strategies for supporting student sustainability grant projects
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Presentation by former TGIF Coordinator Nicole Leung at AASHE 2010TRANSCRIPT
Strategies for Supporting
Student Sustainability
Grant Projects
Nicole Leung
Grants Coordinator
The Green Initiative Fund, UC Berkeley
AASHE 2010 Conference, Denver CO
Framing the Issue
How do you advise students on making their
grant projects successful while also being grant projects successful while also being
realistic about what they can accomplish in a
limited time frame?
Berkeley Campus Culture
• ~35,000
students
• Over 30
sustainability sustainability
student
groups
• Many
institutional
barriersStudent Sustainability Forum, Fall 2009TGIF Grantee 2009 - $18,250
• 33 projects granted money since 2008 (over $700,000)
• Ongoing Challenges
– Realistic expectations
– Time and workload
BicyCal Mobile Bike Repair DaysTGIF Grantee 2009 - $12,000
• Figure out how to
start the
conversation early
• Help students
Establish Realistic Expectations
• Help students
navigate the campus
• Continue to follow
up and revise
expectations
Photo: Students help build the Strawberry Creek Native
Plant Nursery
TGIF Grantee 2008 - $12,865
Encourage students as
change agents
The UC Berkeley Dashboard
interactive display, Wurster HallTGIF Grantee 2008 - $76,750
Berkeley Energy Resources Collective
(BERC) Energy SymposiumTGIF Grantee 2010 - $5,000
Bridge the Administrative Gap
• Facilitate communication between project teams and staffteams and staff
• Leverage committee membership to inform this process
Campus and student groups tabling
together, Fall 2009
Nicole Leung
281.702.7133
UC Berkeley TGIF
http://tgif.berkeley.edu
510.643.2992