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Students
FIT Student Government Association (SGA) Sustainability Committee
The Student Government Association (SGA) has a Secretary for Sustainability who oversees sustainability efforts on behalf of the SGA and the SGA Sustainability Committee. Connect with the Secretary of Sustainability and the committee at [email protected]. Follow @fitsga on instagram to stay updated and visit FIT Student Government Association site to learn more.
FIT Natural Dye Garden
The FIT Natural Dye Garden is a student-led initiative meant to be an educational,
tactile, and communal resource for students of all majors. Subscribe to the Dye Garden mailing list if you'd like to learn more, stay connected, and become involved in future workshops,
workdays, and events!
Sustainability Council
FIT's Sustainability Council also offers an opportunity for students to get involved. Student members are selected
to serve one- to three-year terms. The Council typically meets virtually every other
Wednesday at noon. The Council coordinates the annual Sustainable Business and Design
Conference, manages and awards a $15,000 grant, helps to foster new initiatives, and
sponsors other campuswide events.
The FIT Genspace Scholars Program provides FIT undergraduate majors the opportunity to develop and complete research at the state of the art Genspace Laboratory in Brooklyn during the spring semester.
The Sustainability Council offers an annual grant-fund of $15,000 to support creative and innovative initiatives that help to infuse various aspects of sustainability into our college culture, curricula, operations, and physical environment. Project proposals can come from FIT faculty, staff, or students (student projects need faculty or staff advisor). Grants are awarded up to $5,000 each. The fund is administered by the Sustainability Council.
Are you doing something interesting and innovative in sustainability? Let us know! You can tell FIT's Communications and External Relations office what you're doing by submitting an item to our Newsroom.
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Sustainability Awareness Week
Held in October, this annual weeklong program highlights sustainability initiatives
by industry leaders, FIT students, faculty, staff, and alumni. The schedule includes
special lectures (both virtual and in person), discussions, tours, demonstrations,
and the sustainability fair. Interactive programming focuses on the four pillars of
sustainability: human, social, economic, and environmental.
FIT Sustainable Business and Design Conference
The Sustainability Council at FIT hosts the annual Sustainable Business and Design
Conference each spring. The event provides a platform for collaboration and discussion
throughout the creative industries, highlighting advances in sustainable design and
thought leadership. To learn more visit Sustainability Conference
Earth Week
Earth Day is recognized on April 22nd every year and during the spring semester our
FIT students curate programming and events for a week-long celebration of Earth week.
Events will highlight our student and campus efforts in sustainability to celebrate
our planet. To learn more and get involved, email [email protected]
Faculty and Staff
FIT's Sustainability Council also offers an opportunity for students to get involved. Student members are selected to serve one- to three-year terms. The Council typically meets every other Wednesday at noon. The Council coordinates the annual Sustainable Business and Design Conference, manages and awards a $15,000 grant, helps to foster new initiatives, and sponsors other campuswide events.
The Sustainability Council offers an annual grant-fund of $15,000 to support creative and innovative initiatives that help to infuse various aspects of sustainability into our college culture, curricula, operations, and physical environment. Project proposals can come from FIT faculty, staff, or students (student projects need faculty or staff advisor) Three individual grants are awarded up to $5,000 each. The fund is administered by the Sustainability Council.
Are you doing something cool? Let us know! You can tell FIT's Communications and External Relations office what you're doing by submitting an item to our Newsroom.
FIT Professor Joins SUNY Sustainability Faculty Fellows
Whitney Crutchfield, assistant professor of Textile Development and Marketing in FIT’s Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology, was selected to serve as an inaugural State University of New York (SUNY) Sustainability Faculty Fellow.
WHITNEY CRUTCHFIELD
As a Sustainability Faculty Fellow, Professor Crutchfield connects with faculty throughout SUNY, fostering the exchange of knowledge across disciplines.