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Sustainability Fund Awards First FastTrack Grants
The Sustainability Fund has awarded its first grants in a new mid-year funding opportunity for student projects.![](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Shevlin-360x216.jpg)
Student Launches Composting Program In Campus Apartments
Residents of Wolf Village Apartments have access to kitchen composting courtesy of a compost collection program started by a student.![](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Fund-Announcement-2017-360x216.jpg)
Sustainability Fund awards $179,000 in campus grants
NC State’s Sustainability Fund awarded $179,000 in grants to 13 sustainability projects that will be implemented on campus by June 2018.![](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/vermicomposting-360x216.jpg)
Students Compost Cotton Waste From Campus Labs
In the College of Textiles, students are exploring how to create a sustainable cotton composting program to reduce waste sent to landfill.![](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/taylor_spoon-360x216.jpg)
Sustainability Project Lifts Resource Burden for Low-Income Students
What if a program existed to connect under-resourced students with lightly used home furnishings that would otherwise go to local landfills? Introducing Pack2Pack.![](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/aquaponicsdisplay-360x216.jpg)
Talley Student Union showcases aquaponics display
One of this summer's most eye-catching additions to Talley Student Union is a student-designed system of bins, pipes, fish and lettuce that showcase one of the state’s fastest-growing agriculture practices.![](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cvmgarden-360x216.jpg)