{"id":41349,"date":"2019-02-21T07:57:14","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T12:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=41349"},"modified":"2019-02-26T13:10:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T18:10:36","slug":"mini-grant-awards-support-sustainability-projects-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/mini-grant-awards-support-sustainability-projects-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini-grant awards support sustainability projects on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Eastern Mennonite University student group Earthkeepers has announced the 2019 winners of its annual mini-grants supporting campus sustainability projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The mini-grants fund sustainable initiatives on campus \u201cthat wouldn\u2019t otherwise happen,\u201d said <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/studentlife\/clubs\/websites\/earthkeepers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Earthkeepers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> co-president <strong>Andy King<\/strong>, and that \u201cget students and faculty to actively participate in EMU&#8217;s goal of sustainability,\u201d said leadership team member <strong>Miriam Beck<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another purpose is to foster creative and educational collaboration \u2013 as is apparent in the projects awarded this year:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/studentlife\/clubs\/websites\/cycling-club\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cycling Club<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was granted $500 to purchase and \u2013 with help from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/01\/blue-ridge-outdoors-magazine-names-ben-wyse-best-bike-mechanic\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Best Bike Mechanic of the Blue Ridge Ben Wyse<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2013 repair more bikes for renting out to EMU students at a subsidized price, said club president <strong>Ella Reist<\/strong>. \u201cIt advocates biking culture around campus and Harrisonburg.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senior <strong>Ben Zook<\/strong> was awarded $450 to help fund his solar-powered mobile kiosk, which will be on the turf field to power any needs there, including the concession stand. The project, which will be a collaboration between the Earthkeepers and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/studentlife\/clubs\/websites\/engineers-for-a-sustainable-world\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Engineers for a Sustainable World<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> clubs and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/sga\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Student Government Association<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as well as local companies Engineering Solutions and Secure Futures, \u201crepresents the student body interest in implementing sustainability designs around campus,\u201d he said. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/studentlife\/clubs\/websites\/sustainable-food-initiative\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sustainable Food Initiative<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (SFI) received $150 for a water collections system for the campus chicken coops, a project that King called \u201csimple, but ingenious.\u201d The system, to be built and installed by SFI members, will increase \u201cthe self-reliance of SFI food production and reduces the campus\u2019s water requirements,\u201d said <strong>Wade Banks<\/strong>, SFI co-president.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The Chronicles of Yarnia knitting group received $100 for a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tempestryproject.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.tempestryproject.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1551288253591000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEFYRve8O944UebKVqylGTUkhL3kw\">tempestry<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0knitting project creating tapestries that illustrate the change in temperatures in a location over the years. &#8220;The finished pieces will depict climates change in a unique fashion and attract attention and awareness that numbers in a report cannot,&#8221; said advisor <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/faculty-staff\/?show=bb322\">Barbara Byer<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Earthkeepers mini-grants were first awarded in the 2009-10 academic year, when $500 went to the Cycling Club\u2019s early development, $300 helped build a trash\/compost counter in the dining hall, and $200 supported the theater department\u2019s production of \u201cWild Blessings: A Celebration of Wendell Berry.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Supported projects in other years have included reusable mugs in common grounds, clotheslines in the dorms, the Student Solar Panel Project, the Engineers for a Sustainable World solar-powered golf cart <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/studentlife\/clubs\/websites\/earthkeepers\/mini-grant-projects\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anyone on campus \u2013 staff, faculty, and students \u2013 can apply for the mini-grants, which are funded by Earthkeepers, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sustainableclimatesolutions.org\/\">Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions<\/a> and other campus organizations. 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