STARS Has Been Launched

AASHE launched the STARS 1.0 Early Release on September 21, 2009. STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System) establishes a common standard of measurement for sustainability in higher education and creates incentives for continual improvement toward sustainability. SCUP has supported this campus-wide voluntary, self-reporting framework for gauging relative progress toward sustainability since it was merely a concept. As many of us often say, if you can't measure it, you can't manage it. You should definitely take a look at the early release technical manual (PDF).