Red Oak Rain Garden: December 2020 update
Please see attached December 2020 progress report for the Red Oak Rain Garden.
Please see attached December 2020 progress report for the Red Oak Rain Garden.
Please see attached November 2020 progress report for the Red Oak Rain Garden.
Please see the attached file for a recent press release regarding the Red Oak Rain Garden and their awarded grants from the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation.
Please see attached August 2020 progress report for the Red Oak Rain Garden, provided by Eliana Brown
Please see attached July 2020 progress report for the Red Oak Rain Garden, provided by Eliana Brown
Please see attached June 2020 progress report for the Red Oak Rain Garden, provided by Eliana Brown
Great news! RORG is now certified as the following:
layne knoche
Visiting Extension Outreach Associate
Visit the RORG's personal page to read the blog and stay up to date on the amazing efforts underway in our community, https://redoakraingarden.org/blog-2/.
A status report on the Red Oak Rain Garden project by Team Leader Eliana Brown.
Eco-Olympics student-led energy-conservation competition designed to engage, educate and motivate energy saving habits amongst Housing residents is in its final week with the top 3 teams pushing to be 1st! We have surpassed last year’s individual participation total of 142 registered and are currently at 278 ( a new participation record).
Hi All,
Whoot whoot!
A day short of the half-way point for the competition and we blew right past the previous yearly total records for participation of 142 & 182, These kids are making it happen!
We were negotiating with private certified and Greek housing, but ran out of time. Next year we should be able to add them and clear over 1000 students participating.
Allen |
13 |
||
Barton/Lundgren |
3 |
||
Bousfield |
6 |
||
Busey-Evans |
4 |
||
FAR |
18 |
||
Hopkins |
50 |
||
LAR |
19 |
||
Nugent |
3 |
||
PAR |
8 |
||
Scott |
4 |
||
Sherman |
2 |
||
Snyder |
9 |
||
TVD |
13 |
||
ISR |
4 |
||
Wassaja |
19 |
||
Weston |
14 |
||
Bromley |
4 |
||
Newman |
2 |
||
Presby |
3 |
||
Theta Chi Frat |
1 |
||
Daniel |
1 |
||
Illini Tower |
1 |
||
Phi Kappa Tau |
4 |
||
Other |
19 |
||
Total |
224 |
||
Thank you
Paul Foote
Think Globally- Act Locally
This is or will be running in all the halls, which gives us prime advertising so lets really pull our efforts together this final week before break! Get with the hall councils and building captains to build momentum going into the start of the competition. – Paul Foote
Located just south of Allen Hall/LAR and west of McKinley Health Center, the Red Oak Rain Garden solves local flooding issues while providing an outdoor space for the UIUC community. This SSC grant provides support for sidewalk modifications and additions, expanding pedestrian and cyclist transportation while strengthening flood control. The project team will also install benches to encourage community members to use the space throughout the year. For outreach, the project team will host a ribbon cutting event that celebrates the upgraded rain garden. Similarly, individuals can follow the rain garden @RainGardenUIUC on all social media platforms.
iSEE will provide up to $1,000 toward trophies, printing costs, and/or the software needed for building monitors in support of Eco-Olympics this spring.
Spring 2017: Landscape Architecture student Cameron Letterly submitted proposal to SSC, along with Illinois Extension’s Eliana Brown. Cameron graduated.
Summer 2017: Cameron completed initial design work for garden
Fall 2017: Staff turnover; Cameron left to start MBA program and Katherine Gardiner was brought on as Communications Lead
Winter 2017-2018: Staff addition of Landscape Architect student Layne Knoche
Spring 2018: Layne designing Extension pamphlets to base future RORG communications products upon, with assistance from Eliana and Katherine
Summer 2018: Staff addition of Landscape Architect Master’s Candidate Kayla Myers; Layne and Kayla work to re-design garden.
Fall 2018: Grounds will remove rock and install erosion control fabric.
Winter 2018-2019: Kayla Myers and Layne Knoche to work with Architectural Review Committee for final design approval and plant suppliers to arrange spring planting.
Spring 2019: Cement finishers will install the sidewalk. Afterwards, Master Gardeners, Master Naturalists, and the Red Bison student group will install the plantings.
Recruited organization team, dinner with Hillel, working on getting sponsors for the spring comptetition |
Be part of the Freezer Challenge, send emails, help promote |
Spring 2018 semesterly report submitted to the Student Sustainability Committee for the Red Oak Rain Garden 2.0 project.
SSC approved a $200 micro grant to Eco-Olympics for digital signage in the residential halls. These signs will display progress and energy savings.
"Eco-Olympics is an energy saving competition between the dorms. Residents sign up for teams which then participate in activities led by hall captains to earn points. Energy use also translates into points, and less energy used means more points. At the end of the three week competition, the team with the most points is declared the winner and members of that team receive a prize."