BI-ANNUAL SURVEY
Make your voice heard!
Help us direct our next campus initiatives by taking our survey.
Your voice matters
The purpose of this study is to gain information on how students at the Auraria Campus understand sustainability and what sustainability-related initiatives are most important to you. The information gathered by this survey will inform how sustainability efforts are implemented here at Auraria.
Tu voz importa
El propósito de este estudio es obtener información sobre cómo entienden la sostenibilidad los estudiantes del Campus de Auraria y las iniciativas relacionadas que consideran más importantes. La información recopilada por esta encuesta permitirá determinar cómo se implementan las actividades de sostenibilidad aquí en Auraria.
Survey Results
As a student-fee funded program, the ASCP is invested in gathering regular feedback on the efficacy and impact of the program. One form of gathering information is gathering data via a bi-annual survey, with the most recent taking place in the 2023-24 academic year. When comparing the previous three surveys, common themes found across responses include priority in waste diversion, energy efficiency, and water conservation with special emphasis on reducing food and plastic waste. There is also a high percentage of students that report being concerned about environmental issues and desire the Auraria Campus to become more sustainable, verifying that the work of the ASCP supported and beneficial.
ASCP Programs, 2020, 2021, 2023. This bar graph illustrates how students prioritized different ASCP sustainability programs during 2020, 2021, and 2023. It displays the percentage interest for various programs, including Volunteer Opportunities, Reducing Food Waste, Energy Efficiency, and Educational Workshops. The largest interest area from 2020 - 2023 was reducing plastic. Other programs students wanted the campus to prioritize were reducing food waste, energy efficiency, solar energy, and the Hard-to-recycle program.
General Concern Regarding Environmental Issues and Sustainability. This bar graph presents the level of concerns amongst students regarding environmental issues and campus sustainability. It shows the percentage of respondents agreeing with four specific statements from 2018, 2020, 2021, and 2023. Over 90% of students reported they are concerned about environmental issues in general and that it is important to them that Auraria Campus continue to become more environmentally sustainable every year.
