Sustainability at SCU

The Center for Sustainability empowers SCU students, faculty, and staff to build a more humane, just, and sustainable world.

We host events and programs, implement initiatives, provide strategic consultation, and share stories that help the University achieve climate neutrality, practice mindful consumption, develop a culture of sustainability and use the campus as a living laboratory.

Carbon Neutrality

In 2020, we achieved carbon neutrality for the first time for emissions associated with energy use: natural gas, electricity, & fuel for SCU-owned vehicles (also known as emissions from Scopes 1 and 2), which is the 1st stage of our goal.

Carbon Neutrality

Data Hub

Check out our Sustainability Data Hub, which tracks key performance indicators from the Sustainability Strategic Plan as well as trends over time.

Data Hub

Here's the Plan

Check out the goals and objectives laid out by many people across campus! We have developed a roadmap of strategies that outlines how we will achieve SCU's sustainability commitments.

Here's the Plan

Take Action

Get involved - Download the Playbook based on your role at SCU and choose how you'll contribute. Earn collectable badges to show off how you're building a more #SustainableSCU!

Take Action

Virtual Programming

Stay connected with us with our virtual programming offerings for the 2020-2021 academic year. Don't forget to also follow us on social media to get your weekly dose of sustainability & climate action: Instagram @sustainableSCU

Virtual Programming

Racial Justice Now

SCU's Environmental Justice & the Common Good Initiative shares resources about major contributions that African-American communities have made to the environmental & climate action movements as well as suggestions to support and participate in racial justice organizing.

Racial Justice Now

Claim Your Playbook Badge!

The Forge Garden is closed until further notice. Due to COVID-19, The Forge Garden is closed to the public. All produce is being donated to families in need, as well as to Bronco Pantry and HomeSafe women's shelter. We hope to open our doors to the community once it is safe to do so. Please stay in touch through our social media accounts.

Sustainability Events

Latest Stories

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Playbooks Now Feature STARS Objectives!
We recently added a section in our Sustainability Playbooks that matches each action with a STARS objective category, so viewers can identify how their choices are contributing to these goals. Learn more about our STARS Reporting and other recent additions to the Playbooks! Special thanks to Bates Detwiler (’22) for his work in ENVS 195 on this project.
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Garden Play Project
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Fundraising for Resiliency Bags
We are seeking donations to purchase pantry items for our Resiliency Bags. Rather than shopping at big box stores, we buy items from local corner stores in the community where the bags are delivered. Give today!
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Our Holiday Checklist
This can be a busy time of year! Here are the top 5 things on our holiday checklist to integrate sustainability into this season’s festivities and traditions.
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The Experiential Learning BUG
BUG grows from its gardens to a virtual garden, working with SCU students, to build a platform of community-based learning that remains committed to learning together.
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SCU x UN Sustainable Development Goals
This year, we’ve launched a social media series highlighting how SCU Broncos are contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Check out some highlights of the groups we’ve featured so far.