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Turn your sustainability ideas into reality! 

Introducing the Sustainability Action Booster (est. May 2023), an expense grant dedicated to empowering students and unleashing their creative ideas for a sustainable future. Our mission is to provide the best opportunities for students to initiate and participate in student-owned sustainability actions – both on campus and beyond! 

So, are you a student with a sustainability idea in mind that could use some extra financial resources? 

Wait no longer! Whether you have a small project idea or a wild sustainability vision, we want to help bring your ideas to life! Check out our application criteria and apply anytime for a grant ranging from €500 to €5 000. At predetermined times (in 2025, 19.9.–19.10!), we also offer the possibility of applying for larger grants of up to €10 000 for exceptionally well-justified projects!

We want to foster creativity and create a culture of experimentation where the joy of learning is more important than individual success! We believe that the true impact, especially in smaller projects, arises from the fact that more and more additional student-owned sustainability actions are taking place at Aalto University. 

It's time to make a lasting impact and create an even more vibrant sustainability culture at Aalto University. Join us!

PLEASE NOTE: Booster applications will be on a break between 1.12.2025-31.1.2026

  • If you are planning on applying and wish to receive a decision before February, please submit your proposal before November 30th!

Now / Upcoming:

Invitation to 'OPEN DOOORS' event from 13:00 to 15:00, with coffee, tea, snacks, and good company.

Booster Open Doors (Period II)

Join "Booster Open Doors" Wednesdays 13:00-15:00 for advice on grants & projects. Enjoy coffee, snacks, and good company!

Events

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Dean of the School of Business has selected the recipients of the Dean's Impact Award 2025

The award recipients are Anna Chialà and Eli Saaresto, Didier van Overveld and Duc Khuat, Iris Martinelli and Anna Hakola

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Campus Sustainability Champion 2025

Campus sustainability champion: concrete actions for creating hope

The Planetary Practices Workshops series was selected as the Campus sustainability champion 2025.

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Aalto University students. Photo by Aleksi Poutanen.

Students can receive Sustainability Action Booster expense grant for their ideas at any time

Significant impacts on sustainability culture can start with even small actions

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Sustainability Action Boosterin hankekoordinaattori Jasmin Järvinen vastaanotti palkinnon New Yorkissa.

Groundbreaking grant model supporting student sustainability projects wins award in New York

Sustainability Action Booster grant model, developed by Aalto University, has received a prestigious international recognition from an UN-affiliated educational initiative. The model funds students' own experiments, ideas, and prototypes, and is now being praised for its bold, student-centered approach.

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Photo collage of some of the actions funded by the Sustainability Action Booster grant

Aalto University funds students' sustainability actions with tens of thousands in a year – “This is something we haven't seen anywhere else”

Aalto University’s Sustainability Action Booster is a pioneering grant designed to support student-owned sustainability actions on campus and beyond.

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✨Featured Booster Actions✨

A person rides a cargo bike carrying a large wooden cabinet at night.
Sustainability Action Booster

Aalto ChaiR (Aalto Chain Reaction)

#supportive community network #sustainable events / sustainability events #recycling / circular economy #activism
Aalto ChaiR connects people, tools, and resources to reduce waste on campus by repairing, repurposing, and recycling together.
A group of people cooking together in a modern kitchen. Various vegetables and ingredients are on the counter.
Sustainability Action Booster

Aalto Foodsharing

#sustainable_events #activism #sustainable_food_choices #reducing_consumption
A student-led grassroot initiative to reduce food waste around and beyond the Aalto campus.
A wooden barrel sauna floating on water, with its reflection visible. It's a cloudy day with a wooden dock in the background.
Sustainability Action Booster

Combining community, sauna, and circular prototyping

#project #circular_economy #prototype #collaboration
Illustration promoting 'Planetary Practices' with icons of books, music, plants, and more. Organised by CRUST x SAB.
Sustainability Action Booster

Planetary Practices Workshops

This student-led initiative creates space for Aalto University students to share their practical, creative, and sustainability-focused skills through hands-on workshops open to the entire community.
A wooden structure with solar panels and transparent sections, set against a clear blue sky and tall leafless trees.
Sustainability Action Booster

Test-Site Solar System, Lecture & Workshop

#project #sustainability_events #conserving_energy
Student-led solar project transforming Test-Site into a self-sufficient space through circular design, community collaboration, and energy awareness.
Colourful geometric shapes and text 'NRB -> ON CAMPUS' on a black background.
Sustainability Action Booster

Solar NRB (Noraebang): Sustainable Korean Karaoke Booth on Campus

#project #sustainable events #sustainable materials #new sustainable innovations and prototypes

Solar NRB is a Korean-style karaoke booth that brings together sustainable materials, and cultural
exchange to create a welcoming, sustainability-driven social space at Aalto.

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