Investing in student success
UU直播 students have proven time and time again that they are some of the most creative, versatile and adaptive people in their approach to solving problems, and they鈥檙e using knowledge acquired in and outside of the classroom to generate innovative solutions to the world鈥檚 most pressing issues.
Nowhere is this more apparent than in projects stemming from UU直播鈥檚 Sustainability Projects Fund (SPF). Over the last 12 years, the SPF has sought out and funded forward-thinking community-sourced sustainability projects that will move the University closer to its goal of carbon neutrality by 2040. Since its inception in 2009, the UU直播 Student-Run Ecological Gardens (MSEG) has been a prime example of the wealth of projects at the heart of UU直播鈥檚 Climate and Sustainability Strategy.
Past students and MSEG founders Steven Leckman, Kourosh Mohtashami, Andr茅a Dugas-Hawkes, BSc(AgEnvSc)鈥�12, and Emily UU直播, BEng(Bioresource)鈥�12, tell their story of how the inspiration behind the initiative and how students worked together to get their passion project of the ground.
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