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Sustainability Stories

  • Zero Waste Move Out 2025

    Impact By the Numbers

    During Move Out Week, students community skipped the dumpsters and diverted 3,800 pounds of reusable items from landfills!

  • Celebrating a Year of Sustainability Triumphs

    2025 Sustainability Celebration

    Center for Sustainability’s annual spring gathering celebrated a year of incredible progress, highlighting how the campus community is putting its sustainability action plan into practice and paving the way to a more just and sustainable future.

  • Integral Ecology In Action

    2024-2025 Sustainability Champions

    A campus food recovery program. A community research initiative supporting small farmers. A solar energy project that doubled the university's capacity. Just a few of the ways our Sustainability Champions lead transformative contributions to sustainability at SCU and beyond.

  • Eco Fashion Show 2025

    Our celebration of upcycled artistry offers Broncos more an alternative to wasteful consumption, but also a vision for a more just, creative, and livable world.

  • Where We Break Bread

    Celebrating its 15th anniversary, the Forge Garden provides students with more than just greenery. With Nourish Nights, campus groups gather to cook a plant-based meal to combat food insecurity.

  • Solar Power EV Chargers

    SCU's first 100% solar-powered EV chargers generate clean, renewable energy to power our maintenance fleet with zero reliance on the grid.

  • Bucky's Closet Campus Thrift Store

    Bucky's Closet, SCU's free campus thrift store, offers student an opportunity to acquire professional attire, casual clothing, and supplies while supporting a sustainable circular economy.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Jesica Fernández

    Discover how Dr. Jesica Fernández, assistant professor of Ethnic Studies at Santa Clara University, integrated sustainability and environmental justice into her course after attending a Sustainability Across the Curriculum workshop.