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Sustainability at SCU

At the Center for Sustainability, we believe that a more humane, just, and sustainable world is within our reach.

We offer programs and events that empower all Broncos to learn, live and lead the way to a sustainable future. Our work is centered on the positive power of community to make a lasting and significant impact. Using our campus as a living laboratory, we educate and inspire, research and innovate, and and turn hope into action with lasting impact.

       

Sustainability Strategic Action Plan

SCU's Sustainability Strategic Action Plan outlines campus-wide goals and strategies for building a more humane, just, and sustainable world through 2030.

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Sustainability Strategic Action Plan

Climate Leadership

SCU has more than doubled our on-site solar capacity since 2024, a transformative step toward our goal of becoming. We're not only reducing our carbon pollution, we're leading the way for creating a climate-positive campus.

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Climate Leadership

Data and Trends

Explore our progress toward a more sustainable campus. The Sustainability Data Hub tracks key performance indicators and long-term trends from our Sustainability Action Plan.

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Data and Trends

Latest Stories

  • Zero Waste Moveout collage showing usable items in a dumpster, and saved items at move out marketplace
    Impact By the Numbers

    During Move Out Week, students community skipped the dumpsters and diverted 3,800 pounds of reusable items from landfills!

  • 2025 Sustainability Celebration: A student walks past an audience to receive an award.
    2025 Sustainability Celebration

    Center for Sustainability’s annual spring gathering celebrated a year of incredible progress, highlighting how the campus community is putting its sustainability action plan into practice and paving the way to a more just and sustainable future.

  • Leading Through Laudato Si Spring 2025 Progess Update: Thumbnail collage of pages

    Our latest progress update features data and stories of tangible action across academics, campus, community, energy usage, and sustainable operations.

  • 2025 Sustainability Celebration: A student poses with her award.
    2024-2025 Sustainability Champions

    A campus food recovery program. A community research initiative supporting small farmers. A solar energy project that doubled the university's capacity. Just a few of the ways our Sustainability Champions lead transformative contributions to sustainability at SCU and beyond.

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Sustainability PlaybooksPlaybook badges

Learn, Live, and Lead with Sustainability Playbook actions - a collection of 250+ ideas designed specifically for Broncos to make a positive impact in everyday life. Collect all 7 badges and help SCU protect and restore our common home. 

When you see how easy it is to take sustainable action, you’ll change for good.

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Campus Tree Trackers


Did you know that SCU has over 2,000 trees? Spend an hour outdoors to gathering data on the health and growth of our campus trees. Learn more at Tree Trackers.

Upcoming Sustainability Events

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