Click on project images to see what's been done.
As a committee with a lot of money to spend every semester, we have allocated money towards/ funded the following projects:
Projects In Process
- Peaks and Professors ($1,516)
- Bird Friendly Window Markers ($4,649)
- Bee Campus USA Certification ($500)
- Sustainability Studies 2022 ($14,000)
- Zero Waste Event Bins & Solar Trash Compactors ($38,762)
Projects Completed in Fall 2022
- Sustainability Week Student Gathering ($391)
- Jamil Niner Student Pantry Gardens ($498)
- Turn Off the Lights Stickers ($508)
- Aquaponics Lab Pilot Program ($13,409)
Projects Completed in Spring 2022
- Kappa Aplha Order Adopt-a-Spot ($250)
- CGI Bus Ads ($70)
- Latinx Adopt-a-Spot ($550)
- Student Garden Day ($980)
- Film Screening ($344)
- "I Donated Swipes" Stickers ($38)
- Party for the Planet ($2,391)
- Lambda Theta Alpha Adopt-a-Spot ($225)
- Reusable Makeup Wipes ($1,021)
- NASA Adopt-a-Spot ($225)
- CGI Lawn Signs ($110)
- AMWA Period Poverty Dispensers ($4,686)
Projects Completed in Fall 2021
- ABSGS Adopt-a-Spot ($555)
- Alpha Chi Omega Adopt-a-Spot ($555)
- Student Ambassadors Adopt-a-Spot ($555)
- Sustainability Week Student Gatheirng ($486.63)
- Hammock Replacements ($4,4729.86)
- Sunscreen Dispensers 2.0 ($2,000)
Projects Completed in Spring 2021
- Low Temperature Freezers ($11,369.23)
- Infographics on Plastic Bag Recycling ($5.70)
- DIY Fabric Softener ($70.00)
- Bird Nestbox Trail Expansion ($493.75)
- Student Garden Day ($5,978.70)
- Climate Action Plan ($111.06)
- Water Quality Sensors for Reclaimed Water ($35,000)
Projects Completed in Fall 2020
- Bioretention Garden Study ($278.94)
Projects Completed in Spring 2020
- UREC Sunscreen Dispensers ($2,500)
- UNCC Food Forest Exhibit ($2,691.23)
- Sustainable Science ($1,200.00) plus an update ($150.00)
- I Heart Water Campaign 2.0 ($5,098.65)
- Earth Day Festival Planting ($1,062)
- Niner Thrift ($375.00)
- Ultra-Low Freezers ($40,700.00)
Projects Completed in Fall 2019
- Student Gathering ($500)
- NAACP Adopt a Spot ($500)
- Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. Adopt a Spot ($500)
- Invasive species removal tools ($954)
- Fall '19 CGI promotional poster ($52.80)
- Get Outdoors Movie Night ($511)
- Succulent Planting ($792)
- I Heart Water Campaign ($1,221)
- Earth Club Movie Night WALL-E ($639)
- Swing reinforcements ($300)
- ROTC Adopt a Spot ($500)
- Weird Recycling ($6,600)
- 300 Shut the Sash Stickers ($132)
- 100 70-80 degrees stickers ($44)
Previous Projects
- Hybrid Van Upgrade ($5,490)
- Swipe Out Hunger Establishment ($4,000)
- Reusable Oil Filters ($9,298)
- Refrigeration Controller Study ($3,566)
- Solar-Thermal Heating System ($32,136)
- Green Restaurant Association Certification ($8,016)
- Butterfly Highway Site ($4,350)
- New Groundwater Well ($10,000)
- Bike lane markings on Cameron Blvd ($3,321.44)
- Sustainability Studies - Capstone Projects ($21,000)
- "Turn Off the Lights" Sticker Campaign ($2,000)
- Van Landingham Glen Stream Repairs Phase II ($7,500)
- Recycling and Trash Bins for building exits ($19,165)
- Additional Hammock Locations ($4,244)
- Student Gathering ($250)
- Student Capstone Projects on Campus Sustainability (2017)
- Shed & tools for the Student Garden ($2,367)
- Party for the Planet 2018 ($4,160)
- Party for the Planet 2017 ($1,458)
- Statement Making Fashion Show E-Waste Art ($10,000)
- "These Come From Trees" sticker campaign ($635)
- Charlotte Wheels Bike Share Stations ($40,000)
- Skateboard Racks for the Popp-Martin Student Union ($4,037)
- Human-Powered Ice Cream Bike ($3,800)
- Adopt-A-Spot Signage (21 in total to date) ($10,500)
- Jamil Niner Student Pantry Food Plot ($4,000)
- Bottle Filling Station at Career Center ($1,516)
- Bottle Filling Station at Greenhouse ($1,516)
- Signs for Public Electric Car Chargers
- Bottle Filling Stations
- Erosion Prevention at Lot 27
- VEEBAR battery monitoring for electric vehicles
- Temporary Bike Racks for special events or other needs ($5,640)
- Compost bins for student and staff gardens
- Bike Racks for EPIC and Grigg Hall
- Bottle Filling Stations to Complete Campus Buildings ($23,731)
- Hammock Centers in Botanical Gardens ($3,788)
- Bridge for Van Landingham Glen ($5,797)
- Student Garden Information Kiosk ($1,200)
- Graduation Gown Repurposing Project ($500)
- Replaced outdated Red and Yellow recycling bins with newer model
- Van Landingham Glen Stream Repairs Phase I
- Zero Waste Football Stadium
- Bottle Filling Stations - Football Stadium
- Three ELOO compostable toilets found at the low ropes course
- The pallet green wall constructed on the side of Smith, behind the bike racks
- 2009 Annual Report
We will also post project images on this site.