{"id":39614,"date":"2013-06-27T15:49:22","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T19:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www6.carleton.ca\/discoverycentre\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2026-05-06T13:28:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:28:22","slug":"carleton-invites-innovators-to-create-a-greener-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/2013\/carleton-invites-innovators-to-create-a-greener-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Invites Innovators to Create a Greener Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton Invites Innovators to Create a Greener Campus\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of \u201cA Strategic Plan for Embedding Sustainability into Carleton University Operations,\u201d Carleton has established a $1 million Green Revolving Fund for sustainability-related projects on campus. Members of the Carleton community are encouraged to submit sustainability projects to the Green Revolving Fund Committee which will review applications and make suggestions for funding allocation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.carleton.ca\/fmp\/energy-and-sustainability\/green-revolving-fund\/\">here<\/a>&nbsp;for more information on the application process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Students as innovators and implementers in a greener campus<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www6.carleton.ca\/discoverycentre\/ccms\/wp-content\/ccms-files\/environmental-studies-art.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www6.carleton.ca\/discoverycentre\/ccms\/wp-content\/ccms-files\/environmental-studies-art-400x449.jpg\" alt=\"environmental studies art\" class=\"wp-image-1345\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carleton encourages students to participate in the innovation and implementation process of creating a more sustainable campus. A student will be chosen as a member of the Green Revolving Fund Committee to participate in the evaluation process of different proposals. Students are also encouraged to create and submit sustainability-related projects for review by the Green Revolving Fund Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An undergraduate student and a graduate student will also participate in the multi-stakeholder sustainability advisory committee on campus operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carleton students have already been creating environmentally-focused projects as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www6.carleton.ca\/discoverycentre\/2013\/the-food-waste-to-fertilizer-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">team of engineering students<\/a> recently won $7,000 in the <a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/2013\/03\/01\/carleton-engineering-team-takes-home-cash-prize-in-walmart-green-student-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Walmart Green Student Challenge.<\/a>&nbsp;Further opportunities for creating a culture of sustainability on campus are a high priority and student participation is a valued part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.carleton.ca\/fmp\/energy-and-sustainability\/sustainability-strategic-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sustainability Strategic Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Heather McAlister<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of \u201cA Strategic Plan for Embedding Sustainability into Carleton University Operations,\u201d Carleton has established a $1 million Green Revolving Fund for sustainability-related projects on campus. Members of the Carleton community are encouraged to submit sustainability projects to the Green Revolving Fund Committee which will review applications and make suggestions for funding allocation. 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