San Diego City College
EN-3: Student Life
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Does the institution have an active student group focused on sustainability?:
Name and a brief description of the active student groups focused on sustainability:
Audubon Student Club
The campus program aims to prime young leaders from diverse backgrounds to get involved in bird conservation.
Does the institution have a garden, farm, community supported agriculture (CSA) or fishery program, or an urban agriculture project where students are able to gain experience in organic agriculture and sustainable food systems?:
A brief description of the gardens, farms, community supported agriculture (CSA) or fishery programs, and/or urban agriculture projects:
Seeds@City Urban Farm is both a vegetable/fruit production farm and an outdoor laboratory for the sustainable agriculture program. All agriculture courses at City College spend time applying theoretical skills learned in the classroom to real-world scenarios at the farm.
The farm is comprised of 4 different campus locations - totaling 1 acre of growing space. The sites include the Main Farm Site, the Orchard Site, the "S" Beds (in front of the S building), and the rooftop Greenhouse.
The farm offers students and campus community members the opportunity to learn about sustainable food production in a hands-on, community-oriented environment.
Does the institution have a student-run enterprise that includes sustainability as part of its mission statement or stated purpose?:
A brief description of the student-run enterprises:
Does the institution have a sustainable investment fund, green revolving fund, or sustainable microfinance initiative through which students can develop socially, environmentally and fiscally responsible investment and financial skills?:
A brief description of the sustainable investment funds, green revolving funds or sustainable microfinance initiatives:
Has the institution hosted a conference, speaker series, symposium, or similar event focused on sustainability during the previous three years that had students as the intended audience?:
A brief description of the conferences, speaker series, symposia, or similar events focused on sustainability:
Has the institution hosted a cultural arts event, installation, or performance focused on sustainability with the previous three years that had students as the intended audience?:
A brief description of the cultural arts events, installations, or performances focused on sustainability:
One of City’s parking garage has a mural on climate threatened birds. Exhibitions in City Gallery occasionally include themes of sustainability, climate change, land use, climate justice, water issues and other ecological art. Many of these exhibitions feature local artists and often student work, college, and high school are shown with themes included above. The public engages in these exhibitions and with the mural to be inspired and empowered to make positive changes and understand the issues better.
Does the institution have a wilderness or outdoors program that follow Leave No Trace principles?:
A brief description of the wilderness or outdoors programs that follow Leave No Trace principles:
Has the institution had a sustainability-focused theme chosen for a themed semester, year, or first-year experience during the previous three years?:
A brief description of the sustainability-focused themes chosen for themed semesters, years, or first-year experiences:
Does the institution have a program through which students can learn sustainable life skills?:
A brief description of the programs through which students can learn sustainable life skills:
Does the institution offer sustainability-focused student employment opportunities?:
A brief description of the sustainability-focused student employment opportunities offered by the institution:
The San Diego Community College District, of which SD City College is part, currently employs two students as Sustainability interns. Our interns work part-time and they are in charge of helping faculty and staff members with gathering data for the STARS report and the Sustainability report, as well as writing for grant proposals and helping with any other overall environmental and sustainability-focused initiative.
Does the institution have a graduation pledge through which students pledge to consider social and environmental responsibility in future job and other decisions?:
A brief description of the graduation pledge(s):
A brief description of other co-curricular sustainability programs and initiatives that do not fall into one of the above categories:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.