Welcome to Sustainable Spartans
We are a student-led organization focused on making MSU more sustainable through implementing sustainability projects that help to educate and inspire fellow Spartans. This is achieved through project implementation focusing on issues of education, renewable and efficient energy, water conservation, transportation, green urbanization, recycling and up-cycling, food waste, and zero waste.
Click here to fill out a form below to become a member and receive the Zoom link for
our virtual meetings occuring every Thursday at 7:00pm.
Green Space InitiativeIn December of 2020, Sustainable Spartans Green Space Initiative Team applied for $16,000 in funding for the green wall and was granted that amount in full. With this funding secured, the Green Space Initiative Team is now in the process of designing and selecting
the location for the green wall. For more information, please revisit this page and join our mailing list to receive updates on the green wall.
In December of 2020, Members of Sustainable Spartans pollinator garden group applied for funding for the pollinator garden and were awarded $5,000 by IPF! The pollinator garden team is currently in the process of selecting the location and composition of the flowers for the garden. For more information, please revisit this page and join our mailing list to receive updates on the pollinator garden.
S.S. Receives Ford Motor Company Fund Grant!
In 2019, Sustainable Spartans was awarded with a $25,000 grant from the Ford Motor Company to fund a sustainability project aimed towards lighting bus stops across campus using solar energy. Former S.S. president Alexa Marsh along with several other S.S. members applied for the global grant contest that funded a total of 10 student-led sustainability projects. The organization was able to install 12 solar powered lights that helped to increase safety for students waiting at bus stops as well as help CATA bus drivers to see students waiting at stops. For more information about the public transportation safety initiative, read this article published on MSUToday: https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2019/sustainability-team-wins-ford-motor-company-fund-grant-to-light-bus-stops/
The Student Sustainability Leadership Council (SSLC)
Sustainable Spartans is part of the Student Sustainability Leadership Council. The SSLC is comprised of student representatives from various sustainability groups throughout MSU's campus. This council is used to promote and advance sustainability at MSU by having students share sustainability concerns and solutions. To learn more about the SSLC please visit: https://sustainability.msu.edu/get-involved/student-resources/Student%20Sustainability%20Leadership%20Council.html
