A showcase of projects and ideas to addressing climate and sustainability challenges from students across the various CU Boulder colleges. Student projects will compete for $10,000 in cash prizes provided by the CU Climate Action Fund and the CU President's Sustainable Solutions Challenge. Stop by anytime during 1-4pm to browse, vote for your favorite, find out who wins at the 4-5pm ceremony.
Prize amounts and categories:
Grand Prize - $3,000
Overall Runner-up - $1,500
Audience Choice - $500
Innovation - $1,000
Creativity - $1,000
Climate Impact - $1,000
Human Impact - $1,000
Campus Impact - 1,000
List of Exhibits:
The De-CAN-Taminator
Collegiate Wind Competition 2024
Flower Darts
On-Site Food Waste to Biofuel System
Bring the Outdoors In
wAIste: AI-integrated waste sorting
Carbon Quest
CatchSense
ReVessel
VELOCIRAPTOR (Very Effective, Low Operational Cost, Interferometric Reflectometry Apparatus for Passive Terrestrial Observations and Research)
Flexible Indoor Air-Quality Control System
Deep Clean - Auto Ocean Scrubber
Open-Source Biofibers Spinning Machine for Sustainable Smart Textiles
Smart Mirror
Buffs Backyard Orchard: Cultivating a Sustainable Orchard to Nourish the Community and Promote a Greener Future
Paths to Circularity
Climatique Zine - A beginners guide to changing the world
Land-based Sand Play
Sustainable CU
Microgrids in Mexico
Sustainable Campus Gardens
Footprint
FoodWise
CU Boulder: A National Leader in Single-Use Plastics Policy
Exhibit profiles can be found
here
