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Campus Sustainability Projects

  • Recycling Bins 
    In an ongoing effort to promote sustainability, new recycling and waste bins have been added to both the grounds and buildings for student, faculty and staff use.
  • Water Bottle Fill Stations 
    State-of-the-art filtered water fill stations have been added to A 400, BSTIC, SSC, PE 200 and B 300 in an effort to decrease the number of single use bottles used on campus.
  • Vehicle Charge Stations 
    In Lot 8 by BEES Garden, vehicle charge stations allow students, faculty and staff to charge their clean running electric vehicles.
  • Solar Panels 
    Solar panels on PE 200 have allowed our campus to make use of solar energy for many years.
  • Tesla Battery Farm 
    A new addition to our campus, the Tesla Battery Farm will help lower the campus' dependence on the electrical grid by shaving our energy usage at peak hours when brown outs and black outs are more likely to occur.
  • Reclaimed Water Systems 
    All turf and garden beds on campus are watered using reclaimed water. All toilets in A 400 and B 400 have been transitioned to reclaimed water, decreasing the college's use of potable water during ongoing draught conditions.
  • Turf Removal 
    Across campus, ongoing turf removal projects and transition to drought resistant plants and irrigation drip systems has helped make the campus grounds more ecologically friendly to Southern California's chaparral climate.

Student Sustainability Projects

Proposals Clubs

  • "Implementing Zero-Waste Behavior in Irvine Valley College" by Kathy Chavarria (PDF)
  • "Green Team: Irvine Valley College 2019" (PDF)
  • Green Team
  • Student Recycling Program
  • Campus Clean-Up Days
  • Community Clean-Up Days: Beach Clean-Up
  • Fundraiser at Manassero Farms (April 12, 2019)
  • UCI Sustainability Presentation and Tour (April 10, 2018)
  • Bag it! Movie Night (April 6, 2018)
  • Biology, Ecology & Environmental Studies Club (BEES Garden)
  • Student Recycling Program
  • Garden Workdays
  • Community Garden Workdays
  • Darwin's Day Scavenger Hunt (February 12, 2018)

Campus Curriculum

Community Program

Heritage Garden Project

Mission Statement: Through a developing community partnership, Heritage STEAM Magnet Elementary, Tustin Legacy Middle and High School, Irvine Valley College, and University of California, Irvine are striving to create a community of mentors and volunteers dedicated to the goal of a multi-institutional program geared towards fostering environmental consciousness and appreciation. Using collaborative efforts, students from Pre-K to University will gain unique knowledge and experience maintaining sustainable gardens through the use of modern technologies and philosophies.

Events

Campus-wide Conferences Attended

  • Campus Beautification Days
  • Earth Day (April)
  • America Recycles Day (November)
  • Sustain SoCal (previously Sustain OC)
  • California Higher Education Sustainability Conference (CHESC)
  • Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)