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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">Susy Jones &lt;<a href="mailto:susyj@mit.edu">susyj@mit.edu</a>&gt;<br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>MIT Earth Day Mini Grants Now Available!
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">March 27, 2017 at 12:06:27 PM EDT<br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">sustainablemit &lt;<a href="mailto:sustainablemit@mit.edu">sustainablemit@mit.edu</a>&gt;<br>
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<span style="font-size:15px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Dear MIT:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:15px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">The<span class="x_Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><b>2017 MIT Earth Day Collective</b><span class="x_Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>is pleased to announce<span class="x_Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J5KRYNQ"><span style="color:blue">funding
 for the MIT Community&nbsp;</span></a>to develop fun, innovative &amp; interactive campus projects promoting sustainability and&nbsp;climate&nbsp;action this April surrounding Earth Day 2017 (April 22, 2017).&nbsp;<b>Applications are due: April 9, 2017.<span class="x_Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></b>Please
 see attached poster and help us spread the word!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:15px"><b><u><span style="font-family:Calibri">Announcing this year’s MIT Earth Day Mini Grant Program</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:Calibri">:</span></b></span></div>
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<div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Cambria"><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:15px">The Earth Day Mini Grant Program seek to encourage&nbsp;</span></font><b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:15px">student, staff, and faculty
 teams to develop creative projects on campus</b><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:15px">&nbsp;that harness their</span></font><b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:15px">&nbsp;scientific, social, artistic, and technological problem-solving skills</b><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:15px">.
 We are looking for projects that promote climate action,&nbsp;environmental&nbsp;health, resource-efficiency, sustainable behavior and more. Projects don’t need to occur on Earth Day to be eligible.</span></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15px"></span></font></div>
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<span style="font-size:15px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><b>Ideas might include</b>: workshops, speaker events, interactive projects, installations, experiments, etc. Furniture restoration workshops, Shut the Sash campaigns, waste awareness booths&nbsp;–&nbsp;these
 have all been past winners, and we are excited to see what this year brings.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:15px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">To apply for project funding (<b>up to $500 per team</b>), click<span class="x_Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J5KRYNQ"><span style="color:blue">here</span></a>.&nbsp;Applications
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<span style="font-size:15px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><b>Application Link:<font color="#7f007f">&nbsp;</font></b></span></span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J5KRYNQ"><span style="font-family:Calibri; color:blue; font-size:15px">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J5KRYNQ</span></a></div>
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<div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Cambria"><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:15px"><b>This grant program is made possible by the generous support of the 2017 MIT Earth Day Collective:</b></span></font></div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:15px; font-family:Calibri">Sloan Sustainability Initiative, MindHandHeart, MIT Recycling and Materials Management, MIT Medical, the Environmental Solutions Initiative,
 MIT&nbsp;Department&nbsp;of Urban Studies and Planning, the Campus Activities Complex and the MIT Office of Sustainability.&nbsp;</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Cambria"><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:15px">Would you like to be part of the funding collective?<i><span class="x_Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Email<span class="x_Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></i></span></font><a href="mailto:susyj@mit.edu" style="font-style:italic; font-family:Calibri; font-size:15px"><span style="color:blue">susyj@mit.edu</span></a><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15px"></span></font></div>
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