and initiatives concerning water.
Other	[ ]

Additional Comments

3) Sustainability Competitions and Challenges

This information should describe a campus challenge or competition organized by your group to promote sustainability. To add general information about your group, return to the previous questions.

First competition

Name of competition	Conservation Cup
Frequency of competition	Annually
Year initiated Even if the competition has not been held continually each year, enter the year it began.	2003
Groups involved in coordinating If your group conducted the competition alone enter your group's name. Otherwise, enter other student groups, administrative offices, or faculty departments that assisted in implementation.	Green Living Council

Participants:

Students	[X]
Faculty	[ ]
Staff	[ ]
Other. Please describe.

Incentives/Rewards:

Prizes are awarded in both the dorm and house categories of the competition. Exact prizes depend on the size of the residence that wins, cost of the prizes, etc. and all final decisions on prizes are made by Student Housing and the winning residences. The below list outlines the categories for prizes, as well as examples of prizes that could be offered in each category. Most Efficient Residence (Per Capita) The dorm and house that are the most energy and water efficient, on a per-capita basis, receive trophies. 10% Reduction From Baseline Any dorm or house that reduces it’s combined energy and water use by 10% or more receive prizes that may include reusable water bottles or T-shirts 20% Reduction From Baseline Any dorm or house that reduces it’s combined energy and water use by 20% or more receive a larger prize, such as a sustainable outing to the California Academy of Sciences.

Goals of competition:

Describe the sustainability-related goal of the competition (e.g. conserve electricity, water, reduce waste, increase recycling rates).

Energy conservation	[X]
Waste reduction	[ ]
Water conservation	[X]
Other. Please describe

Percent of energy/water/waste reduced (describe):

Listed below are the top 6 houses with the biggest energy/water reduction. Hammarskjold: 26%717 Dolores: 20%Marx (Suites): 16%Haus Mitteleuropa: 15%Jerry: 15%Slavianskii Dom: 15%Columbae: 14%680 Lomita: 12%

Lasting effects of competition:

The program raises awareness of energy and water use on campus and rewards students who conserve, with free goodies paid for by other students. The goal of the competition is to use teamwork and the competitive spirit to promote sustainable behaviors while engaging the campus community in a fun event.

Website:

http://glc.stanford.edu/conservationcup

Second competition

Name of competition	Green Living Pledge
Frequency of competition	Annually
Year initiated Even if the competition has not been held continually each year, enter the year it began.	2009
Groups involved in coordinating If your group conducted the competition alone enter your group's name. Otherwise, enter other student groups, administrative offices, or faculty departments that assisted in implementation.	Green Living Council

Participants:

Students	[X]
Faculty	[X]
Staff	[X]
Other. Please describe.	Awareness

Incentives/Rewards:

The dorm/department with the most number of Green Pledges won a pizza party.

Goals of competition:

Describe the sustainability-related goal of the competition (e.g. conserve electricity, water, reduce waste, increase recycling rates).

Energy conservation	[X]
Waste reduction	[X]
Water conservation	[X]
Other. Please describe	Awarebess

Percent of energy/water/waste reduced (describe):

Many dorms/departments had green pledges, but the winning dorm was Faisan with 71.2% of its pledges taking green pledges.

Lasting effects of competition:

According to the GLC website, "The Green Living Pledge is intended to show campus-wide support for sustainable action in our daily lives. Pledges can be quite simple, like installing a CFL or reducing shower times by a few minutes, but they add up over time and with many people participating. You are encouraged to challenge yourself with your pledges and think about the positive impact you can have on our planet by incorporating more sustainable habits into your lifestyle. By filling out a pledge sheet and posting it on your room or office door, you not only provide yourself with a constant and visible reminder about your commitments, but you also make those commitments visible to others. In doing so, you can encourage them to take a pledge of their own, thus strengthening shared community norms and values around sustainability."

Website:

http://glc.stanford.edu/pledge

Third competition

Name of competition
Frequency of competition
Year initiated Even if the competition has not been held continually each year, enter the year it began.
Groups involved in coordinating If your group conducted the competition alone enter your group's name. Otherwise, enter other student groups, administrative offices, or faculty departments that assisted in implementation.

Participants:

Students	[ ]
Faculty	[ ]
Staff	[ ]
Other. Please describe.

Incentives/Rewards:

Goals of competition:

Describe the sustainability-related goal of the competition (e.g. conserve electricity, water, reduce waste, increase recycling rates).

Energy conservation	[ ]
Waste reduction	[ ]
Water conservation	[ ]
Other. Please describe

Percent of energy/water/waste reduced (describe):

Lasting effects of competition:

Website:

4) Sustainability in Student Government and Other Activities

Please describe the role of Student Government and other groups.

Does your student government include a specific position or committee dedicated to campus sustainability issues?

Yes

If yes. Please describe below:

For the 2009-2010 academic year, two co-chairs of sustainability were on the Executive Cabinet. One co-chair of Sustainability Sonali Chopra focused on large scale campus challenges and events such as FutureFest and Steven Chu and The Clean Energy Generation. The other co-chair of Sustainability Leslie Cachola worked with administration on projects such as making Tressider and Old Union 0% waste and campaigning for a sustainability general education requirement.

Please describe any additional campus sustainability activities or projects that you or your group has initiated at your school:

http://futurefest.stanford.eduhttp://gaia.stanford.edu One headed by Leslie Cachola, Co-Chair of Sustainability, was making Tressider and Old Union 0% waste. Through collaboration with Students for a Sustainable Stanford (SSS) and Stanford Hospitality and Auxiliaries (SHA), three campus dining locations are now 0% waste areas. New compost bins are now in place at Union Square in Tresidder, The Axe & Palm, and the new Russo Café in Munger, and these three facilities are using compostable and recyclable materials. The compost bins are accompanied by recycling bins for glass, plastics and paper, as well as signs to help diners sort waste into the appropriate receptacles. We are now working with CoHo, Treehouse, and Ray's to implement the program.In addition to these many projects, Sonali Chopra, co-chair of Sustainability team created an alliance among the different sustainability student groups on campus, otherwise known as the Green Alliance for Innovative Action (GAIA). Current partners of GAIA include Students for a Sustainable Stanford (SSS), Green Living Council (GLC), Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), Energy Crossroads, Solar and Wind Energy Project (SWEP), and IDEAS.GAIA, led by Sonali Chopra, hosted two major events this year. The first event entitled Steven Chu and The Clean Energy Generation took place on Monday, March 8th. This event featured issues facing global energy. It (1) Highlighted strategies for advancing U.S. leadership in the clean technology sector, including innovation policy, education policy, and business strategy; (2) Examined international strategies for leading the global clean-tech industry, and explore opportunities for global partnership; and (3) Inspired more students, researchers, policymakers, advocates, and business leaders to focus their efforts on clean-tech innovation and education. This event was followed by a half-day conference hosted by Energy Crossroads.A petition was also sent to many U.S. universities in order to garner support for Obama's Re-Energyse proposal. The Sustainability team contaced all student body presidents of the universities so that they may sign the petition which will be sent to national legislators supporting the proposal.The second event, named FutureFest, was a social movement that addresses sustainability issues by celebrating the influences and accomplishments of our culture (or local and global community) and demonstrating it in an environmentally sustainable fashion. This one-day festival was the product of a unified front, showcasing the confluence of backgrounds and skill sets that are needed to create holistic mobilized solutions. FutureFest consisted of five primary elements that were complemented by dynamic festival activities. These elements include (1) the transformation of White Plaza, headed by SSS, (2) a rally in White Plaza with speaker Van Jones, headed by ASSU Executive, (3) a multimedia exposition headed by the partners of GAIA, (4) a concert featuring a prominent musical artist, headed by SCN, and (5) community outreach into the bay area, headed by Stanford in Government (SIG). At the end of FutureFest, a panel of students came together to create a document by which Stanford can move forward with its sustainability and clean energy efforts.Meanwhile, the sustainability team is also working with PSSI (Peninsula Sanitary Service, Inc.), the Office of Sustainability, and faculty from various departments to facilitate communication between students and the administration.

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