Waste Diversion Program at Chico State Residence Halls Diverts Reusable and Recyclable Goods from the Landfill
May 23rd, 2013
CSU, Chico News
California State University, Chico’s award-winning Diversion Excursion program once again expects to divert thousands of pounds of reusable and recyclable goods from the landfill as residence hall students move out for the summer.
In its 13th year as a partnership between the University Housing and Food Service (UHFS), Grounds and Landscape Services, and the Associated Students Recycling Program, Diversion Excursion is expected to divert more than 20,000 pounds of electronics, clothes, canned goods, furniture and other items. More…
Entrepreneurial Minds Creating Sustainable Solutions
May 15th, 2013
By Erik Fallis
CSU Public Affairs
Jeff Klein, the CEO of Working for Good, recalled a concept illustrated by the famed documentarian Carl Sagan. If you are to start an apple pie from scratch, reasoned Sagan, you have to go all the way back to the formation of elements in the stars, then further to the formation of the stars themselves and then even further to the Big Bang. Anything we make today builds on natural processes that stretch all the way back to the beginning of space and time.
Klein spoke at the 8th Annual Sustainable Enterprise Conference. Sonoma State University, Dominican University of California and the Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy present the conference annually – hosted by Sonoma Mountain Village. The conference rises above the presumed conflict between natural and market systems, seeking instead to find solutions by joining the two. More…
Applied Learning
May 8th, 2013
By Meaghan Smith
CSU Capital Planning, Design and Construction
On May 1, CSU Dominguez Hills students in Earth Sciences Professor Judy King’s Natural Resources class were recognized for their achievements in energy efficiency. The GEO 420 students collaborated with campus facilities staff and industry partners in finding ways to reduce energy use in SAC – 2, the building where they held class this semester.
Professor King’s pride in her students was obvious as she gave out the awards.
Students showed off their work in a poster summarizing a portion of the study.
University Retrofit Project Sheds Light on Energy Savings
May 7th, 2013
CSU Dominguez Hills News Center
“Turn off the light!”
Those who remember their parents calling out the admonition—and possibly their own respondent groan—likely know it was dispensed in an effort to save money when a room was unoccupied. In today’s strained economy, this frugal habit now reaches beyond the home—and comes with the added imperative of reducing environmental impact.
To that end, central plant and energy manager Kenny Seeton is leading a cost- and energy-saving lighting retrofit project at California State University, Dominguez Hills. More…
The Living Lab
April 22nd, 2013
By Erik Fallis
CSU Public Affairs
The California State University is funding grants to encourage innovative thinking in the merging of academics and facilities management. The “Campus as a Living Lab” Grant Program combines the CSU’s principle of sustainability with “hands-on” applied learning designed to prepare students to excel in a modern workforce.
The awards will be broken down into individual grants of $12,000 for projects that best demonstrate:
- Development or redesign of a course that ties elements of sustainability into opportunities for learning using the campus physical plant.
- Creation of an interdisciplinary Learning Community, focused on campus sustainability and comprised of faculty, staff, students, and/or community college partners.
Participants are strongly encouraged to incorporate at least one high-impact practice into their proposal. These practices include for-credit internships, service-learning courses, undergraduate research opportunities, student learning communities and first year or capstone programs. More »
