
This project completes and validates a baseline calculation of UC Davis’ nitrogen footprint in the Sustainability Indicator Management and Assessment Platform (SIMAP) tool. Preliminary calculations of UC Davis’ nitrogen footprint have been completed for the 2015 calendar year in the NFT (an excel-based tool for institution nitrogen footprints) and for the 2016-2017 fiscal year (FY) in SIMAP by the FUN (Footprinting University’s Nitrogen) group of undergraduate students, a member group of SEEDS. These two calculations established data sources and methods tailored to the NFT and SIMAP formats; this new effort validates the data, methods, and results from
the 2016-2017 FY calculation so that it can be used as a baseline for comparison with future years
calculations and as a viable figure for tracking and setting potential footprint reduction goals.
Pictured above are students Shona Paterson and Breanna Xiong hosting an information table regarding the UCD Nitrogen Footprint at the 2019 Whole Earth Festival.
- Elizabeth Castner (Geography Graduate Group)
- Miroslava Munguia (Environmental Science & Management)