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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">Susy Jones <<a href="mailto:susyj@mit.edu">susyj@mit.edu</a>><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 <<a href="mailto:sustainablemit@mit.edu">sustainablemit@mit.edu</a>><br>
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<span style="font-size:15px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">The<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>2017 MIT Earth Day Collective</b><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>is pleased to announce<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J5KRYNQ"><span style="color:blue">funding
for the MIT Community </span></a>to develop fun, innovative & interactive campus projects promoting sustainability and climate action this April surrounding Earth Day 2017 (April 22, 2017). <b>Applications are due: April 9, 2017.<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </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 </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"> that harness their</span></font><b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:15px"> 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, environmental 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 – 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"> </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J5KRYNQ"><span style="color:blue">here</span></a>. Applications
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<span style="font-size:15px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><b>Application Link:<font color="#7f007f"> </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 Department of Urban Studies and Planning, the Campus Activities Complex and the MIT Office of Sustainability. </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"> </span>Email<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </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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