Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	67.35
Liaison	Juliana Goodlaw-Morris
Submission Date	Feb. 6, 2024

STARS v2.2

California State University, San Marcos
EN-7: Employee Educators Program

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.58 / 3.00	Marissa Acosta Zero Waste and Sustainability Specialist Safety, Health and Sustainability

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Part 1. Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer, sustainability educators program

Total number of employees:

1,790

Total number of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:

100

Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:

5.59

1st program

Name of the employee educators program (1st program):

Sustainability Synergy Group

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

The purpose of the Sustainability Synergy Group is to inform employees, including faculty, staff, and managers, of sustainable practices and efforts on campus. This program is housed through the Staff center and is open to all employees. It is an engaging space where participants can learn how to implement different sustainable practices in the workplace and in their personal lives. Members of the Sustainability Synergy Group become peer educators who share what they have learned with other colleagues in their respective departments. The Sustainability Synergy Group also serves as a space for people who are interested in sustainability can learn from their peers and share successful strategies and challenges.

Active participants of the Sustainability Synergy Group serve as peer educators and participate in supporting and volunteering at sustainability-focused events and programs on campus.

A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (1st program):

The Sustainability Synergy Group aims to engage all employees such as faculty, staff, and managers to implement and promote sustainable practices in their work processes and lifestyles.

Number of trained employee educators (1st program):

Number of weeks the employee educators program is active annually (1st program):

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (1st program):

0.25

Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (1st program):

350

Website URL where information about the employee educators program is available (1st program) :

https://www.csusm.edu/staffcenter/synergy_groups.html

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2nd Program

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Additional Programs

A brief description of all other employee peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs:

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Number of trained employee educators (all other programs):

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Number of weeks, on average, the employee educators programs are active annually (all other programs):

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Part 2. Educator hours per employee served by a peer-to-peer program

Grand total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (all programs):

350

Hours worked annually by trained employee sustainability educators per employee served by a peer-to-peer program:

0.20

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