Santa Clara University
PAE-19: Community Sustainability Partnerships

Bronco Urban Gardens (BUG): BUG is a partnership between the Environmental Studies Institute of SCU and Silicon Valley Health Corps, staffed by AmeriCorps volunteers, to promote food sovereignty, environmental justice, nutrition, and community in some of the poorest neighborhoods of SJ. Ulistac Natural Area Restoration and Education Project: Ulistac is a partnership between the university, local government, and local corporations to "teach people of all ages about the Santa Clara Valley's natural and human history." Community-Supported Agriculture: SCU partners with Catalan's Laughing Onion Farm to sponsor a community-supported agriculture program open to students, faculty, and staff. Arrupe Partnerships: The Arrupe Partnerships, offered through the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education, promote the social welfare aspect of sustainability by placing students as volunteers in local community centers, day workers' centers, and other social service providers. Sustainable Silicon Valley: SCU is a member of Sustainable Silicon Valley, a local organization of businesses, governments, and NGOs, to implement clean energy technology and reduce the institution's overall carbon emissions. The Diocese of San Jose: SCU partners with the Diocese of San Jose's Catholic Green Initiative. Community Law Center: SCU's Katharine and George Alexander Community Law Center conducts workshops at the St. Joseph Day Worker's Center and English as a Second Language schools on workers' rights, tenants' rights, and more. Sustainability Outreach: SCU hosts the Sustainability Decathlon, a mentoring program for undergraduates to support high school teams as they develop a culture of sustainability at their schools. Teams develop projects in ten categories related to sustainability, including environmental justice, art, energy, waste, and making connections with nature. They present their projects at SCU in the spring. The Tech Awards: Santa Clara's Center for Science, Technology, and Society has partnered with the Tech Museum in San Jose to sponsor the Tech Awards, which "celebrate innovative applications of technology that ...are using technology to transform the way we live."

Also See: http://www.broncourbangardens.org/ http://www.scu.edu/cas/environmentalstudies/ulistac/index.cfm http://www.scu.edu/ignatiancenter/partners/CSA/index.cfm http://www.scu.edu/ignatiancenter/partners/communitypartners.cfm http://www.sustainablesv.org/ http://www.dsj.org/ministries/social-ministries/environmental-justice http://law.scu.edu/kgaclc/about-us.cfm http://www.scu.edu/sustainability/service/decathlon.cfm http://www.scu.edu/sts/SocialImpact/TechAwards/