Celebrating Sustainability 2017

The annual Celebrating Sustainability Festival is a full morning of events to celebrate Earth Day, hosted by Stanford’s Office of Sustainability. This year, many of Stanford’s sustainability partners participated, hosting various tables on different aspects of sustainability for University students, staff and faculty to explore. The Water Planning & Stewardship (WP&S) team hosted two tables: one focusing on water stewardship and quality and the other focusing on water efficiency.

The WP&S table had a lot of great information on Stanford’s environmental stewardship, response to the current drought, and water efficiency achievements displayed through fact sheets, as well as a map of the Hetch Hetchy Water System and water use graphs from 2013-2016. They also featured an interactive game to engage visitors. With the recent conclusion of California’s drought and regulations being lifted, the WP&S team was prepared to answer any questions that faculty, staffs or students might have. The game featured a display board with six interesting topics that helped narrate and facilitate the conversation around the drought and University water management. Visitors were also encouraged to sign-up for one of the WP&S’s upcoming Earth Day service projects by volunteering at either the Arizona Garden or in the Foothills.