Do you have a great idea for a project that would make Oxy a more sustainable place? Apply for funding from the ASOC Renewable Energy and Sustainability Fund! We accept and evaluate applications on a rolling basis, and students of all years and majors are welcome to apply. Click here for an application, and send it in to asocsustainabilityfund@gmail.com when you are finished!
Here is a bit more background on the fund and how it came to be!
In the Fall of 2007, Occidental students overwhelmingly passed an amendment to the ASOC constitution to establish a new Renewable Energy & Sustainability Fund. Our mission is to make the campus a better place by empowering students to carry out their own visions for sustainability; we do this by paying for projects that make Oxy’s campus a better place to study and live while also combating global warming. At least 50 percent of funding is required to go to permanent changes to the college’s infrastructure, buildings, or landscaping. The fund may also pay for one-time events or ongoing campaigns to raise environmental awareness; research or academic programming related to the environment; etc. The fund is overseen by a committee consisting of ten Occidental students, one administrator, and one faculty. The committee will evaluate all proposals to pick the projects that will do the most to advance sustainability at Occidental. This list of funded projects will be submitted to the ASOC senate, which must ratify it before money is dispersed.
Where does our money come from?! Last year, students passed an amendment to the ASOC constitution requiring all students to pay a $10 fee per semester that goes directly toward the fund. With each student paying a total of $20 per year, that gives the fund an annual budget of about $40,000...yeah, that's a lot of money! So we encourage anyone and everyone to submit a project proposal!
Anyone is welcome to apply for money from the fund: students, student clubs, faculty, classes, staff and administrators, alumni, and departments of the College. Completed applications should be emailed to asocsustainabilityfund@gmail.com.
