Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.10
Liaison Kristin Larson
Submission Date Aug. 1, 2012
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STARS v1.2

San Diego State University
ER-1: Student Sustainability Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.38 / 5.00 Geoff Chase
Dean of Undergraduate Studies
Center for Regional Sustainability, Division of Undergraduate Studies
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Total number of degree-seeking students enrolled at the institution:
30,495

Program name (1st program):
Associated Students Green Love Educational Outreach

Number of students served by the program to whom peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education is offered (1st program):
25,714

A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (1st program):

Associated Students Green Love Campaign supports a weekly educational outreach site with peer to peer education and a monthly lunch series to educate students on sustainable living, career and research opportunities, and regional sustainability issues.


A brief description of how the student educators are selected (1st program):

AS Green Love board and members, which staff these events are leaders from sustainability focused student organizations and are selected by their representative organizations.


A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive (1st program):

Green Love board members attend a yearly retreat, participate in monthly meetings, and attend periodic trainings.


A brief description of the staff and/or other financial support the institution provides to the program (1st program):

Staff support, office space, and funding for Green Love initiatives is provided through Associated Students by a student sustainability and education abroad fee adopted in 2009. Additional support for events is provided by the AS CASE program.


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Program name (2nd program):
Green Campus Academic Infision and Outreach

Number of students to whom peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education is offered (2nd program):
1,000

A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (2nd program):

The Power Save Green Campus Interns offer academic infusion presentations on energy efficiency and sustainability. In 2011-12 the interns reached more than 1000 students through in class presentations.


A brief description of how the student educators are selected (2nd program):

Green Campus hires four to five paid interns per year, who are screened and hired by the Power Save Green Campus student coordinator and regional program manager.


A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive (2nd program):

The Alliance to Save Energy Power Save Campus program conducts bi-annual conferences and provides monthly trainings.


A brief description of the staff and/or other financial support the institution provides to the program (2nd program):

The Green Campus Power Save Program is supported by funds from the Alliance to Save Energy. Office space in the Student Sustainability Center is provided by the Center for Regional Sustainability.


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Number of students to whom peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education is offered (3rd program):
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Program name (All other programs):
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Number of students to whom peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education is offered (All other programs):
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Graduate students have been excluded from the population served by Green Love programs and Power Save Green Campus programs. The primary aim of these programs is to serve undergraduates.


Graduate students have been excluded from the population served by Green Love programs and Power Save Green Campus programs. The primary aim of these programs is to serve undergraduates.

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