Is that glass jar really recyclable? It depends on where you live and how clean it is
Education is the key to cleaner recycling streams.
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Work has begun on the plan that will get the University to carbon-neutral by 2040
Efforts are underway to wean the University of Arizona off fossil fuels and go carbon-neutral.
TEP, University of Arizona partner on solar, shade project
Tucson Electric Power is working with the University of Arizona to install a solar canopy on the university’s campus.
Sustainable Built Environments Students Cultivate More Than Community in the UArizona Community Garden
Sustainable Built Environments students cultivate their community.
UA Compost Cats invites Tucson to mediate food waste
Combat food waste with the Compost Cats!
The University of Arizona Air Pollution Sensor Network: Monitoring and Mapping PM 2.5
Campus Sustainability Fund Grant Highlight: The University of Arizona Air Pollution Sensor Network
by: Madison Gerdes
Annual Grant Applications Now Being Accepted for Campus Sustainability Projects
This is your chance to lead an impactful sustainability project on campus! All students, staff, and faculty are invited to submit proposals for Annual Grants that advance environmental and social sustainability on campus.
13 Tips from a Committee Member for Writing a Strong Campus Sustainability Fund Proposal
New to writing fund proposals, or wanting to get some guidance on your ideas? You’ve come to the right place! Below, you’ll find 13 tips that have been compiled by a member of the Campus Sustainability Fund Committee. Committee members have spent dozens and dozens of hours looking over [A BAJILLION] grant applications, and the suggestions they’ve compiled here has been distilled from that process. Some words of wisdom those of you working on your proposals: if a CSF Committee member is offering you advice on how to write your proposal, it’s best to listen to take heed!
Introducing the Campus Sustainability Fund
The CSF received a total of $1,460,610 in environmental and social sustainability project proposal requests and allocated $427,386 to approved Mini and Annual Grants in its first two semesters of operation.
Campus Sustainability Fund Grant Highlight: Biosphere 2 Delivers First Lettuce Harvest to Campus Pantry and Local Food Bank
Biosphere 2 has been busy growing leafy greens in their new Freight Farm, a hyper-productive hydroponic container farm. Their harvests are then distributed to two local food banks - Campus Pantry and Impact of Southern Arizona.