DENTON- The University of North Texas’ We Mean Green Fund is now accepting project proposals that are environmentally focused.
The Project proposals that are due December 6th are meant to spark creativity by allowing the faculty, staff and students at UNT to bring their sustainable ideas to life.
Emily Bilcik, the WMGF project coordinator, said she thinks students should care because the way she sees it, the WMGF is owned by them.
“It’s really a great opportunity for anyone here to make a difference, make their green voice heard here at UNT and why not do it if you have the opportunity,” Bilcik said.
The funding was made possible in 2010 by the Student Government Association who put out a vote to start collecting an environmental service fee.
As part of their tuition, students pay an environmental service fee of $10 per academic year that goes towards the fund for environmental projects
The WMGF has since collected the service fee and has as much as $260,000 to put towards sustainability efforts for the years 2019-2020.
“It was by student support and has been since 2010,” Bilcik said “so ten years strong of environmental project proposals through community driven efforts.”
How to submit a project proposal
- Go to greenfund.unt.edu
- click on “propose a project”
- fill out the pre-proposal form and submit!
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