FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  (October 30, 2024)

Primary Contact: Lindsay Mauss, Public Relations Specialist, LAM767@nau.edu

NAU Green Fund Updates Committee Role Title

The NAU Green Fund has changed a committee member position title to better accommodate the needs of the committee. The previous Impact Analyst title has changed to Internal Resources Coordinator, or IRC. This change will allow the Green Fund to compile a repository of past projects and research for all of NAU to access as well… Read more

Grace Carr is a junior at Northern Arizona University studying ecology and evolutionary biology with minors in statistics and sociology. Grace found a home in sustainability when they came to NAU. However, they didn’t always feel that way. They weren’t particularly interested in sustainability before college– they were concerned about climate change, but felt more bogged down and pessimistic about it than anything else because of their identity and lack of… Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (March 20, 2024)

Primary Contact: Lindsay Mauss, Public Relations Specialist, LAM767@nau.edu

NAU Green Fund Now Sponsoring Events 

The NAU Green Fund has a new event sponsorship form for all NAU organizations and clubs as well as hosts in the Flagstaff area. Those that want to request funds for sustainability based events that benefit students at NAU can fill out the form on the Green Fund website, and the Green Fund committee will review it and provide feedback.

Previously, the Green… Read more

Olive Dunn is a senior at Northern Arizona University studying environmental and sustainability studies. She currently serves as the Green Fund Co-Chair, and will graduate this spring. She also helped found Fossil Free NAU, a club dedicated to divestment efforts for NAU. Divestment is the act of an entity removing their investments from fossil fuel industries. The club also focuses on engaging students in sustainable lifestyles.

However, before she was in… Read more

Hope Saxton is a recent graduate at NAU with a Bachelor of Science in environmental and sustainability studies. She served as the Impact Analyst for the University’s Green Fund for a semester, which was an entirely new role that she trail blazed for. 

Hope discovered that she wanted to work in sustainability in middle school. She read a book called Cradle to Cradle… Read more