San Diego State University

Metrics

University

Program

The Sage Project

Years

2013-Present

The Sage Project

Website | sage.sdsu.edu

Sage is a program within the Center for Regional Sustainability at San Diego State University with a simple goal: sustainable learning through community-based projects. Sage partners with local communities in the Southern California region, which can be a local, county or state government, a non-profit organization, or other local agencies. Projects generated by the community partner are matched with SDSU faculty and students in their existing courses who gain real-world experience and simultaneously provide added capacity to the community. Each year, Sage engages dozens of faculty members from a dozen disciplines teaching 25-30 courses and enrolling over 500 students. These students devote tens of thousands of hours of effort toward these projects, generating innovative designs, solutions, and recommendations for the community. Projects include:

Wayfinding systems, public art murals, and community gateways
Community engagement in underserved areas
Street improvements to enhance pedestrian and bicycle safety
Land use analysis and planning for redevelopment of old industrial areas
Analysis of air quality and recommendations for mitigation of impact on health and well-being
Policy recommendations related to homelessness
Climate action planning
GIS mapping of community assets

Fun Facts about Sage

Sage has gone international via a partnership with the City of Tijuana, Mexico, on a project focused on helping improve parks through community engagement and education. In addition, through partnership with Sage, the City of Lemon Grove, CA, was the first US city to apply the UN Habitat’s climate action planning toolkit.

Year Program Established | 2013
Country | US
Federal Region of Program | 9

Public or Private Institution | Public
Number of students at institution | 35,000