Sustainable Stanford at Stanford University

Sustainable Stanford is a university-wide effort to reduce our environmental impact, preserve resources, and show sustainability in action. Stanford is deeply engaged in cutting-edge research and innovative teaching on the environment and sustainability. Stanford seven schools, as well as centers, institutes and programs across campus offer an array of courses, degree programs, and engagement opportunities focused on sustainability, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary research and teaching in recognition that solutions to complex challenges demand collaboration across multiple fields.

Sustainability is also core value in campus action, and the university continues to make significant investments in, and strides toward, sustainability at operational and programmatic levels. The Department of Sustainability and Energy Management (SEM) within Land, Buildings & Real Estate (LBRE) leads initiatives on campus physical infrastructure and programs in energy and climate, water, transportation, and building operations, working with partners in Residential and Dining Enterprises and Peninsula Sanitary Services, Inc. to advance initiatives in food and living and waste, respectively.