Below is an email exchange involving the NRES 285 Uni High reports:

Dear Director Elizabeth Majerus and Karl Radnitzer,

You both are the first recipients of the final sustainability written report and class presentation! For Karl, our team worked in conjunction with Don Marrow, and with you fulfilling his position, we wanted you to have a copy of this report. We hope that you both enjoy the report, and that it helps Uni!

Sincerely,

John Michelotti

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Hi John,

Thanks for the report. I have printed it out and plan to read after school ends (May 27th). Thank you for your work.

Karl

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Thank you for planning to read it, and you’re absolutely welcome for our work. Have a good last stretch up until the end of school.

Sincerely,

John Michelotti

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Hi John,

Fist of all I noticed you were in Koinonia House. I have two of my friends that were in that house- Tim and Paul Manning. Do you know them? They would have graduated in the late 70s or early 80s but are very active alumni.

I have included Don Marrow (our Business manager) and Elizabeth Majerus ( our Director of the School). The part in red is where is where we need money to complete the projects Don and Elizabeth.

I have read the report. I want to do the following:

1. I will have 8 paper recycle containers on each floor- clearing marked. Should I spray paint them green or blue?
2. Make sure all black containers are for garbage/trash only so we don't find contamination in all recycling bins.
3. The issue with the steel door our previous business manager wanted the wooden doors.  Didn't have much say
4. I would like all lights motions to switched to sensor LED. Don how do we make that happen?
5. We realize our windows are not very effective. We need a complete overhaul of our windows.
6. We did have a group talk to us about food recycling, but they wanted to do the composting inside the building. That was not going to work.

1. On the land section, I have a boy scout do his eagle project on the area right outside the door on Springfield so that it now looks much better. We also have a club taking care of the small garden.
2. Don, how can we get more sensor water bottle filters on each floor.. We have one on third, we need on second near 206 and one near 106 N.

John,

I will be back in town July 6th. Maybe we can touch base.

Karl

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Dear Eric and Meredith,

I hope each of your summers are restful and going well! I received this email today, along with one other that I will also forward, from Karl Radnitzer at Uni High. They are responses sent to me, Elizabeth Majerus, and Don Marrow—for some reason you both and the students were not included, but I think it’s because I sent out the files to him. I wanted you both to be aware so that you can appropriately respond whenever you can. I will tell him I’m forwarding this all to you both and thank him for his outlook on making changes. Thank you so much!

Sincerely,

John Michelotti

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Hi Morgan, Paul, Andy, and Karl,

Last semester, the NRES285 students worked on a sustainability assessment of Uni High. Karl Radnitzer (Associate Director for Student Life at Uni High) expressed interest in moving forward with a few initiatives, as follows:

1. I would like all lights motions to switched to sensor LED. Don how do we make that happen?
2. We realize our windows are not very effective. We need a complete overhaul of our windows.

1. Don, how can we get more sensor water bottle filters on each floor.. We have one on third, we need on second near 206 and one near 106 N.

I am wondering if any of you have information on how we can move forward with any of these items. If there is someone else I should reach out to, please let me know. Thanks so much!

Meredith

The Spring 2022 iSEE Quarterly Update (iQ) was released with the following message from Madhu Khanna, the Interim Director of iSEE:

Greetings Colleagues,

Attached, please find the Spring 2022 edition of iQ, our quarterly update. You will see that in this six-page pdf recapping the recent semester, we had plenty of news and updates from our research, education, events, and campus sustainability fronts.

But the work did not end there! Since the semester ended, we have had two other exciting announcements:

• The U of I campus was rewarded with the only USDA NIFA “Farm of the Future” grant. Our I-FARM project will be an 80-acre testbed for merging technology, sensing, and agronomy into a farm setting with crops and livestock that will be productive and profitable. Read our June 1 news release >>>
• In addition, for the fifth consecutive time, our campus reached Gold-level status in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) run by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). New solar and geothermal energy projects, a reduction in water use, and wide-ranging sustainability research helped us reach this level yet again. Read the May 25 news release >>>

For more up-to-date news from iSEE, please sign up for our E-newsletter at https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/5031776.

Best wishes for a healthy and productive summer,

Madhu

Attached are the NRES 285 University Laboratory High School Assessment Report and Presentation.

From: Shanmugam Narayan, Vinothni

To: White, Morgan

Recipients: mbwhite at illinois.edu

Hello Morgan,

I have shared the NCEL & HSL plans, newsletter, and Earth month schedule with my team. Thank you so much for sharing those.

I have also attached a link for case study videos that my concept team students created for one of the activities I planned last semester.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KRaWCbD2WYsWEA9bR0JUx9a_ELMov0v9?usp=sharing

Thanks for initiating to include their work on the website.  Have a nice day!

Sincerely,

Vinothni Narayan 

Graduate – Masters | Class of Dec 2022

Civil and Environmental Engineering | Construction Engineering and Management

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

vs37@illinois.edu  | +1 (217)-200-2817

From: Rosenbery, Amy Nichole
Sent: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 7:48 AM
To: Rosenbery, Amy Nichole
Subject: Reminder: Invitation to Environmental Leadership Program Banquet

Good morning all,

Just sending a reminder that we need an RSVP by end of the day today.

Dear Colleagues,

I hope this finds you well. I am reaching out to invite you to the first closing banquet of the Environmental Leadership Program organized by the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE).

The ELP wraps up in a couple of weeks with a trip to Springfield, where students will present their crafted policy to state legislators and staff. The program will conclude with a celebratory banquet at the Illini Union on Thursday, March 17, 2022, from 5-7:30 pm.

As a valuable member at iSEE, we would be delighted if you could join us in celebrating the successful launch of the program. I have attached the event agenda for additional information. To confirm your attendance, kindly reply to this email by Wednesday, March 9.

On behalf of everyone at iSEE, I would like to thank you again for your contribution to building the program!

Best Regards,
Amy

Amy Rosenbery
Business Administrative Associate
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment
National Soybean Research Center
1101 W. Peabody, suite 350, MC-635
Urbana, IL 61801
217/333-4178
www.sustainability.illinois.edu

The following passage is taken from an iSEE February Newsletter (the newsletter is attached below).

Q Magazine: The Dark Side of Thrifting

When her clothing donation was denied at a secondhand store, Q Magazine author Nikki Palella was inspired to investigate behind the scenes of the thrifting industry. In "The Dark Side of Thrifting," she outlines the consequences of Western society's reliance on fast fashion, over-consumption, and clothing donations. Our unwanted clothes thread their way around the world, to the detriment of the environment, local industries, and people's livelihoods. Secondhand clothing and the thrifting industry, while well-intentioned and helpful to a small portion of society, can cause real pain.

A presentation titled, "How Campus Works", created by Morgan White, was presented on 1/25/2022 in the NRES 285: iCAP Sustainability Ambassadors course.

The topics discussed:

1. Campus Master Plan and the iCAP

2. Energy Overview (Campus and Buildings)

3. Facility Liaisons and F&S

4. Building Service Workers

5. Building Users (Students, Faculty, Staff, and Visitors)

6. How it ALL Works Together...

The presentation is attached below.

From: Jie Hu <noreply@box.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2021 11:12 AM
To: White, Morgan
Subject: Jie Hu has invited you to work together in "LA537-Fall, 2021 Final Presentation" folder on Box

Jie Hu wants to work with you on LA537-Fall, 2021 Final Presentation

"I'd like to share my files with you on Box."

An ENG 177 student created a visual representation of the amount of landfill waste produced on campus using the Main Quad. The student posted this project on reddit.com (link is attached). 

https://www.reddit.com/r/UIUC/comments/r9uza9/campus_waste/