{"id":12611,"date":"2026-05-13T11:45:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/?p=12611"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:15:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:15:02","slug":"osu-carbon-reduction-grant-cycle-away-from-carbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/2026\/05\/13\/osu-carbon-reduction-grant-cycle-away-from-carbon\/","title":{"rendered":"OSU Carbon Reduction Grant: Cycle Away from Carbon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The OSU&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability.oregonstate.edu\/get-involved\/carbon-reduction-grant-program\">Carbon Reduction Grant Program<\/a>, funded by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fpm.oregonstate.edu\/\">OSU Facilities Planning and Management<\/a>&nbsp;and administered by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability.oregonstate.edu\/get-involved\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty-senate-carbon-commitment-committee\">Carbon Commitment Committee<\/a>&nbsp;(C3) and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability.oregonstate.edu\/\">Sustainability Office<\/a>, is intended for practical, measurable projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions across OSU operations and activities. For fiscal year 2026 (FY26), nine awards were granted, ranging from $988 to $10,472, with approximately 45% of funding going to projects substantially led by OSU students!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grant recipients provide progress updates and estimated impacts on OSU\u2019s carbon emissions as the projects move forward.&nbsp;<strong>Read below for an update on one of the projects currently underway!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Project title: <\/strong>Cycle Away from Carbon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Project team: <\/strong>Student-led, in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/transportation.oregonstate.edu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/transportation.oregonstate.edu\/\">OSU Transportation Services<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Amount awarded:<\/strong> $7,840<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Project summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Boost sustainable transportation by promoting biking over driving.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduce barriers by <a href=\"https:\/\/transportation.oregonstate.edu\/learn-bike-class\">teaching people how to ride a bike<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reinforce biking as a long-term habit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Project details: <\/strong>Students have been working on a non-credit class for first-time bike riders called Cycle Away from Carbon. This project lowers barriers for students transitioning from driving to biking by offering a <a href=\"https:\/\/transportation.oregonstate.edu\/learn-bike-class\">spring quarter 2026 introductory biking course<\/a> that combines hands-on instruction, campus resource education, and peer support. Participants attend multiple skill-building sessions led by a certified instructor and receive a free refurbished bike, helmet, and lock, with bikes sourced from <a href=\"https:\/\/surplus.oregonstate.edu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/surplus.oregonstate.edu\/\">OSU Surplus Property<\/a> and repaired through the <a href=\"https:\/\/recsports.oregonstate.edu\/adventure\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/recsports.oregonstate.edu\/adventure\">Adventure Leadership Institute<\/a> to avoid the carbon emissions that come from producing new bikes. While enrolling a small cohort yields modest near-term emissions reductions, the program is designed to build lasting biking habits, strengthen biking culture at OSU, and generate long-term environmental benefits through continued bike use and social influence. Supporting active transportation &#8211; including cycling &#8211; was identified as a priority in the <a href=\"https:\/\/transportation.oregonstate.edu\/sts\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/transportation.oregonstate.edu\/sts\">OSU\u2019s Sustainable Transportation Strategy<\/a> as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability.oregonstate.edu\/path-carbon-neutrality\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sustainability.oregonstate.edu\/path-carbon-neutrality\">Path to Carbon Neutrality<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe goal of Cycle Away From Carbon is to connect students to resources in order to promote biking over driving. Beyond that, our aim is to reinforce biking as a long-term sustainable habit,\u201d said Sebastian Partida-Osuna. \u201cI never learned how to ride a bike but noticed my only barrier to putting down my car keys was I simply didn\u2019t have ways to start learning how [to bike].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Project status:<\/strong> <strong>Registration is now open for <a href=\"https:\/\/transportation.oregonstate.edu\/learn-bike-class\">two class sessions on May 30 and 31<\/a>! <\/strong>First-time riders will learn about essential biking skills, and local biking resources. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oregonstate.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_cTmtnpg21Flvcge\">Register here today!<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2114\/files\/2026\/04\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"394\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2114\/files\/2026\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12612\" style=\"width:332px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2114\/files\/2026\/04\/image.png 394w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2114\/files\/2026\/04\/image-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Project leads Sebastian Partida-Osuna and Lili Daniel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The OSU&nbsp;Carbon Reduction Grant Program, funded by&nbsp;OSU Facilities Planning and Management&nbsp;and administered by&nbsp;Carbon Commitment Committee&nbsp;(C3) and the&nbsp;Sustainability Office, is intended for practical, measurable projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions across OSU operations and activities. For fiscal year 2026 (FY26), nine awards were granted, ranging from $988 to $10,472, with approximately 45% of funding going to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13989,"featured_media":12612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13989"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12611"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12628,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12611\/revisions\/12628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}