Student-Led Projects

Partner with GreenLight Solutions to help your business execute your sustainability project. College student Solutioneers complete the GreenLight GuideLines project management process and volunteer their time to help businesses reach their sustainability goals. Student-Led Projects follow a semester timeline and are focused on the educational outcomes of the students, the value to your business, and the overall sustainability impact. All Student-Led Projects are supported by Foundation staff. Engage in a GreenLight project with your business and see the benefits of sustainability unfold.

Submit your Project Application below today.

Project Perks

• Meet Your Sustainability Goals
  • Collaborate with a Project Team of 3-6 college students to implement sustainability in your organization. Students have completed a rigorous application process. Our innovative, passionate team is committed to your success. Receive deliverables that will strategically advance your business and make an impact in your community
• Gain Exposure 
  • GreenLight Reach: 1,500+ subscribers and 2,500+ social media followers
  • Be known as a Company that Cares. Align your brand with sustainability and improve your positive brand perception for doing good work in your community 
  • Gain access to cross-promo opportunities internally and externally
  • Your business will be featured in
    • GreenLight Globe newsletters distributed to 1,300+ contact 
    • Next Solutioneer Showcase as your Project Team presents about your project to the GreenLight extended network
    • GreenLight social media channels including Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, & Twitter
    • Blog webpage featuring a project blog
    • Projects webpage featuring your Project Portfolio
• Receive Tickets to Solutioneer Showcase
  • Receive a promo code for our annual Solutioneer Showcase, for you and your team to enjoy the evening free of charge
• Leverage Recruitment Opportunities
  • Work with top tier college students and get first pick recruiting the best candidates to join your professional team

Our Project Process

• Project timelines are on a yearly basis. For projects with multiple phases, projects can span multiple project cycles.
• GreenLight Student-Led Projects follow our GreenLight GuideLines 6-phase process, which takes the projects from ideation through implementation. Our curriculum was built on sustainability and project management best practices.
• GreenLight Solutions Foundation provides professional mentorship and support to students, along with the training, resources, and curriculum to ensure high quality, successful projects.

Project Partner Weekly Commitments: 2 Hours

• Project Partner Meeting (~30 minutes): Project Partner and Project Team schedule a weekly meeting at a consistent day and time to collaborate, gain progress updates, ask questions, and provide feedback.
• Additional Follow Up & Feedback as Needed (~90 minutes): Consistent, weekly communication and feedback is key to the success of the project. Provide student team with requisite access to data, facilities, systems, and other resources necessary to successfully execute the project.

Testimonials

The Greenlight Solutions team has been a joy to work with. Their enthusiasm, knowledge, responsiveness, and most important, their passion for the environment has been exceptional. They have saved countless hours of research and writing while helping us create professional articles, surveys, and standards for sustainable facility design and operation. We look forward to working with them on an ongoing basis and cannot recommend them more highly. - Ted Murray, Executive Director, Tennis Legacy Fund

GreenLight’s involvement allowed our staff to keep their focus on other initiatives in the office while staying involved with the development of our sustainability initiative. This saved time and money for our organization. - Ashley Mulhall, AIA LEED AP, Orcutt Winslow.

Greenlight Solutions is extraordinary. Their team is filled with super-bright, highly meticulous, hyper-organized rising stars who combine analytical rigor with an ability to deliver polished, practical work products. I’m grateful to have the chance to work with their team and give them my highest recommendation. - P.J. Simmons, Chair, Corporate Eco Forum and co-author, The Green to Gold Business Playbook

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​Student-Led Sustainability Projects are offered to organizations for $1,000-$5,000 based on the size of the organization.

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Start your GreenLight journey today by applying to work with us!

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