We recently hosted Dr. Benjamin Santer of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ~
Climate scientist Ben Santer has been elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for his research on human‐ induced climate change
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October 2011

Our Sustainable Future - CSU, Chico

Sustainability in the News

10/20/11 Dr. Benjamin Santer of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory addressed climate change in his presentation on October 20, 2012
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8/25/11 CSU, Chico Public Affairs - CSU, Chico Wins Sustainability Award for Energy Monitoring System

7/14/11 Chico News & Review - Climate Change Part I - features our former Executive Director Scott McNall

6/7/11 Gateway Science Museum Receives LEED Gold Certification

4/28/11 Sustainability Fund Allocation Committee (SFAC) Approves Proposals for 2011-12

4/28/11 CSU Releases New report "CSU Commitment to Sustainability"

4/14/11 Chico News & Review - Chico City Council adopts the controversial General Plan

2/11/11 - Inside Chico State - Scott McNall, Former Director of The Institute for Sustainable Development, Authors New Book: Rapid Climate Change

1/10/11 KRCR TV - Chico State Composting Gets National Attention

11/9/10 The Orion - Collaboration of campuses sustains conference

11/16/10 Upstate Business Journal - Get on Board, We're Going This Way to Sustainability

11/7/10 Chico Enterprise Record - Conference at Chico State gives students a glimpse into a sustainable future

10/14/10 CSU, Chico Public Affairs - CSU, Chico Gears Up for Sustainability Day

10/13/10 Ecotopia - This Way to Sustainability Conference student coordinators guests on the radio show

9/16/10 Chico News and Review - Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve offers 4,000 acres of diverse habitat to explore

9/8/10 Chico Enterprise Record - Chico City Council approves creation of city Climate Action Plan
See 9/7/10 City Council Meeting Online
See the 9/13/10 presentation to the Sustainability Task Force (pdf document)

8/9/10 CSU, Chico News Release - Wildcat Recreation Center Receives Gold Rating for Green Building Standards

8/4/10 Chico Enterprise Record - Butte College to produce more power from sun than it uses

8/3/10 Chico Enterprise Record - Grant will provide energy retrofits for Chico homes

5/7/10 CSU, Chico makes it to The Princeton Review's Guide to 286 Green Colleges

5/7/10 CSU, Chico News - Join the June 4th Butterfly Survey at the Ecological Reserves

2/26/10 Campus News Release - Chico Carbon Challenge: Students Test Energy-Reduction Strategies - see story on KNVN TV

2/25/10 Campus Announcements - Rolland “Rollie” David Berger, 86, who brought the concept of sustainability to Chico State, died on Thursday, February 18, 2010 (read full story, pdf)

2/8/10 Chico Enterprise Record - Steve Carson's 'Outdoors' column: Butte County Fish and Game Commission awards grants (Including CSU, Chico's Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve)

11/19/09 Chico News & Review - Scott McNall steps down as head of the Institute for Sustainable Development

11/19/09 Chico Enterprise Record - Letter: Conference speaker a hero or criminal?

11/12/09 Chico News & Review - Solution or Pollution? Sustainability conference speakers weigh in on nuclear energy

11/12/09 Chico News & Review - Open mouth, insert soap: F-bombs for the environment

11/11/09 The Orion - This Way to Sustainability

11/9/09 Chico Enterprise Record - Activist talks passionately about saving whales, the environment

11/7/09 Chico Enterprise Record - Speaker (John P. Myers): Chemicals can cause big harm

11/5/09 Chico News & Review - More than a pretty face; Daryl Hannah is a longtime crusader for environmental causes

11/2/09 Chico Enterprise Record - CSU, Chico and Butte Colelge Hosts Environmental Conference

10/22/09 - Chico News & Review - CSU, Chico hosts Fifth Annual This Way to Sustainability Conference

10/21/09 CSU, Chico News - 4th Annual Campus Sustainability Day Event at CSU, Chico Today, 10:00am-2:00pm