ASU Green Devil guidebook

University Sustainability Practices Arizona State University

Green Devil Guidebook

This guidebook helps employees navigate the many ways to support sustainability practices and programs at ASU. It provides educational resources and hands-on activities that you can do alone and with colleagues.

These resources and programs support ASU’s campus sustainability goals through different levels of involvement, from making simple changes in the workplace to programs like Green Devil Certification, Staff Sustainability Committee or the Seeds of Sustainability literacy program.

Through personal and collective action, we can continue to make ASU a sustainability leader for our students and the communities we serve.

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Let’s get started!

Do you know ASU’s sustainability goals?

Circular resource system

Food reconnection

Promote reuse and avoid landfill waste.

Support a holistic food system.

Climate positive

Optimized water

Achieve a net positive impact on the climate.

Apply a systems-approach for optimal water use.

Collaborative action

Personal action

Leverage departmental efforts for sustainability solutions.

Engage ASU community members in sustainable practices.

Community success

Resilience and regeneration

Promote equity and inclusion.

Enhance university-wide resilience in response to climate change.

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Supporting the ASU charter:

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Our Vision: To build a culture of sustainability that will permeate ASU campuses.

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Be aware

Check out these ASU sustainability programs: Dine at Engrained Cafe

A fast-casual, full-service restaurant designed to be an educational experience supporting sustainable food purchasing, such as local, seasonal and Fair Trade: engrainedcafe.com.

Fair trade at ASU

ASU is the largest fair trade-certified university in the country.

Sun Devil Dining offers fair trade snacks at on-campus POD Markets and purchases fair trade products for dining halls.

Check out more details: facebook.com/asufairtrade.

Shop the ASU Surplus store

Purchase upcycled items like used computers, laptops, furniture, bikes and laboratory equipment. Visit cfo.asu.edu/surplus for more specifics.

Support Sun Devil Campus stores

Sun Devil Campus stores sell apparel from sustainable companies, offers tote bags made from upcycled campus banners, and participates in daily efforts to reduce waste, such as using e-receipts and reducing the use of plastic bags. They also sell approximately 12,000 Herff Jones Renew graduation gowns per year, made of certified recycled material. Email sundevil@bkstr.com to learn more.

Visit the ASU Seed Library

Pick up free seeds to help start and nurture your vegetable or pollinator garden.

Learn more at tours.asu.edu/sustainability/seed-library.

Want to know what you can recycle on campus? Please email recycle-q@asu.edu for assistance.

Visit cfo.asu.edu/recycle for general recycling information.

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Be knowledgeable Use these resources:

Attend the annual ASU State of Sustainability Summit

Sign up to receive the ASU Sustainability Digest

Check out the Sustainability Points of Pride virtual tour

Take an interactive walking tour

Learn about our campus sustainability projects with campus partners and the community. Bring your colleagues. Visit the ASU Events page each October for details.

Discover ASU’s most ambitious sustainability initiatives, including Wrigley Hall, Decision Theater, the Garden Commons, the Sustainability House at Barrett, and the Bike Co-Op. Take the tour: tours.asu.edu/sustainability.

Find a sustainability expert

Know the sustainability scientists, scholars and fellows who accelerate the pace of discovery in the field: sustainability.asu.edu/people/scientists-scholars10.

It’s a weekly summary of select sustainability news, events and job opportunities. To subscribe and review past articles, visit sustainability.asu.edu/digest.

See what a top-performing sustainability university looks like.

Tours last between 60-90 minutes. RSVPs are required.

Campus restrictions for in-person gatherings may apply. Book a tour at science.asu.edu/sustainability-walking-tour.

Take the Seeds of Sustainability training

A digital training course designed to teach individuals the sustainability basics and how they can contribute to ASU’s sustainability efforts, all in 60 minutes. Visit sustainability.asu.edu/campus/what-you-can-do.

Pop into a Wrigley Lecture Series event

Learn from internationally known sustainability thinkers and problem-solvers. View upcoming lectures and recorded lectures at sustainability.asu.edu/events/events-wrigley-lecture.

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Volunteer

Direct your effort: Tend the Garden Commons

The Garden Commons is Arizona State University’s community urban garden space located on the ASU Polytechnic campus.

As part of the University Sustainability Practices goals, the Garden Commons aims to eliminate food insecurity among ASU community members by growing and harvesting local, organic produce.

Email Susan.Norton@asu.edu, program manager of University Sustainability Practices, for information.

Help divert waste

Volunteer with ASU Zero Waste to support the university’s diversion goals. Find opportunities at asu.volunteermatch.org and email recycle-q@asu.edu with questions.

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Volunteer at the Arboretum Campus Harvest

ASU’s two main harvests are from the sour orange trees during winter-spring and the fall date palms.

Visit cfo.asu.edu/arboretum-volunteer or email deborah.thirkhill@asu.edu.

Participate in ASU Campus Sustainability Month

Help raise awareness and inspire personal action in creating sustainable ASU campuses. Each October, ASU groups mobilize Sun Devils and volunteers to deepen individual and campus engagement around sustainability. Find more information at cfo.asu.edu/campus-sustainability-month.

Be engaged

How you can make a difference: Celebrate Earth Month

Each April, ASU facilitates sustainability events that include lectures, showcases and more. The university also provides pledges that you can take to make a difference. Learn more at earthmonth.asu.edu.

Check out Campus Metabolism™

See real-time campus energy and water use via an interactive web tool. Search by individual building, building type, or the entire campus. Use the tool to help you and your department reduce its resources consumption. Visit cm.asu.edu for additional details.

Send someone a SUN Award

It’s an easy way to give immediate recognition to one of your ASU co-workers. It is a thoughtful, positive way to honor an employee for supporting sustainability and university goals.

Find more information and submit an award at cfo.asu.edu/sun-award.

Support the Green Games

Each season, several Sun Devil Athletics events incorporate and promote sustainability practices around the ASU community.

Learn more at thesundevils.com/sports/2018/2/6/green-games.aspx.

Use EV Charging Stations Find ChargePoint stations on each campus at na.chargepoint.com.

ChargePoint vehicles must pay any applicable visitor parking fees or display a valid ASU Parking Permit. Find more information at cfo.asu.edu/ev-charging.

Visit Borderlands Produce Rescue

Receive 70 lbs. of fresh produce for $12. Help reduce food in the communities ASU serves.

Visit changemaker.asu.edu/programs/produce-rescue for more details.

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Be committed

Take your advocacy to the next level: Become a Green Devil

Go paperless

Certify your sustainable actions

Send the scrap paper to the ASU Print and Imaging Lab on the Polytechnic campus via ASU Mail Services with your department’s mail code and delivery information. The lab will send back a notepad made of your scrap paper.

Green Devil Certification teaches sustainable culture at ASU through workshops led by department directors and sustainability scientists. Certified Green Devils are qualified to implement change in their departments with the knowledge and tools provided in the trainings. Visit cfo.asu.edu/personal-action to become a Green Devil.

ASU’s Sustainability Certification program helps Sun Devils contribute to ASU’s sustainability goals. Participants are guided through a variety of sustainability tasks centered around energy, waste and water. You, your team and your department can receive certification. Certifications are available for classrooms, housing, labs, offices, shops, sports, student events and staff event planners.

To learn more and to enroll in a Canvas course certification, please visit cfo.asu.edu/sustainability-certification-program.

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Share files electronically via shared drives or email rather than printing them to save paper. Departments can also turn their scrap paper into notepads for free.

To save additional paper, consider unsubscribing from physical mail when possible. For example, employees can opt to receive a digital version of ASU Thrive magazine instead of a physical copy. To unsubscribe from the physical copy, visit print.asu.edu/mag/unsubscribe.

Be committed – cont.

Join the Staff Sustainability Committee

The committee is responsible for understanding and addressing issues that impact environmental sustainability, identifying available programs and services, and recommending changes, enhancements or programs.

Meetings are listed on the Sustainability Committee events and meetings calendar: staffcouncil.asu.edu/events. Members may attend in person or remotely.

Email staffcouncil@asu.edu to join the distribution list.

Purchase sustainably

Encourage your office or department to use the sustainable purchasing guide to support ASU’s sustainability goals.

View the guide at cfo.asu.edu/sustainable-purchasing.

Email usp@asu.edu for more information.

Contribute

Individuals and businesses can support these student-based sustainability initiatives: • Campus Community Sustainability Engagement Supporting on-campus sustainability engagement events or initiatives or collaborative campus sustainability projects that support ASU’s sustainability goals.

• Garden Commons Support the garden’s operations with supplies, tools, outreach and engagement at the ASU Polytechnic campus.

When you make a gift to the Garden Commons at ASU Fund, you help us eliminate food insecurity among ASU community members by growing and harvesting local, organic produce.

• Student Co-Curricular and Professional Sustainability Education Support student employees and University Sustainability Practices interns to attend conferences and workshops, work on complex and unique projects, and implement on-campus sustainability projects connected to classwork.

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Help ASU remain a sustainability leader by supporting these programs and educating others.

Please visit the University Sustainability Practices webpage for more information | cfo.asu.edu/sustainability-goals-and-vision.

Questions? Email usp@asu.edu.