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ENGL 1: Critical Thinking & Writing I (Leither Win 2020)

How "Green" Is SCU? Web Sources To Get You Started

LOCAL

SCU Sustainability Office, including the SCU Sustainability Strategic Plan

SCU Facilities Office (focuses on operations, maintenance, construction). Here is their statement on LEED buildings. 

REGIONAL

County of Santa Clara Office of Sustainability 

NATIONAL

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education

Their Campus Sustainability Hub is a one-stop shop for AASHE members to access toolkits and resource collections about all aspects of sustainability in higher education, from academics to operations to governance. To get started, browse by sustainability topic or content type, or enter search terms above. AND they publish an annual report card rating college's sustainability efforts using indicators from the  Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS). Access SCU's Report card here

The College Sustainability Report Card 

Suspended as of 2011, but they still have published a list of indicators they used to evaluate and compare different schools.