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Sustainability News and Events

News & Events at SCU related to Sustainability. For more events, visit the Sustainability Calendar.

• Graduation Pledge

  Wednesday, Jun. 10, 2009

  

  
  The Graduation Pledge:“I ______ pledge to explore and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job I consider and will try to improve these aspects of any organizations for which I work.”

  Santa Clara University’s students are invited to examine the social and environmental consequences of their future jobs.
  
  More and more students across the country are taking the Graduation Pledge, an opportunity for graduating students to define for themselves what it means to be socially and environmentally responsible.
  
  Each year, more than one million students enter the work force. Think of the impact on our society if even a significant minority of applicants and job holders inquired about or attempted to improve the ethical practices of their potential or current employers.

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• Take the Beyond Green Pledge

  Wednesday, Jun. 10, 2009

  

  The campus community has the opportunity to participate in Beyond Green, a personal pledge to develop a more sustainable lifestyle.

  Sustainability is a framework for living that focuses on interconnections and requires us to act responsibly in light of them. It is more than simply being "green."

  Beyond Green celebrates that our individual actions can contribute to the vision of a sustainable SCU campus: culturally, ecologically, and economically. 

  Learn more about Beyond Green!

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• Sustainability Update, June 2009

  Tuesday, Jun. 9, 2009

  Program Highlight
  SCU's paperless writing center

  Sustainability Profile
  John Farnsworth, Lecturer in Environmental Writing and Literature

  News & Events
  Many ways to reduce landfill waste during move-out
  AASHE Student Sustainability Leadership Award
  Take the sustainability pledge: Beyond Green

  What Can I Do?
  During commencement celebrations
  Reduce: Emissions when you travel to a graduation
  Reuse: Save memorabilia
  Recycle: Be aware of recycling options
  Respect: Take the Graduation Pledge

  Read the Sustainability Update for June 2009

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