The University of Toledo

Student Involvement & Resources

As a University of Toledo student, you have ample opportunities to get involved in the sustainability movement. Whether it is with faculty doing research, with a student group working on projects, with friends writing a Green Fund application, or with SEED volunteering or interning, you can find something that with further your career aspirations while making a difference at UT. Below are ways you can get involved with SEED.

• Volunteer Opportunities
  
  
  • Friday Night Lights: FNL is a group of student volunteers dedicated to helping UT conserve energy by turning off lights in academic buildings on Friday nights. In addition to helping to conserve energy and save money, volunteers have the opportunity to earn service hours that may be able to be applied to other groups, fraternities, sororities, etc.
    
    
  • Recycling: To strengthen UT's recycling program, we rely on volunteers. Depending on the time of year, different volunteer opportunities are available. During football season, volunteers can help with the Tailgate Recycling program. Starting in January with RecycleMania, volunteers can help with basketball recycling events, electronic waste events, clutter clean out days, and other miscellaneous tasks.
    
    
  • Energy Conservation: At UT we take energy conservation very seriously. In order to keep our facilities operating at our highest standard, we need help with various tasks around campus. For example: helping with a light audit, inventorying equipment, etc.
    
    Outdoor Classroom Garden: The UT Outdoor Classroom Garden relies on volunteers. Volunteers help with planning garden bed design, planting seeds and tending to seedlings, transplanting starts to the garden, weeding and tending garden beds, harvesting flowers and food, and in preparing the garden beds for winter plantings including cover crops and garlic. Volunteers can spend as little as a half hour per week, or up to 3-4 hours per week depending on interest. Most of our volunteer activities take place during our workdays.
    
    
  • Sustainability Audits: In order to continually monitor our progress on a range of sustainability projects, we undertake audits to make adjustments and improvements.
    
    
  • Miscellaneous Projects: Depending on the day, SEED always has other miscellaneous projects we could use volunteers to help complete them.
• Internship Opportunities
  
  • There are a plethora of internship opportunities at SEED. Below is a list of projects we would like interns to work on. If you have an idea that is not listed, or if you want more information about interning with SEED, email us at seed@utoledo.edu!