Creating Meaningful Change Through Collaboration
Get Involved
Join one of our sustainability initiatives.
From climate leadership to community gardens, this is your moment to contribute to give back to the campus and community.
Commute Reset Challenge
This pilot program encourages faculty, staff, and students to try alternative transportation.
Edible Campus Program
Through this ongoing project, we address local food insecurity by repurposing underutilized spaces for sustainable food production and engaging students and community through workshops, volunteering, and community action.
Electric Vehicle Charging
The Equitable Charging Access for Renters in the 805 region (E-CAR 805) Project is a collaboration across three counties—San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura—to expand electric vehicle charging access to low-income multifamily housing along the Central Coast.
Values
To serve our students and our community, the Sustainability Internships & Community Resources Department centers our work on these values:
Leadership
through
Partnership
Students through our program are encouraged to work closely with staff, faculty, off-campus community leaders, and other students. We believe that leadership comes from building a community.
Community
Responsiveness
Projects developed in our office are selected based on feedback from our community on what is most needed at any given time.
Honor
for
History & Future
Before selecting projects, students in our program work to understand what efforts have come before them and how they can build on that work. They are also encouraged to identify who might lead these projects.
Holistic
Thinking
Each project in our office is approached from the perspective of how that project will impact (positively and negatively) our environment, economy, and community.