Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 48.20
Liaison Lauren Poole
Submission Date Dec. 10, 2021

STARS v2.2

Colorado School of Mines
IN-40: Sustainability Projects Fund

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 Lauren Poole
Sustainability Coordinator
EHS
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Name of the institution’s sustainability projects fund:
Green Fund

Which of the following best describes the primary source of funding for the sustainability projects fund?:
Department driven

Year the institution’s sustainability projects fund was established:
2,018

A brief description of the institution’s sustainability projects fund:

The goal of the Mines Green Fund is to enable and empower students to take an active role in making Mines a leader in sustainability. The Sustainability Office will provide funding for projects that reduce Mines’ negative impact on the environment. We also have a Sustainability Operating Fund that covers operating costs on an annual basis.


A brief description of the multi-stakeholder decision-making process used to determine which projects receive funding through the sustainability projects fund:

We created a Green Fund committee of faculty and students members that vote on projects.


Website URL where information about the sustainability projects fund is available:
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