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Students may be able to make campus a little greener thanks to a $20,000 grant from the Office of Sustainability. The grant, which is funded by the $3 green fee, allows for six sustainable projects to enhance the University's efforts in fostering an environmentally friendly institution.

The office received 21 student grant applications in December and narrowed them down to six. They included proposed green solutions in response to the University's 2020 Strategic Plan to conserve resources, educate the campus on environmental issues and provide research on sustainability.

The stations which refill water bottles, seen throughout the MLC, are an example of a prior project funded through the sustainability grants.ALAN LIOW/Staff

"It was fun to read all of the proposals," said Kate Klein, a senior environmental health sciences major and one of three students on the selection committee. "It was really cool to see how people were thinking about sustainability in so many different senses."

One of the grant proposals will focus on building a recycling program at the Tifton satellite campus while another aims to demonstrate how construction and demolition waste from landfills can be refigured into construction projects that would benefit the campus and Athens community.

Last year, students were awarded $13,000 from the office to complete four green projects - one of which provided water bottle filling stations inside the Miller Learning Center.

Kevin Kirsche, director of the Office of Sustainability, said the grants program is a great way for students to get involved and make a difference on campus.

"The Campus Sustainability Grants program provides students valuable experience in grant-writing and an opportunity for hands-on implementation of sustainable practices," Kirsche said. "We enjoy working with students to take their ideas from concept to completion."

The Projects

A recycling program at the University's Tifton campus - Brandi Bishop, a senior agricultural education major at the Tifton campus

A system to monitor the effectiveness of filtering pollutants from stormwater runoff at of an East Campus rain garden - Katie Shepard, a master's student in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences

A demonstration on how construction and demolition waste products can be diverted from the landfill and converted into tangible community-based improvements - Chris McDowell, a master's student in the College of Environment and Design

A living wall planted with seasonal herbs and vegetables to research and demonstrate the effectiveness of vertical gardening - JoHanna Biang, a master's student in horticulture

A program that collects, donates and recycles unwanted items from student residence halls during move-out week - Graham Pickren, a Ph.D student in geography

A prescribed grazing program to remove exotic invasive plants and restore native forest adjacent to Tanyard Creek - Zach Richardson, a senior landscape architecture student

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