Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.65
Liaison Aditi Arya
Submission Date March 2, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

California State University, Bakersfield
EN-7: Employee Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.09 / 3.00 Jennifer Sanchez
Sustainability Coordinator
Office of the President
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Total number of employees (staff + faculty, headcount):
1,210

Number of employees served (i.e. directly targeted) by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program (avoid double-counting):
35

Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer educator program:
2.89

1st Program 

Name of the employee educators program:
Green Offices

Number of employees served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (headcount):
35

A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities:
The GO program rates individual offices based on daily practices involving energy conservation, waste reduction, and recycling. Using our GO checklist, individuals can earn one of four different levels of certification. Offices can earn seed, sprout, plant, or tree rank, depending on how many points are earned. Once certified, participants receive a badge which can be displayed in their office. https://www.csub.edu/sustainability/greenoffices/

A brief description of how the employee educators are selected:
Employee educators are selected based on interest and passion for energy reduction practices.

A brief description of the formal training that the employee educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach:
The educators are trained and coordinated by the Sustainability Coordinator and sustainability student assistants.

A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or paid faculty/staff coordination):
Green Offices is funded out of the Office of the President's annual Environmental Sustainability budget.

If reporting employees served by additional peer-to-peer programs, provide: 

2nd Program

Name of the employee educators program (2nd program):
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Number of employees served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (headcount) (2nd program):
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A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (2nd program):
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A brief description of how the employee educators are selected (2nd program):
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A brief description of the formal training that the employee educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach (2nd program):
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A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or paid faculty/staff coordination) (2nd program):
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Additional Programs 

A brief description of all other employee peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs, including the number of employees served and how employee educators are selected, trained, and supported by the institution:
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Optional Fields 

Total number of hours employee educators are engaged in peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education activities annually:
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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