It’s hard times in higher ed – with our universities’ budgets getting slashed, administrators are in hyper hunker-down mode in terms of campus spending. More and more student organizers are turning to new, innovative funding sources to implement the vital campus sustainability initiatives we need. Campus InPower is here to help!
This post is a quick shout out for two new resource pages on the www.campusinpower.org site – they’re for students working to establish Green Fees or Revolving Loan Funds. If you know campuses that are working on either of these initiatives, please send them this info. We also offer direct consulting for campaigns; email rachel@campusinpower.org to get in touch!
On the new resource pages, here’s what we got:
The Green Fees Page:
- Sample Bylaws (…save yourself the pain of writing a 7-page legal doc!)
- Campaign Timeline and Guide (post election day = party)
- Volunteer Training Guide (train your volunteers to answer the tough questions… and not break campaign rules)
- Sample Flyers (because making flyers is hard)
The Revolving Loan Fund Page:
- RLF Overview (…what the heck is a RLF anyways?)
- Payback Guide (kind of like Mel Gibson… for energy financing)
- Macalester’s Clean Energy Revolving Fund guide (because we <3 Timothy Denherder-Thomas, aka TDT)
That’s it for now! Thanks for spreadin the info, and the love.
Oh, and if you’re unfamiliar with Campus InPower, we’re a national training program that gives student organizers the tools to create revolving loan funds, green fee campaigns, and other funding mechanisms to pay for large-scale sustainability projects on their campuses. You can download our funding toolkit here.
