Thank you for a great Earth Week, Illini! Here a few highlights:
The iWG met on 3-30-21. The discussion focused on the following: summarizing the Sustainability Sub-Council meeting, the Engagement001 recommendation, the upcoming Sustainability Council meeting, Earth Month updates, and student group updates. The meeting minutes are attached.
Earth Month is here! Can you believe it? I would like to first draw your attention to the iSEE Sustainability Calendar as a reference point for the many virtual and in-person events (maintaining COVID-19 safety and social distancing precautions) held this month and beyond. If you notice a missing event on the calendar, there is a link to submit an event yourself.
Here are a few highlights:
We invite you to participate in any of the above opportunities (or celebrate in your own way!) to get “Caught Green-Handed!” this Earth Month! Get featured . . . Click here to let us know how you’re celebrating the Earth. Please reach out if you have any questions. Be sure to sign up for the iSEE newsletter to stay up-to-date on more sustainability opportunities. Have a great Earth Month (and don’t forget to continue the momentum beyond April)!
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Join the Department of Atmospheric Sciences and iSEE for the annual Charles David Keeling Lecture. This year we feature noted atmospheric scientist and U of I alumna Katharine Hayhoe discussing “Climate Science in a Fact-Free World.” This "zero carbon" event is vailable on Zoom (Meeting ID: 722 887 599; Password: Keeling).
April 20, 4–5 PM • Zoom Tony Mancuso • Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE)
https://www.facebook.com/events/216025282792996/
On Saturday, March 28, between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. CDT, individuals, businesses, and organizations from around the world will switch off their lights for just one hour to conserve energy and show support for the planet. This excellent social distancing activity can be done in your own home while joining the global movement launched in 2007 by the World Wildlife Fund. To participate in our campus-wide effort of solidarity for the earth, RSVP to ILLINOIS Earth Hour on Facebook or learn more at https://www.earthhour.org.
Earth Day – April 22, 2015 marked the 45th anniversary of the environmental movement. Earth Day is the largest civic event in the world, celebrated simultaneously around the globe by people of all backgrounds, faiths and nationalities. More than a billion people participate in Earth Day campaigns every year. On our campus, we typically celebrate the entire week. Earth Week is a time to enact change and real movement toward consciousness about how our decisions affect our campus environment and the planet. Earth Week activities are coordinated by Students for Environmental Concerns (SECS) and co-sponsored by iSEE. iSEE will continue to support Earth Day activities.
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As of March 18, 2020, iSEE is sponsoring a full Earth Month in response to COVID-19. Thus, the Earth Week project is being moved to under the Earth Month project in the iCAP Portal. ~Morgan
As part of Earth Week 2019, MIT’s Emanuel will present "Severe Thunderstorms and Climate" at 5 p.m. Monday, April 22, in the Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., U. He will focus on an environmental prerequisite for severe storms: Convective Available Potential Energy, a measure of the potential energy in moist atmospheres that can be released explosively. Event is open to the public.
Tony Mancuso . Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE)
On the agenda at the ECBS SWATeam meeting:
1) Final review of Illini Lights Out (ILO) recommendation;
2) Scott Willenbrock visiting April 14 meeting;
3) Updates:
- iCAP Portal. Work of Morgan and Chenxi Jiang;
- Earth Hour photo;
- Eco-Olympics;
- Green Lab Coordinator
4) SWATeam next meeting time and date: April 13th, from 3:30 to 5 pm.
On the agenda at the ECBS SWATeam meeting:
1) Comments needed on Illini Lights Out (ILO) recommendation;
2) Illini Lights Out final planning for 10th of March;
3) Building level energy consumption report;
4) Participation in Earth Hour and Earth week activities on campus;
5) Updates on the Green Labs Coordinator;
6) Planning for a campus walk focused on space utilization.
Morgan Johnston, Catherine Yee, and Chenxi Jiang met today to discuss the outreach information listed on the iCAP Portal. Catherine described the Student Sustainability Leadership Council (SSLC) and the Certified Green Office Program (CGOP). We also discussed the Earth Week efforts and the overall purpose of the SSLC as a networking opportunity for students in sustainability groups.
On the agenda at the ECBS SWATeam meeting:
1) Discuss and comment on attached recommendation for institutionalizing Illini Lights Out;
2) Illini Lights Out final planning for 24th of February;
3) Participation in Earth Hour activities on campus;
4) Discussion on what else to accomplish this year.
On the agenda at the ECBS SWATeam meeting:
1) Discussion of recommendation process as developed and described in the iCAP;
2) Illini Lights Out final planning for 10th of February;
3) Update on fume hood work;
4) North America Laboratory Freezer Challenge update; 5) Planning for Earth Week.
Hello all, this past week was very busy. We had a good number come in, but events were the big thing. We sold 2 bikes for $280, 1 build-a-bike for $50, 11 student memberships for $275, 2 community membership for $80, and grossed $978. I participated in the Bike Census. It was very well organized by Lily, and went well. The BikeFace organized Ride with the Chancellor was a success. I hosted an open house at the center before the ride. The Chancellor seemed to enjoy the ride. She mentioned not knowing the Bike Center existed until I explained what this strange garage filled with bicycles was. I'm thinking about sending her a post card inviting her back. I did a deep clean of the shop in anticipation of the visit and it keeps getting cleaner and better. I made a informational document about cargo bikes for FAA. Lily helped with some great improvements to the document that made it more friendly to non-cycling readers.
This week I am going to work on classes, building bikes, and find out our commitment to Bike To Work Day. It's been hard getting everything out of the warehouse, but I'm hoping to get this done this week.
From the Campus Bike Center,
James Roedl
Earth Week 2015 was April 20-24. Sustainable marketing guru Jacquelyn Ottman (right) inspired more than 140 people from the Illinois campus and the community with her keynote address on Earth Day (April 22). Other events included awards ceremonies for “green” competitions — including 24 honorees from our own Certified Green Office Program — plus an Arbor Day celebration that drew more than 70 people to a tree planting on the Main Quad near the Henry Administration Building. Check out the full schedule of events!
Earth Week 2014 is going to be a week packed full with environmental education and awareness events! Among these events will be showings of the environmental documentaries, "Living Downstream", "Terra Blight"and "Waste Food". Interactive events will include DIY Green Supplies where participants will be given recipes to make green cleaning items, Bike Blender + Bike Fix It, as well as a Clothing Swap at the University YMCA. Keep checking back here for a more detailed calendar regarding these exciting events!
It’s Earth Week! Time to Celebrate iCAP 2020
