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Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects

The Student Sustainability Committee (SSC) has funded several projects over the years. This collection includes the proposed, in progress, completed, and/or ongoing projects that the SSC agreed to support.

 

Map of projects

 

Latest Updates

  • 7/9/2026
    Frida & Emma collected Eco-Counter data. The data for the month of June 2026 was collected on July 9th, 2026.
  • 7/7/2026
    The total count for 2026 was 68 gaylord boxes and 97 loose pieces (furniture, etc) collected from 8 pods across campus during the week of May 11-16, 2026. Based on average pallet weights from previous years (150-250 pounds), we estimate that 15,000...
  • 6/30/2026
    All,Uneventful week. Made some progress on emptying out last year’s batch of abandoned bikes, which I will continue to work on this week, as I am able with the extreme weather. We’ll be closed on Friday in observance of 4th of July, so a...
  • 6/17/2026
    Transportation Demand Management (TDM) at F&S has received $96,000 from the Student Sustainability Committee (SSC) to pilot e-bike charging at residence halls. E-bike & E-scooter users at Illinois are not allowed to charge their...
  • 6/16/2026
    All,We’re burning through bikes as demand has increased with the summer weather. We sold one bike last week before it even hit the sales floor and another an hour or two after it was finished. This week we’ll work on organizing and trying to...
  • 6/9/2026
    All,Slow week and we were closed on Friday. This week we’ll get a few more bikes on to the sales floor and handle some housekeeping/organizational tasks.The numbers:Visitors: 23Sales: $603Bikes: 2 for $395Memberships: 3 for $90Tires/tubes: 6 for $54...
  • 6/8/2026
    May 2026 photos of the Florida Orchard Prairie have been added to the box folder.
  • 6/4/2026
    Sarthak taught Frida & Emma how to collect Eco-Counter data. The data for the month of May 2026 was collected on June 4th, 2026.
  • 6/2/2026
    The CTAC Spring 2026 meeting was held on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 11 am. Find the Meeting Recording and Transcript here. Also attached are the slides from the presentation.
  • 6/2/2026
    Got approximately 22 bikes donated between 5/4 - 5/20.Thanks!