
Year in Review 2025
From orchestrating a sustainably-operated concert to expanding reuse and recovery focused initiatives, the year held a lot of “firsts” for sustainability at Stanford. Our latest …
Join the growing number of student leaders advancing sustainability on campus.
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From orchestrating a sustainably-operated concert to expanding reuse and recovery focused initiatives, the year held a lot of “firsts” for sustainability at Stanford. Our latest …

We’re building our zero waste playbook—starting with the stats. By hand-sorting our trash, we’re uncovering strategic cuts to the landfill.

The university earns STARS Platinum in version 3.0, the highest score under the sustainability rating system.