Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.28
Liaison Austin Eriksson
Submission Date Feb. 29, 2016
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STARS v2.0

California State University, Northridge
EN-6: Employee Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Austin Eriksson
Sustainability Program Manager
FPDC
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Does the institution administer or oversee an ongoing faculty/staff peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

Total number of employees:
3,973

Name of the employee educators program (1st program) :
Green Core Working Groups

Number of employees served by the program (1st program):
3,973

A brief description of how the employee educators are selected (1st program):

Our Green Core Working Group members are appointed by our Director of The Institute for Sustainability and the Sustainability Program Manager.

+ Date Revised: April 8, 2016

A brief description of the formal training that the employee educators receive (1st program):

The 10 Green Core Working Groups are not only charged with helping to implement the Campus Sustainability Plan, but also educate, engage and promote our initiatives through their own departments. The staff and faculty members that have been selected for each group are subject matter experts in their fields. There are faculty and staff members from nearly every department on campus from general campus operations staff members to the faculty that are directly engaged with research and education our students. By gathering these folks as well as students on a regular basis we share best practices, completed and ongoing initiatives as well as introduce new ideas to make CSUN a more sustainable university.

+ Date Revised: April 8, 2016

A brief description of the staff and/or other financial support the institution provides to the program (1st program):

These 10 working groups are Administration, Dinning Services, Education, Energy and Buildings, Environmental Quality, Organics, Purchasing and Consumption, Transportation, Waste and Materials Management, and Water. All of these areas align with a single or multiple departments or divisions on the campus. The members involved with completing these projects or initiatives are generally funding the initiatives through their respective areas. Education and engagement initiatives generally are funded by The Institute for Sustainability or Facilities Planning.

+ Date Revised: April 8, 2016

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