ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2023
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. 44,000+ student leaders from 3,300+ campuses across 170+ nations applied to join the Class of 2023. 260+ campuses worldwide (just 9%) in 38 countries were selected to host 4,000+ Millennium Fellows for the Class of 2023.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT PAIGE-MARIE MERRILL, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2023.
University of New England | Maine, United States | Advancing SDG 12 & UNAI 9
Millennium Fellowship Project: UNE S.W.A.P. Surplus With A Purpose
UNE S.W.A.P. stands for Surplus With A Purpose. The Millennium Fellows noticed that at the end of each semester, and throughout the year, there are massive amounts of waste created by students. Most of this “waste” are items that are still in good condition. The purpose of UNE S.W.A.P. is to reduce the amount of waste this campus creates by giving the community a place to bring their unwanted but still usable items. Earth’s ECO, UNE's environmental club on campus, saw this issue a while back and started to run Pop-up Thrift Shops and “Switch or Ditch”. These two programs were both highly successful and well-received by the student body. The success of these programs outgrew their capacity and showed that a larger scale solution is needed to fully tackle this issue on campus. The establishment of UNE S.W.A.P. will continue Earth Eco’s work and offer a permanent solution to waste production on campus.
About the Millennium Fellow
Paige-Marie Merrill is a senior environmental science and geographic information systems student at the University of New England in Biddeford, ME, USA. She is passionate about improving the accessibility and education of sustainable lifestyles within Maine, which she hopes to first achieve on a community-level through her project. After graduating, she hopes to continue working to improve the sustainable practices of her own community through a career in sustainable development and conservation.
