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The Green Initiative Fund is a dedicated student Sustainability at American Colleges and Universities//History of student green fees (text:"green fee") whose revenue is applied as grants to campus sustainability projects proposed by students. The first TGIF was approved by the UC Santa Barbara student body in 2006, drawing from past examples of university green fees (expand: article [uni green fees]?). Since 2006, TGIF bills have been passed by student governments at various California universities, including: UC Santa Cruz, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, UC Los Angeles, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and UC Berkeley.  The Green Initiative Fund is endorsed by the California Student Sustainability Coalition, member of the Energy Action Coalition, a North American coalition of youth climate action groups.

((Possibly include: (The bill created the TGIF Grant-Making Committee a board of student, faculty and staff charged with approving allocation of funds to campus sustainability projects.))

UC Berkeley (2007)
TGIF UC Berkeley

Other stuff
(list of unis with green fees used as examples in UCSB TGIF bill)