How ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs Sustainability Projects Fund improved campus life over the past 15 years
Have you ever used one of ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs water-bottleΒ refill stations? Or visited theΒ Farmers Market, used aΒ compost bin, spotted a ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ-ownedΒ electric vehicle, or parked or repaired yourΒ bicycle?
Each of these campus initiatives was supported by theΒ Sustainability Projects FundΒ (SPF), celebrating its 15thΜύ²Ή²Τ²ΤΎ±±Ή±π°ω²υ²Ή°ω²β.
The SPF, founded by students in 2009, is the largest fund of its kind in Canada, allocating $12 million to more thanΒ 370 environmental projectsΒ so far.
These include theΒ ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Feeding ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔΒ project, which provides fresh produce from Macdonald Campus to ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ dining halls;Β , which grows food on the downtown campus; and theΒ Reusable Menstrual Product Initiative.
βThe Sustainability Project Fund has been an unequivocal success,β said Shona Watt, Associate Director of Operations and Engagement at the Office of Sustainability. βThe initiatives it has funded over the past 15 years have transformed our campuses for the better.β
Anyone at ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ β students, staff or faculty β Β canΒ submit an SPF project application.Μύ