{"id":5545,"date":"2026-04-06T21:28:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/?page_id=5545"},"modified":"2026-04-06T21:28:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:28:52","slug":"geology-water-refill-station","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/geology-water-refill-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Geology Water Refill Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row bg-color-extra-light-gray\"><div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row-content\">\n<h2>Geology Water Refill Station<\/h2>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Project Summary: <\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The Geology Water Bottle Refill Stations project, spearheaded by student Natalie Pierson and the School of Earth and Sustainability, provides essential hydration infrastructure to the Geology Building. By replacing two pre-existing water fountains on the heavily trafficked first and second floors with modern refill stations, the initiative actively encourages students, staff, and faculty to utilize reusable water bottles. This upgrade significantly minimizes the campus&#8217;s reliance on single-use plastics, directly advancing the university\u2019s waste reduction goals. The project also helps the campus community save money otherwise spent on disposable beverages. To maximize community engagement, the newly installed stations feature &#8220;powered by Green Fund&#8221; stickers, and the initiative is being actively promoted through the NAU Lumberjack, the Green Flash newsletter, and departmental listservs.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4844 size-square-image\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/1637_biomechatronics_lab_20231113-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/1637_biomechatronics_lab_20231113-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/1637_biomechatronics_lab_20231113-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/1637_biomechatronics_lab_20231113-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Project Lead:<\/h5>\n<p>Natalie Pierson<\/p>\n<h5>Project Advisor:<\/h5>\n<p>Sarah Jane Colby<\/p>\n<p>Date:<\/p>\n<p>03\/04\/2022<\/p>\n<h5>Funding Amount:<\/h5>\n<p>$9,000<\/p>\n<h5>Department:<\/h5>\n<p>School of Earth and Sustainability<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2026\/04\/Geology-Water-Bottle-Refill-Stations-Project-Application.docx.pdf\">Supporting Documents<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2198,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5545","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5545"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5548,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5545\/revisions\/5548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}