About
The Green Fund is supported by the $10 per semester student Green Fee. It is allocated by the SIUC Sustainability Council's Green Fund Committee.
Every student, faculty, staff, and campus unit is eligble to apply for a Green Fund project grant.
Project applications are currently being accepted for spring 2010 funding.
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History
In the sumer of 2008, the Student Environmental Center and staff from SIUC's Plant and Service Operations teamed up and forged Project Eco Dawgs, a comprehensive proposal with four main goals that included enacting a student Green Fee and an employee Green Fee, forming a Sustainability Council, and hiring a Sustainability Coordinator.
In the spring of 2008, the Student Environmental Center moved forward with the goal of enacting a student Green Fee by holding a campus-wide referendum in conjunction with the Undergraduate Student Government elections. Every student was asked:
"Do you support a $10 per semester student fee that will be used for on-campus renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainability projects and research?"
Students voted overwhelmingly - 73% - in favor of the fee.
The Green Fee was passed by the SIU Board of Trustees on May 7th, 2009.