Stanford University
ER-2: Student Sustainability Outreach Campaign

(1) RECYCLEMANIA http://sustainable.stanford.edu/be_cardinal_green_recyclemania Recyclemania is a national 8-week intercollegiate competition and benchmarking tool for higher education recycling programs. Each year during RecycleMania, Stanford reports recycling and trash tonnage and attempts to surpass other schools in categories such as total tons recycled, waste diversion rate, waste minimization, and per capita recycling. All members of the campus community are encouraged to participate and evaluate their own waste and recycling habits during this annual competition. (2) CONSERVATION CUP http://glc.stanford.edu/conservationabout Stanford hosts an annual Conservation Cup, a month-long competition between student dorms to see which residences can achieve the greatest energy and water savings. Weekly challenges and web pledges help keep up the student momentum. (3) CARDINAL GREEN CAMPAIGNS http://sustainable.stanford.edu/be_cardinal_green In addition to RecycleMania, there are many other campus-wide Cardinal Green campaigns in which students are encouraged to participate.

(1) RECYCLEMANIA During Recyclemania, Stanford judges success based upon both competition ranking relative to peer institutions and also absolute improvements in the different waste and recycling categories. In 2011, Stanford achieved a personal best in seven out of eight categories during RecycleMania. All results from Stanford’s past five years of participation are available online (http://sustainable.stanford.edu/be_cardinal_green_recyclemania). (2) CONSERVATION CUP The Conservation Cup carefully monitors energy and water use in each campus dorm and compares it to energy and water consumption during the previous year. Residences are recognized when they reduce energy and water consumption by more than 5% from the previous year. Dorms that lower consumption by more than 10% receive special recognition. In 2011, one dorm achieved greater than 10% reduction and six achieved greater than 5% reduction.