Our Mission
The Campus Sustainability Fund advances student-centered sustainability initiatives across the University of Arizona that are rooted in community building, education, and experiential learning. By empowering the campus community to envision, create, and lead projects, the Fund is a catalyst for a more resilient, inclusive, and connected university.
Student Engagement Fee
The Student Engagement Fee supports programs and services enhancing the student experience, including sustainability initiatives. This fee funds campus sustainability projects through the Campus Sustainability Fund (CSF), which provides competitive grant opportunities to students, faculty, and staff. It also supports the wages of the student committee, the salary of the CSF Coordinator, and the operational costs of the Fund. Unused funds from approved grants are returned to the CSF for future project allocations.
More information on the Student Engagement Fee can be found on the Bursar's website.
The Committee
Critical to advancing the overall mission of the Campus Sustainability Fund, the CSF Committee is responsible for evaluating and selecting project proposals for funding and facilitating approved projects. The Committee is comprised of student employees of the Office of Sustainability, the CSF Coordinator, and one or more staff/faculty Committee Advisors.
Each student Committee Member is hired as a student employee to ensure they receive adequate compensation for the work that they undertake on behalf of the University community, particularly their fellow students whom they represent when making funding decisions.
The CSF Coordinator and the Committee Advisors do not vote to approve which projects are funded but provide necessary insight for Committee Members on University policies, processes, and operations as well as give counsel on project selection and implementation.
To see who the current CSF Committee members are, please visit Meet Our Team.
Annual Summaries
Annual Summaries provide a snapshot of the previous year's accomplishments, funding decisions, allocation amounts, and committee members.
Bylaws of the Fund
Bylaws are the official guidance for the Campus Sustainability Fund regarding structure, management, procedures, and processes. To view them, please open the CSF Bylaws
The Bylaws are reviewed and updated by the CSF Committee at the beginning of each academic year or on an as-needed basis. The Bylaws were last updated and approved on September 15, 2023.
History of the CSF
The Campus Sustainability Fund (CSF) was founded in 2021 as the successor program to the University of Arizona Green Fund, which operated from 2011 to 2021. Created, energized, and coordinated by students, the Green Fund supported hundreds of projects for over a decade on the University of Arizona campus and in the Tucson community. Over the course of its operation, the Green Fund received nearly 475 project proposals totaling approximately $9.07 million in budget requests. Of these requests, the Green Fund approved 311 proposals, amounting to approximately $4.64 million in allocated funds. The legacy of the Green Fund is an important one and highlights the significance and tremendous long-term impact of student-led sustainability initiatives on the University of Arizona’s campus.
The decision was made to sunset the Green Fund in 2021, which was previously housed within the Dean of Students Office, and to stand up the new Campus Sustainability Fund in its place within the Office of Sustainability. An Interim Working Group, consisting of University of Arizona students from the former Green Fund Committee, Students for Sustainability, and ASUA, was established to support the transition from the Green Fund to the CSF.
Supporting the Campus Sustainability Fund
Interested in supporting sustainability projects on campus Donate here or please contact Trevor Ledbetter, Senior Director for the Office of Sustainability, at tledbetter@arizona.edu, or call 520-621-1760.