Campus Involvement
UCSD’s Econauts
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he Econauts are the Sustainability department of
Housing, Dining and Hospitality. We are a group of 10 students who are dedicated to making UCSD a greener place
to live. We collaborate closely with Resident Advisors, and
other on campus groups to hold programs and events to educate students on how to live sustainably. We hold weekly
Trash Sorts at the different colleges where we take a look as
what is being thrown in the dumpsters, and display the items
that could have been recycled instead! Our most popular RA
program is Reusable Tote Bag Decorating! We hope to lessen
the number of single use plastic bags being used by giving
residents reusable bags to take grocery shopping.
We also award Green Grants to forward, sustainable
thinking students! Green Grants are a way to fund sustainability projects at UCSD housing or dining locations. Previous Green Grants have been awarded the Sixth College for
energy efficient Christmas lights, and to The Village at Torrey Pines for reusable dishware for RA programs and events.
Apply for a Green Grant at: www.hdh.ucsd.edu/sustainability
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