Students for a Green Campus and faculty allies have begun a fundraising project this week to run through Oct. 10.

The UM Green Fund has been provided a baseline contribution from the university of $15,000 per year, with an additional 50 percent match for all funds donated by students promised.

Administered by the University of Mississippi Green Fund Committee, the organization aims to provide money toward the implementation of energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainability projects, programs and policies.

Will Bedwell, co-author of the UMGF charter and SGC member, believes the importance of donating to the fund cannot be understated.

“After two years of campaigning by SGC and  the former Campus for Clean Energy, our University has a way to fund sustainability projects imagined by students,” Bedwell said. “To make these projects benefit our campus in a massive capacity, the fund must be increased.”