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NYU awards Green Grants of up to $20,000 to students, faculty and staff in support of campus greening, engagement, research & design, and community-building pilot initiatives. For social entrepreneurs with innovative concepts to foster sustainability at NYU, Green Grants are an opportunity to provide the funding, recognition and support necessary for fruition.
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Featured projects

LEDs for Stage and On-Location Film & Video Shoots

Modernizing lighting equipment on Tisch's Film & TV teaching soundstage Led by Rosanne Limoncelli, Director of Production for Film and New Media ...

Tags: 2012, staff-led, operations, energy conservation, in-progress

Psychology and the Environment Course

This project developed a Psychology and the Environment course at NYU.  Status: Complete & Institutionalized

Tags: academic, psychology, 2009, student-led, institutionalized

Student Food Cooperative at NYU

Making healthy and sustainability-sourced food accessible to the local and greater community. Status: In-Progress

Tags: 2011, student-led, operations, engagement, food, in-progress

Compost Collection at NYU Wagner

Piloting compost collection for events and in academic spaces at NYU Wagner. Led by Kelly Chang and Thomas Boman Status: Completed

Tags: operations, 2012, waste, complete, student-led

NYU Urban Farm Lab

Steinhardt Food Studies faculty are piloting an urban farm between Houston St and Silver Towers. The farm will support urban agriculture cou...

Tags: 2013, faculty-led, academic, engagement, food, research, in-progress

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Recent Updates

Bellflower Prototypes

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3/27/13 by The Bellflower

Affecting change in NYU Dining at residence halls

NYU Dining reached out to us to collaborate around hosting Meatless Mondays in the Hayden dining hall. Read full update...

1/11/13 by Climate Change: It's What's for Dinner | Environmental Impacts of Meat

Wagner now has compost everywhere!

After a year and a half of planning and test running compost bins, we have overhauled Wagner's entire waste system, featuring compost as a central component. Read full update...

12/4/12 by Compost Collection at NYU Wagner

OurGoods launch party! Thursday, September 13th @8pm

Join the OurGoods team at 8pm on Thursday, September 13th @ITP (721 Broadway, 4th Floor) Read full update...

9/11/12 by OurGoods@NYU

New site for Drama Green Initative

DGI's new site advertises new paperless services available in Tisch's department of Drama Read full update...

8/28/12 by Drama Green Initative