We hope your semester is off to a great start! The ASCP has a variety of exciting programs and opportunities available to students, faculty, and staff this Fall. Keep reading to learn more about the different projects we have been working on and ways to get involved with the ASCP.
Let Your Voice Be Heard!
The ASCP is conducting itsbi-annual survey!Help us direct our next campus initiatives by giving us your feedback!
The ASCP is astudent fee-funded department that serves all four institutions with a mission to reduce campus-wide ecological impact and dependency on carbon-based fuels. Visit our websitefor more information on previous survey results.
We have exciting events and opportunities to share with you. Explore upcoming ASCP events and happenings on campus below!
Sustainability Workshop Series
This week, we kicked off our Sustainability Workshop Series! The Sustainability Workshop Series offers a unique opportunity to learn core environmental sustainability concepts and discover how to turn knowledge into action.
This free four-course program covers essential sustainability topics, including water and energy consumption, waste management, and environmental justice. You will explore these issues through various lenses—global, national, local, and individual—and gain the tools to promote sustainable change in any career path.
Workshop Details
The Sustainability Workshop Series is open to students, faculty, and staff from the Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Colorado Denver, and Auraria Campus. The program includes four two-hour courses, offered twice in both the Fall and Spring semesters.
There is still time to sign up for courses this semester! Learn more about the workshop courses and how to register using the link below. We hope to see you there!
TheEnvironmental Justice Zoom Book Club(EJZBC) is back for Fall 2025, reading Sam Bloch's Shade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource. NPR describes Shade as a “natural conversation starter," laying out a history of a once-abundant right. Bloch shares efforts from a growing coalition working to stop injustices of a warming world without shade.
Join Professors Christina Foust and Barbara Decker for our 11th EJZBC. “Come as you are,” and learn something new with our community.
Sign up using the link below bySeptember 19, 2025.
Visit and shop through our selection at the Free Store. We have clothing, shoes, school supplies, household items, and more for free!
When: Every Monday - Thursday, from 10 am to 3 pm
Where: Tivoli Student Union, Room 346
Looking to donate? Drop donations in the bin outside Room 346. If you have a large item/several bags to donate, email scp_contact@ahec.edu.
Over the summer, the ASCP launched the Green Labs Program, an initiative dedicated to promoting safety and sustainability in research and teaching labs across the Auraria Campus.
Research laboratories can be resource-intensive spaces. In fact, a laboratory space produces a staggering amount of avoidable waste and can use up to ten times more energy than office space (Harvard).
The insights gained from this pilot program will inform the potential expansion of the My Green Labs Certification process to help encourage sustainable practices in our labs campus-wide!
Sustainable Labs Committee Meetings
Are you passionate about sustainability in the lab? Do you have ideas to share, or do you want to connect with others across CCD, CU Denver, and MSU Denver?
Join us at the Sustainable Labs Committeemeetings!
Collaborate with others from all three institutions to help make our campus labs more sustainable:
Monthly meetings on thefirst Fridayof the month at 1:30 pm
The Downtown Denver Partnership is gathering insights on how people travel to and around Downtown Denver—and they want to hear from you!
The 2025 Downtown Denver Travel Survey is your opportunity to contribute to a better understanding of commuter patterns and transportation needs across our community. Your feedback helps paint a clearer picture of how mobility in Downtown is working (or not) for everyone.
Why participate?
Inform future transportation planning
Highlight real commuter experiences and needs
Support efforts to improve sustainability and mobility downtown
Whether you commute daily, occasionally, or work remotely, your perspective matters. Every voice adds to a more complete story.
The survey is open now through October 17. Complete the survey and enter to win a $250 Visa gift card!
Join us in our fight against hunger and food waste on campus by using the Share Meals app! Sign up to see which events around campus have food that will be available to community members. You can find free food nearby through Share Meals; see how much is available and how long it’s up for grabs. The app also has a list of centers across campus where students can find free food, personal care items, and other helpful resources. Sign up today by downloading the app on your phone or by using the web version!
Click here or the image above to navigate to our webpage for more information and to get started.
Peri is a graduate student in the Urban and Regional Planning program at CU Denver. She is passionate about the connection between sustainability and planning, especially alternative transportation like walking, biking, and public transit. Peri helps oversee the ASCP marketing team, planning outreach events like Earth Week, and spearheading the ASCP’s Bi-annual Survey. In her free time, she enjoys painting and playing guitar.
Sustainable Move-Out
We hosted our 4th annual Sustainable Move-Out program at the end of the Spring semester, collecting over 4,000 pounds of donated clothing, furniture, kitchenware, school supplies, and more! We also accepted mattress toppers for the first time. 92 mattress toppers were donated, and they will be recycled through the company Spring Back.
Cleanup Events Volunteers removed more than 400 pounds of garbage over the summer from Cherry Creek, helping to restore the natural ecosystem and protect local wildlife, as well as from the Auraria Campus, keeping our campus clean and litter-free.
Sustainable Events We supportedVegFest Colorado, Mile Long Tale,and campus Welcome Week events by providing waste bins, waste sorting services, and education, making sustainable choices more accessible.
Educational Garden Sessions
We hosted Listen and Grow: Educational Garden Sessions from May to July, where plot owners and volunteers tended to plots in the Auraria Connect Garden while learning about various horticulture topics.
