CSUDH Office of Sustainability

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Organization Description

Our Mission

We provide education, scholarship and service that are, by design, accessible and transformative. We welcome students who seek academic achievement, personal fulfillment, and preparation for the work of today and tomorrow.

Our Vision

A vital educational and economic resource for the South Bay, CSU Dominguez Hills will be recognized as a top-performing Comprehensive Model Urban University in America. By 2015, we will be known as a campus community and gathering place where:

  • Diversity in all its forms is explored, understood, and transformed into knowledge and practice that benefits the world.
  • Technology is embraced and leveraged to transcend educational boundaries as we reach out to students, both locally and globally.
  • Sustainable environmental, social, and economic practices are a way of life.
  • Students from our community who aspire to complete a college degree are provided the pathway and guidance to succeed.
  • Faculty and staff across the University are engaged in serving the dynamic needs of the surrounding communities.
  • Student life is meaningful and vibrant.
  • Our accomplishments and those of our alumni are recognized nationally and internationally.
  • Ultimately, our students graduate with an exemplary academic education, a highly respected degree, and a genuine commitment to justice and social responsibility.

Our Core Values

The following core values are fundamental to our success:

  • Accountability. We recognize and live up to our responsibility to our students, campus resources and finances, staff, faculty alumni, supporters, and the community at large.
  • Collaboration. All segments of the campus community work together to support our vision as well as our students' success.
  • Continuous Learning. We strive to continually improve teaching, scholarship and service.
  • Rigorous Standards. We identify, implement and support excellence in all our practices.
  • Proactive Partnerships. We actively engage with our communities and its members to promote educational opportunities and excellence for our students.
  • Respect. We celebrate and respect diversity in all forms.
  • Responsiveness. We are here to serve the needs of students, this community and society.
    Program Information

    Via the Sustainability Club, where other trained interns will lead peers in hands-on sustainability projects, volunteer interns will be able to receive training on key sustainability principles and project management skills. The majority of their work will be spent on a variety of projects based on their personal interest and inclinations. Available projects include (but are not limited to): -Sustainability outreach: facilitating tabling events, educational workshops, and other activities to build sustainability awareness in the campus community. Designing marketing materials and presenting to classrooms. Farmers Market promotion and education around sustainable eating/produce. -Facilities, Landscape and Infrastructure Projects: general tasks at the Campus Urban Farm, native garden watering, recycling signage installation, etc. Helping recover food from Dining operations for distribution to campus food pantries. -Data Collection: Tree mapping and identification, waste audits, energy audit and lighting walkthroughs.

    Health & Safety

    Projects vary and is up to the interests of the student. Depending on choice, some projects may involve landscaping and physical labor which carries its own health and safety risks.
    Address 
    1000 East Victoria Street
    Carson, CA 90747
    United States
    General Phone 
    (310) 243-2303
    Website:
    http://csudh.edu/sustainability
    Program(s) 
    Internship
    Organization type 
    Focus Population(s)
    Focus Area(s)
    Animal Welfare, Arts, Culture, and Humanities, Civic Engagement, Education, Natural Resources, the Environment, and Ecosystems, Health & Medicine, Food & Housing Security, Emergency Services & Public Safety, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Social Justice
    Minimum required hours 
    32
    Maximum students 
    40