I hope everybody had a nice and relaxing Labor Day weekend. SECS will have our next meeting this Wednesday. We are just under a month out from our climate strike (3 Fridays from now, 9/23 @12pm on the quad)! Many of our groups will focus on logistics and promotions for the strike, while others will continue the strong work we have done to start the semester. Everyone is welcome to join a different group and learn more about its projects; we encourage you to explore :) For instance, if you like hands-on projects, feel free to help paint our banner for the Solidarity Garden at Channing Murray!
With the recent spike in COVID cases on campus, we ask that you wear a mask at our today's meeting.
See you guys on Wednesday! Go green or go HOME
Announcements:
Illini Lights Out meets for the first time this school year this Friday, Sep. 9th at the Foreign Language Building from 5:30pm-6:30pm. iSEE’s Illini Lights Out (ILO) program demonstrates the immense energy-saving impact of simply turning off the lights when you leave a classroom, lab, or study space. On a few Friday nights each month, volunteers gather to form mini lights-out brigades and tour campus buildings recording how many lights are left on (and shutting off as many as they can, of course). Volunteering takes about an hour and a half, and there are always snacks afterward! Thanks to a grant from the Student Sustainability Committee (SSC), ILO has multiple events you can take part in each semester!
SECS is pleased to share our new website with you all: https://secsatuiuc.web.illinois.edu/ Feel free to browse the site and learn more about the history of our beloved RSO, our current projects and endorsements, while also keeping an eye out for upcoming environmentalist blog posts 👀
