Other Stanford University Environmental Web Pages

Academic Programs and Research Centers

Environmental Science, Engineering and Policy

An excellent website that explains the many different ways students can study environmental topics at Stanford as well as the environmental research of many faculty members.

Earth Systems Program

The Earth Systems major at Stanford University offers a broad based interdisciplinary environmental science program for undergraduates and a coterminal master's degree.

Human Biology

An interdisciplinary perspective on the relationship between the biological and social aspects of humanity's origin, development, and prospects. A major in Human Biology is well suited to students who are interested in cross-disciplinary study of the environment, particularly combining biology, anthropology, law, psychology, sociology, or policy.

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Students interested in a quantitative, solution-oriented approach towards environmental problems should consider a major in Civil or Environmental Engineering. The core classes in these majors build upon basic concepts from chemistry, physics and mathematics to provide an understanding of the sources, movement and chemical transformation of pollutants in natural aquatic and atmospheric systems.

Center for Environmental Science and Policy

The Center analyzes both the scientific forces that underlie environmental problems as well as the policy responses to these problems. The Center offers the Goldman Interschool Honors Program in Environmental Science, Engineering and Policy, an honors program for selected undergraduates. The program brings upper division students from the schools of Humanities and Sciences, Engineering, and Earth Sciences together into small group seminars to analyze important environmental problems.

Center for Conservation Biology

The Center for Conservation Biology's (CCB) mission is to promote human well-being by developing a scientific basis for managing Earth’s life-support systems and helping arrest environmental deterioration. In pursuit of this mission, the CCB conducts scientific and policy research to build a sound basis for the conservation, management, and restoration o f Earth’s biotic resources, to evaluate factors that are leading to the “human predicament” (declining environmental security, increasing inequity) and to find practical solutions to that predicament.

Student Groups

SEAS - Students for Enviromental Action at Stanford

SEAS’ mission is to address the root causes of social and environmental injustices in ourselves our communities and the world at large, and to confront the racist power structures, capitalism and corporatization that surround us

Environmental Representatives (E-Reps)

We're a student group that works to increase awareness of environmental living issues in dorms through education. Each dorm on the Stanford campus has an environmental rep, and those reps report to the network, which works collectively to see that the campus is aware of good recycling techniques, energy and water conservation habits, the latest happenings in SEAS (Students for Environmental Action at Stanford), and other subjects important in helping to keep students living their lives in environmentally friendly ways.

SEED - Students for Environmental Education at Stanford

SEED is a Stanford student organization dedicated to educating the youth of East Palo Alto about environmental issues through natural science lessons. We hope to help the children open their eyes to the world in which they live. SEED volunteers adopt a class at an East Palo Alto elementary school where they plan and present an hour-long interactive lesson each week.

RATS - Redwood Action Team at Stanford

Through direct action, campus activism and education, we strive to protect California's redwood ecosystem, especially Headwaters Forest, from destructive logging, with the underlying goal of promoting the global importance of conservation.

Stanford Association to Ratify Kyoto

This non-partisan student organization aims to educate the Stanford community on the issues surrounding global warming, while promoting U.S. ratification of the Kyoto Protocol. For more information, contact Colin Mathewson or subscribe to ratify-kyoto@lists.stanford.edu

Stanford Environmental Law Society and Journal

The Stanford Environmental Law Society, the oldest in the U.S., and Environmental Law Journal, which is ranked in the top five nationally, are student-run and student-driven organizations. Each provides students with a neat set of opportunities to tap into structured programs or to create and pursue their own projects.

Environmental Management Club

The Environmental Management Club seeks to promote understanding of environmental management and sustainable development issues at the Graduate School of Business. The EMC hopes to provide concrete examples of how business leaders can make environmental quality integral to business strategy.

Stanford Vegan Action

Stanford Vegan Action is not a group that is just for vegans or vegetarians; currently, our members embrace a wide variety of dietary choices ranging from complete meat-eaters to strict vegans. The one and important unifying bond between us is that we are all interested in our health, the protection of our environment, or the ethical status of non-human animals in today's world. Vegan Action strives to learn and teach others about how the smallest daily life choices have significant and long lasting effects in the future of our own lives and all the life that surrounds us.

Stanford Community Organic Farm

The Stanford Community Farm provides the Stanford community with an environment in which to learn, study and practice techniques involved in organic food production; to work together in land stewardship; to sow and nurture; to feel the magic and power of plant growth and share in the harvest.

Stanford Solar Car Project

The Stanford Solar Car Project is a student-run project that has been building and racing solar-powered vehicles since 1989. The SSCP provides hands-on experience for students in various fields of study and educates various groups on and off campus.

Redwood Outdoor Club

Redwood concentrates and shares outdoor knowledge and experience in the Stanford community, promotes safe and enjoyable recreation in the outdoors, encourages appreciation and conservation of the natural environment by offering instruction in outdoor skills, creates trips and activities at levels from beginner to advanced, and provides access to the equipment and resources needed for these activities.

Energy and Water Conservation and Recycled Paper

Energy and Water Conservation at Stanford University

Stanford Facilities Operations, Utilities Division strongly encourages energy and water conservation. Simple things like turning off lights and enabling power saving devices on computers, turning off the tap and looking for leaks, can help save California much needed electricity and water. The Stanford Facilities Operations, Utilities Division's conservation awareness campaign encourages the Stanford Community to make a difference!

Reycled Paper Page

An informative web page on recycled paper.