Embrace Stanford’s culture of living sustainably as you move into your new home. Set yourself up early and for success! Take advantage of the campus tools needed to reduce your environmental impact while living on campus.
Stanford is an award-winning campus for being bicycle friendly. Incoming students don’t need a car to get around campus, with ample bike parking, bicycle maintenance hot spots around campus, and on-campus bike repair shops. If you’re in the market for a new bike, check out the Transportation Department resource site.
Sorting food scraps, paper towels, and compostable foodware is one of the simplest daily actions you can take to combat climate change. Contact your Housing Service Center to request a compost pail.
Residential & Dining Enterprises offers students access to a free, powerful and environmentally friendly cleaning solution that eliminates the need for harsh chemicals, and the plastic and water pollution they create. Contact your Housing Service Center to request a spray bottle.
Watch a video overview of waste sorting at Stanford to reduce your waste footprint.
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.