The EPIC Model is simple but powerful. It combines the greatest resources in academia — professors, students, laboratories, research libraries, existing curriculum — and creatively draws them together to tackle local communities' most significant challenges in sustainable development. The results are immediate, lasting, and transformative: solutions that might never be imagined through traditional structures, public goodwill toward the university, real-world learning for students, and meaningful change felt throughout the community. EPIC-N (https://www.epicn.org/) is an international network of 70 university- and community-based programs using the “EPIC Model” defined by university-community collaborations to advance progress on the UN SDGs. EPIC-N functions when universities are increasing their efforts for greater responsiveness to societal needs.. The co-production of knowledge allows academia and communities to produce theoretical and practical knowledge based on social reality. At the same time, new possibilities of interaction, solution-finding, and decision-making are being created, fortifying future governance sensibility, policy implications, and policy diplomacy.

Building on Stanford’s strengths in both sustainability and entrepreneurship, Stanford Ecopreneurship programs take aspiring sustainability entrepreneurs (or “ecopreneurs”) from idea to launch. Student Enrollment 7,554 undergraduate Class of 2028 profile 9,915 graduates; As of Autumn Quarter, 2024 2,345 faculty members; 20 Nobel laureates are currently members of the Stanford community

Academics, operations, engagement, and administration

Environmental sustainability. Coastal Ecosystems. Numerical Ecology. 4000 students undergraduate level and 100 postgraduate on six knowledge areas

The United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) and the University of Victoria have established the first accredited International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders (known by the French acronym CIFAL) on North America's west coast. CIFAL Victoria, based at UVic, joins a global network of 33 training centres. The main purpose of these centres is to develop and strengthen our ability to better respond to challenges and facilitate City-to-City partnerships.

Education 31,000 Higher Education

Campus Operations, Governance and sustainability in curriculum and research while incorporating the UNSDGs in campus life

The US Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development (USP) acts as a convener, catalyst, and communicator working across all sectors of society in the US and internationally. We identify mainstream organizations and associations of organizations that are in unique and important positions to help create a more sustainable future, and we help them create their sustainability initiatives, policies, and professional development. We connect these organizations to take the initiatives to scale within and across societal sectors. The following represents some of our efforts.