Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.39
Liaison Sam Lubow
Submission Date June 29, 2012
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Stanford University
ER-1: Student Sustainability Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 5.00 Jiffy Vermylen
Sustainability Coordinator
Sustainability & Energy Management / Office of Sustainability
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Total number of degree-seeking students enrolled at the institution:
15,666

Program name (1st program):
Green Living Council

Number of students served by the program to whom peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education is offered (1st program):
6,257

A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (1st program):

The Green Living Council is a group of trained students who act as “Green Living Coordinators” for individual dorms and provide environmental education and outreach to dorm members. Examples of the peer-to-peer outreach include administration of the university's Green Living Pledge, kick-off presentations during New Student Orientation, and organization of the annual "Conservation Cup" event. All undergraduate dorms are served by Green Living Coordinators, and 96% of undergraduates live in campus housing (6887 undergraduates in 2010 - 2011).


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

To become a Green Living Coordinator, students must submit a brief application. The organization receives both staff and financial support from Student Housing at Stanford, and the leaders of the Green Living Council work directly with sustainability staff within Student Housing.


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

Green Living Coordinators participate in a two-unit course entitled “Promoting Behavior Change at Stanford” (http://glc.stanford.edu/course). The course explores new research on different strategies that achieve maximum success and engagement with target audiences and provides strategies for effective program design.


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

The two-unit training course is taught by Stanford Professor Tom Robinson. GLC members are encouraged to apply for grant funding from the Stanford Green Fund to implement sustainability projects within their dorms. The GLC also receives institutional support from the Office of Sustainability, Student Housing, and Stanford Dining.


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