Awards & Recognition

2022	SCU press release (June): City of Santa Clara Announces Silicon Valley Power Sustainable Futures Program AASHE: 2022 Sustainable Campus Index (Top Performer in Public Engagement and Research) The Santa Clara: When the Rivers Run Dry SCU launches Leading Through Laudato Si': Read updates and news about the initiative The Santa Clara: Answering Earth's Call President Sullivan's mention of Leading Through Laudato Si' and the importance of sustainability at SCU in inaugural address SCU press release (October): From Community College to Sustainability Success Princeton Review: Top 50 Green Colleges, 2023 Edition (#29 out of 455) Mercury News: Scholarship Program for Sustainability Careers Launches at Santa Clara University
2021	SCU press release (September): SCU Supports Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education SCU press release (October): Gift That Keeps Giving to University, Planet Sierra Club Magazine: Coolest Schools (#22 out of 328) AASHE: 2021 Sustainable Campus Index (Top Performer for Public Engagement and Research) Princeton Review: Top 50 Green Colleges, 2022 Edition
2020	SCU Achieves First Stage of Carbon Neutrality Goal AASHE: 2020 Sustainable Campus Index (Top Performer for Wellbeing, Public Engagement, and Research) Sierra Club Magazine: Top 20 Coolest Schools (#13 out of 312) Princeton Review: Top 50 Green Colleges CHESC Best Practice Award: Student Sustainability Leadership
2019	SCU Illuminate: Wasteless Wonderland Arbor Day Foundation: 2019 Tree Campus USA Certification The Edge Magazine: Top 15 colleges for sustainability and green thinking Sierra Club Magazine: "Top 20 Coolest Schools" (#18 out of 280+) AASHE: 2019 Sustainable Campus Index - #3 in Master's Institutions SCU Press Release: Santa Clara University Honored for Sustainability Achievements CHESC Best Practice Awards: Sustainable Food Service; Partnerships, Communications, and Planning; & Sustainability Innovations The Silicon Valley Voice: Santa Clara University 2019 Eco-Fashion Show Reveals True Cost Of Fashions Pepperdine University Graphic: The Dirt on Waste: Understanding College Recycling Programs
2018	SCU Illuminate: Dreaming of a Green Christmas Santa Clara University: Santa Clara Celebrates Campus Sustainability Week and Top Rankings for Sustainability Sierra Club Magazine: "Top 50 Cool Schools" (#13 out of 269) Arbor Day Foundation: 2018 Tree Campus USA Certification
2017	The Princeton Review's Top 50 Green Colleges (SCU ranked #12!) Sierra Club: "Top 50 Cool Schools" Santa Clara Weekly: Green is the New Black: SCU's Eco-Fashion Show EPA: College & University Green Power Challenge - 2016-2017 Champion (largest user in the West Coast Conference) Microgrid Knowledge: Renewable Energy and Microgrids Offer Colleges a Path to Cutting Carbon: Report Santa Clara Weekly: The Garden Where It Happens AASHE: 2017 Sustainable Campus Index - Transportation - Page 46. SCU #2 for Masters Institutions Arbor Day Foundation: 2017 Tree Campus USA Certification
2016	AASHE: 2016 Sustainable Campus Index - SCU #5 for Master's Institutions prch: CITRUS House - Training Ground for Sustainable Urban Living The Santa Clara Weekly: SCU Educates Community While Improving Access to Fresh Produce USA Today College: 5 Ways to Live Sustainably on Campus Her Campus: SCU Fighting the California Drought Just Energy: Your Green Travel Guide to Santa Clara EPA: College & University Green Power Challenge - 2015-2016 Champion (largest user in the West Coast Conference) Princeton Review: Top 50 Green Colleges Sierra Club Magazine: "Top 100 Cool Schools" San Francisco Chronicle: Self-driving shuttle loops around Santa Clara University campus Arbor Day Foundation: 2016 Tree Campus USA Certification
2015	Edible Silicon Valley: Bits and Bytes - The Forge Garden. Page 8. National Catholic Reporter: Recognized as top-rated Catholic school in Sierra Magazine's Cool Schools Sierra Magazine: (Top 50) "Cool Schools" Sustainable Business Magazine: A Sustainable Ethos. Page 46. Clean Air Awards by Breathe California: Honorable Mention EPA: College & University Green Power Challenge - 2014-2015 Champion (largest user in the West Coast Conference) BestColleges.com: America's Greenest Universities - SCU #11 College Raptor: 25 of the Greenest College Campuses in the U.S. - SCU #3 National Catholic Reporter: "Sustainability pledge a natural progression for Santa Clara graduates" SF Chronicle OP-Ed: "How to waste less of California's precious water" NBC Bay Area: Food Recovery Network in "Thousands of Pounds of Excess Food Diverted..." ABC7 News: Alec Kwo'16 & Cara Uy featured in "College Students Spread Drought Awareness..."  Ignatian Solidarity Network: Jesuit Universities Named to The Princeton Review Top 50 Green Colleges List Princeton Review: Top 50 Green Colleges list and SCU press release KCBS: Lindsey shares water-saving tips in a story about Governor Brown's conservation regulations BioCycle: Organics Deiversion in College Residence Halls
2014	Inside EVs: ChargePoint - Top 5 U.S. Colleges Based on Number of Charging Points STARS Annual Review 2014, Campus Sustainability Ratings, Innovations & Best Practices. Page 52. Sierra Magazine: (Top 50) "Cool Schools" CA Higher Education Sustainability Conference: Lindsey Kalkbrenner received Sustainability Champion award Princeton Review: Top Green Colleges list, SCU news announcement STARS: Gold Rating, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Acterra: Winner, Business Environmental Award, SCU Today Press Release and video Nerdwallet.org: Most Dedicated student groups NerdScholar Favorites: Environmental-Activist Groups NBC: Cara Uy on Sustainability and Climate Change NBC: Lindsey Kalkbrenner discusses business of sustainable energy Falcon Waterfree Technologies, We Are Technology: "Best Practices: Santa Clara University"
2013	Sustainability in Higher Education: Stories and Strategies for Transformation. Book chapter by Sherry Booth, Lindsey Kalkbrenner, Leslie Gray, and Amy Shachter National Resource Defense Council Report: "Collegiate Game Changers: How Campus Sport is Going Green." Page 84. U.S. Catholic Magazine, "How College Campuses Are Going Green" Sierra Magazine: Top 50 Cool Schools National Catholic Reporter: "Catholic universities among California's top solar schools" Princeton Review: Guide to 322 Green Colleges Bloomberg Businessweek: "The Best Undergraduate B-Schools for Sustainability" San Francisco Chronicle: "Make a resolution for a sustainable 2013."
2012	Best Green Project (Private) Finalist, 2012 Structures Awards, Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal Princeton Review: Guide to 322 Green Colleges San Jose Mercury News: Santa Clara University's tiny wastebaskets hold the keys to innovation
2011	STARS: Silver Rating, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Green Power Leadership Award NPR: Students create carbon footprint calculator for campus community Mission, Jesuits of the California Province: "Blazing a Trail of Sustainability"
2010	CBS: SCU's Smart Microgrid
2009	Silicon Valley Power: Green Power Champion, Energy Innovator Award KTVU: Students talk about the Sustainable Living Undergraduate Research Project National Catholic Reporter: "Solar power: Let the sunshine in" Metroactive: "Santa Clara University teaches sustainability--and practices what it teaches"
2008	Silicon Valley Power: Green Power Champion, Energy Innovator Award Silicon Valley Power: Environmental Innovator, Energy Innovator Award Strategize Magazine: "Saving the Environment, One Project at a Time" AJCU Connections: "Culture of Sustainability" Company Magazine: "New Job on Campus" The Power of Green: "SCU Granted Rebate for Solar Installation" Green College Report: "Top 75 U.S. Green Colleges"
2007	Silicon Valley Power: Environmental Innovator, Energy Innovator Award
2006	Association of College Unions International: "Facility Puts Sustainable Design to the Test" May 2006, Vol. 74, Issue 3