University of North Texas 
We Mean Green Fund
We can fund your on-campus sustainability project ideas!
COMMITTEE APPLICATIONS
ARE OPEN
WHAT IS THE WE MEAN GREEN FUND?
The We Mean Green Fund (WMGF) empowers UNT students, faculty, and staff to improve
our institution through campus projects that embody passion and spirit for environmental
sustainability.
The WMGF provides funding for UNT students, staff, and faculty to actualize their on-campus sustainability project ideas. Interested parties propose their projects to the WMGF Committee, also comprised of students, staff, and faculty. The committee then considers the grant proposals for funding, evaluating the feasibility and positive environmental impacts of each proposal.
WMGF funding is made possible by the Environmental Service Fee. Every UNT student contributes $5 to the Environmental Service Fee in their spring and fall semesters to support community-driven campus sustainability projects. This fee was voted into effect by students in the Student Government election in 2010.
WMGF staff consists of a full-time project coordinator and three student garden facilitators who manage the Community Garden, Sustainable Arts Garden, and campus Native Beds. The WMGF team works closely with the WMGF Committee to guide grant recipients through project proposals, implementation, and ongoing WMGF project care.
Review the project eligibility criteria and request funding for your campus sustainability
project!
WMGF proposals are reviewed and selected by this student-majority, student-led team.
Learn about Environmental Action in Denton from a showcase of student work from
the Philosophy & Religion Department.
UPCOMING WE MEAN GREEN FUND EVENTS
WMGF Current Projects & Programs
The Community Garden's mission is to promote environmental education, grow food
organically, and foster a community for a greener, healthier future for everyone.
The Sustainable Arts Garden (SAG) is a space for students to embrace their creativity
and build community through use of natural resources to make art, while learning about
gardening and sustainability topics.
The UNT Bee Campus USA Committee, composed of students, staff, & faculty, is dedicated
to providing habitats for pollinators and educating the community about the importance
of pollinators in our everyday lives. These commitments have earned UNT the honor
of being named the 1st Bee Campus USA institution in Texas and the 12th in the nation
in 2016!
The UNT Bird Campus Committee (BCC) is a project created to educate the UNT community about the important role birds play in
helping us understand our ecosystem’s health, quality, and integrity.
The Pecan Creek Pollinative Prairie, a UNT We Mean Green Fund initiative, is a native
North Central Texas tallgrass prairie reconstruction project located on four acres
of the east field at the University of North Texas Discovery Park Campus.
Volunteer 75+ hours (or 50+ hours as a transfer or graduate student) toward anything
environmentally sustainable and recieve a graduation cord dyed with natural dyes from
our Sustainable Arts Garden!