
Making Sustainability a Stanford Event Staple
The Stanford Data Science event team, led by Laura Ventura, hosts around 60 events yearly with sustainability as a guiding principle.

The Stanford Data Science event team, led by Laura Ventura, hosts around 60 events yearly with sustainability as a guiding principle.

Stanford has set a new benchmark for sustainability at live events through its first major concert hosted by Stanford Athletics and Stanford Live. Sustainable Stanford hosted a fireside chat with sustainability leadership from Live Nation and Warner Music Group in tandem with this milestone.

From reducing embodied carbon in construction to piloting organic landscape management, the annual Student Sustainability Symposium highlighted how student-led innovation is driving sustainability at Stanford.

Laura Segura Gonzalez, a second-year design student, is leading jean upcycling workshops to combat fast fashion waste, empowering students to transform old jeans into something new.

Events like Big Swap, a swap event run by-and-for students, aim to use Stanford resources to codify cultural norms of sharing and increase the efficacy of reuse initiatives.

The Responsible Purchasing Department hosted an information session to inform the Stanford community about how everyday purchasing choices — like reusing, sourcing locally, and slowing shipping — can drive big sustainability impacts.

Design 1 students are reimagining campus sustainability ideate in collaboration with the Zero Waste team in the Office of Sustainability to turn class projects into real-world solutions for Stanford’s future.

On April 18th, the Stanford community gathered for the student-run Aspen Spring Sustainability Festival and Big Swap.

Rebecca Grekin, Ph.D. candidate in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, won AASHE’s Student Sustainability Award for her work on food emissions calculations.

Stanford’s first-ever Climate Week brought together over 40 events, uniting students from all seven schools to tackle the climate crisis.