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Sustainability: Herbert W. Hoover Grant

This guide will help you locate sustainability resources such as websites, articles and books.

Grant Description

In December, 2010, Stark State College received funding from the Herbert W. Hoover Foundation to support development of a Community Sustainability Partnership.  The partnership will focus on the following initiatives.  For more information, please refer to the uploaded document below.

Sustainability Resource Center

  • Community Outreach
    • Workshops
    • Awareness campaign
    • K-12 outreach
    • Sustainability speaker serie
    •  Regional collaboration
  • Corporate Outreach
    • Corporate Sustainability Roundtable
    • Sustainability Implementation Program
    • Benchmark organizations
  • Virtual Communication Resource

Education, Training and Technical Consulting

  • Learning partnerships
  • Professional development certificates
  • One year certificates and associate degrees
  • Scholarships for education in sustainability

Research and Demonstration

  • Stark State Campus Sustainability Initiative
  • STARS – Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System (AASHE)
  • Greenhouse Gas Emission calculations
  • Climate Action Plan