Summary
Most of us in this lab are based at Santa Clara University, a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California. Established in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California. The university’s campus surrounds the historic Mission Santa Clara de Asís which traces its founding to 1776. Below you will find a list of campus focused projects and partners.
Projects
Student Food Security Project
This project highlights the presence and severity of basic needs security at Santa Clara University’s campus and effective recommendations for minimizing needs security among Santa Clara students.
Campus Food System Sustainability
Researchers developed an agroecological framework for analyzing food system change and applied it to a case study of a private, mid-sized university pledged to climate neutrality, sustainability, and environmental justice. They used Real Food Challenge (RFC) and the Sustainability Indicator Management & Analysis Platform (SIMAP) tools to assess all campus food purchases.
Partners
Environmental Justice and the Common Good Initiative
The Environmental Justice and the Common Good Initiative fosters community-driven research for social and environmental justice.
Center for Food Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CFIE)
CFIE promotes educational, research, and outreach programs with the goal of contributing to a food system that is innovative, just, transparent, efficient, and sustainable.
Center for Sustainability
The Center for Sustainability empowers SCU students, faculty, and staff to build a more humane, just, and sustainable world.
Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences
The Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences offers interdisciplinary programs of study leading to a bachelor of science in environmental science or environmental studies. A minor in environmental studies is also available. These programs provide students with the intellectual foundation they will need in addressing crucial environmental challenges of the 21st century such as human population growth, urban sprawl, deforestation, global climate change, waste disposal, air and water pollution, loss of biodiversity, and the need for renewable energy.
Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education
The Ignatian Center exemplifies and activates the Jesuit, Catholic character of Santa Clara University by encouraging students, faculty, staff, and community to embrace Jesuit wisdom by inspiring awareness, thought, reflection, discernment, and action.