Keep America Beautiful, the nation鈥檚 leading nonprofit that envisions a country in which every community is a clean, green and beautiful place to live, today announced Sacramento State has become the national nonprofit鈥檚 first collegiate affiliate.
Keep America Beautiful of Sacramento State 鈥� known on campus as Sac State Sustainability 鈥� joins a powerful and passionate network of more than 620 affiliates nationwide, including 27 state-level affiliates, hundreds of community based affiliates, and a select number of international affiliates.
鈥淪acramento State has long been recognized as a leader in promoting environmental sustainability, and now the university has added another item to its long list of distinctions: the first college campus in the nation to be an official Keep America Beautiful affiliate,鈥� said Helen Lowman, president and CEO, Keep America Beautiful. 鈥淎s part of the Keep America Beautiful Affiliate Network, Sac State Sustainability is acting as a catalyst for positive community change, with the goal of improving the quality of life for the university community, including its students, faculty and administrators.鈥�
The formation of Sacramento State as an official Keep America Beautiful Collegiate Affiliate builds upon a partnership with Keep California Beautiful, one of the national nonprofits鈥� state affiliates. Keep America Beautiful intends to use its formalized partnership with Sacramento State to develop an extensive 鈥渃ampus affiliate鈥� model that can be adopted at colleges and universities across the nation to engage and empower the next generation of community stewards.
鈥淪ac State Sustainability has been a leader in so many different areas, including sustainability and community volunteerism,鈥� said Christine Flowers, an environmental studies lecturer who served as Keep California Beautiful’s executive director from 2007 to 2013. 鈥淏ecoming a Keep America Beautiful affiliate will provide opportunities for the University to engage more directly with the community and other resources in California and nationally,鈥�
Through the partnership, students will continue to have access to volunteer and internship opportunities through Keep California Beautiful and its other partners. The University also will be able to share data from student and faculty research, as well as tap into additional resources such as grants, research and programmatic resources available through Keep America Beautiful.
鈥淲e’re committed to keeping California beautiful,鈥� said Sacramento State President Robert S. Nelsen. 鈥淲hether it’s biofuel 鈥� if you don’t finish something on your plate today, it’s going to be gasoline tomorrow in our buses around campus 鈥� or whether it’s chipping the trees that fall down, or whether it’s helping pick up litter, we are here to make certain that we have a sustainable campus and a sustainable world.鈥�
鈥淜eep California Beautiful is thrilled to have helped facilitate Sacramento State鈥檚 affiliation with Keep America Beautiful,鈥� said Keep California Beautiful President Ray Scott. 鈥淭he University has a significant track record in sustainability. We hope this will serve as an example for other colleges and universities to partner with Keep America Beautiful to help make their college communities environmentally healthier, economically stronger, and more socially connected.鈥�
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