Student Fellows Activating Campus

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Project Basics

Project Sponsor: Office of Sustainability

Amount Awarded: $22,000

Grant Awarded: Spring 2021

Project Status: Complete

Project Description 

This project proposes a team of students in fellowship roles to develop and implement key priority strategies of the plans. Fellow positions include:
Environmental Justice Fellowships: identifying how the OS can improve diversity, equity and inclusion in practices and policies; Air Travel Mitigation Program Fellow: activate a pilot mitigation program currently in design that proposes assessing a fee on air tickets to build a fund for projects that reduce carbon emissions on campus and promote more sustainable alternative travel; Sustainable Science Fellows: engage with multiple partners to promote environmental stewardship within campus labs focusing on the strategies outlined in the Green Labs Action Plan; Staff Sustainability Community of Practice Fellow: re-establishing the Sustainability Community of Practice (CoP) for campus staff focused on environmental interests, peer to peer education, and action on campus environmental priorities.

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