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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has several outlets to learn about sustainability initiatives, education, research, and events. These efforts have been championed on campus over the past several decades by various groups, committees, offices, centers, and institutes. As of January 2014, the convenor for these groups is the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE).
Illinois is proud to offer a wide variety of co-curricular programs for students to get involved in the sustainability field. There are numerous sustainability-related student organizations and hundreds of opportunities to get engaged both on and off campus. To share historical information and ideas toward meeting our sustainability goals, details about projects, events, and programs are being collected on the iCAP Portal.
As part of the Carbon Commitment, Illinois publicly submits greenhouse gas emissions inventories every other year.
The iCAP 2020 objective 9.4 is to "Achieve STARS Platinum rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) by FY30." The responsible campus unit for championing this objective is iSEE.
Each year, Sierra, the official magazine of the Sierra Club, ranks America's most environmentally responsible and forward-looking colleges and universities in its annual "Cool Schools" issue. Now in its seventh year, this list and the stories surrounding it draw national media attention from such outlets as the New York Times, CNN, NPR, Huffington Post, and many others. It is, by far, the magazine’s most talked about feature of the year.
The Center for a Sustainable Environment (CSE), formerly the Office of Sustainability (OS) is responsible for coordinating the campus response to a variety of organizations related to sustainability efforts.
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Reporting on progress, in relation to the University’s climate goals as planned in the iCAP Portal, must be closely monitored and highly publicized. Issuing press releases is one way in which iCAP projects are relayed to the students, staff, the general public, and other higher education institutions.
Press releases are often sent to the local media, but may be published in a variety of publications.
Since 1987, the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) has presented Governor's awards to organizations in Illinois that have demonstrated a commitment to environmental excellence through outstanding and innovative sustainability practices.
In late 2011, the Office of Sustainability submitted an application for the University of Illinois to the Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards program. Illinois was selected as a finalist and was requested to make a video showcasing sustainability efforts at the University. Illinois faculty, staff, and students expressed great pride for the video, which received the most votes (2,038) for Illinois' Carnegie classification.
