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Analysis of the drinking water behavior survey is complete
Associated Project(s):Attached Files:Zero Waste iCAP Meeting 1/30/2023
Associated Project(s):On January 30th, the Zero Waste iCAP team met to discuss the details of the suggested tailgate recycling program and ended the meeting with a plan going forward. The team also discussed the outcome of the ZW009 review during the iWG meeting that took place the same morning.
Meeting minutes are attached.
Attached Files:iSEE and F&S initiate an analysis of the drinking water survey
Associated Project(s):Hi Daphne,
Morgan and I spoke yesterday about mining data from the drinking water behavior survey that Meredith led. I started a list of question that I shared with Meredith, but she does not have time to take look into them. Morgan suggested you would be interested in working on this and could recruit Alec McKay to perform the analysis.
The survey and responses can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSceArOvxVzrJDNEwuWICC8nY2sBsXaF1NgJp9ZXI9DJf1rAcQ/viewform?usp=sharing
My initial list of questions is below. There may be other items worth examining.
Let me know if you want to discuss further. I’ll reach out shortly about scheduling regular meetings.
Thanks,
Jen
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Hi Meredith,
I think it could be informative to analyze some of the responses to the survey. Specifically, it would be valuable to know if there is any consistency among respondents (in terms of gender identity and role on campus) to better target an information campaign. I made an initial list of questions and responses (below) that warrant a closer look (others could be added). Do you have an intern that could perform an analysis?
- Agree or strongly agree to the statement: “Bottled water is my primary source of drinkable water.”
- 4 or 5 to the question: “To what degree do you prefer one type of water over another? Tap vs filtered” or “tap vs bottled” or “Filtered vs bottled”
- 4 or 5 to “Bottled water is safer to drink than tap water.”
- 4 or 5 to “Filtered tap water is safer to drink than tap water.“
- 4 or 5 to “One single-use bottle of water does not yield a significant environmental impact.“
Jennifer Fraterrigo (she/her)
iSEE Associate Director for Campus Sustainability and
Professor of Landscape and Ecosystem Ecology
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Illinois
W-423 Turner Hall, 1102 S. Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
Zero Waste iCAP Meeting 12/8/2022
Associated Project(s):On December 8th, the Zero Waste iCAP team met to discuss a new approach to creating recommendations for next semester. During the meeting, the team created subcommittees based on aspects of the key priorities document and provided feedback on an environmental engineering sustainability project.
Meeting minutes are attached.
Attached Files:ZW003 GreenerOffice Delivery Service by Office Depot
Associated Project(s):The ZW003 GreenerOffice Delivery Service is going smoothly. Amy Husted let Meredith Moore know that we no longer need to enroll in such a program, we just look for the following icons when making purchases.
Zero Waste iCAP Meeting 11/7/2022
Associated Project(s):On November 7th, the Zero Waste iCAP team met to discuss DIA sustainability initiatives with Tim Knox and made edits on the Project 4 Less expansion recommendation to be submitted in the coming month(s).
Meeting minutes are attached.
Attached Files:Take the Drinking Water Survey!
Associated Project(s):This survey is the result of a recommendation by the Zero Waste iCAP Team and is intended to gain a better understanding of drinking water behavior at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
The survey is broken into eight sections. Section one asks demographic questions, sections two through seven ask you to respond to statements on a 1-5 scale, and the last section asks open ended questions. Please answer as truthfully as possible. The survey should take no more than 5 minutes.
Participants will be entered into a drawing for a $50 Illini Bookstore gift card!
To get involved or share your ideas, please contact sustainability@illinois.edu.
Campus Sustainability Celebration - 10/17/22
Associated Project(s):The 2022 Campus Sustainability Celebration was a huge success! Thank you to all who participated! The PowerPoint presentation is attached, and the agenda for the event was as follows:
- 3-3:15 PM – Welcome
- Jennifer Fraterrigo, on behalf of Director Madhu Khanna (iSEE)
- Chancellor Jones
- Vice Chancellor Susan Martinis (OVCRI)
- 3:15 – 3:30 PM – Holistic initiatives
- Plastic reduction (Jen)
- Clean energy/Solar Farm 3 (Morgan)
- Greener Campus Program (Meredith)
- 3:30 – 4:40 PM – iCAP Team presentations
- Energy
- Transportation
- Land and Water
- Zero Waste
- Education
- Engagement
- Resilience
- 4:40 – 5 PM – Student groups (SSLC, SSC) – Jack Reicherts and Maiah Caise
- Closing remarks by Jennifer Fraterrigo (on behalf of Madhu Khanna)
- 5 – 6 PM – Celebration - refreshments, roundtable forum with each iCAP Team, student tabling session
Attached Files:- 3-3:15 PM – Welcome
Zero Waste iCAP Meeting 10/5/2022
Associated Project(s):On October 5th, the Zero Waste iCAP team met to make final edits on Campus Sustainability Celebration slides, foster a conversation on Zero Waste initiatives with the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics (DIA), and discuss potential recommendations relating to food waste at dining halls.
Meeting Minutes are attached.
Attached Files:Varsity Room Sustainability Initiatives
Associated Project(s):Team Clerk Claire Keating met with Zero Waste Team Clerk Nikki Palella and Justin Holding, a member of the engagement team.
The meeting content included brainstorming zero-waste food containers for athletes who participate in meals provided by DIA and Hendrick House.
Meeting also covered updates on Green Sports Alliance recommendation and future contacts.
Urban Biodiversity Master Plan Student Support
Associated Project(s):Biodiversity Plan intern Gabriel Harper-Hagen is looking for students and student groups to help him develop two iNaturalist surveys for the project. Here is the detailed explanation from Gabe:
The survey will act as a pilot for future surveying around campus and the broader community. We will have two surveys: one focused on animals and one focused on plants. This is because of the different methods of surveying each. The surveys will benefit from as many students that would be interested in this for either one (Or both). The survey will attempt to efficiently gather data about the diversity of plant and animal species found on campus to create a baseline for what is present and to help identify gaps on the campus where diversity may be lacking. If successful, I hope to expand the model to other parts of the community including the park districts to have larger community based BioBlitz seasonally to keep track of the diversity in the area and measure success of the biodiversity plan.
As far as students can help, we need enough people to survey the area efficiently in a reasonable amount of time. The student groups and individual students would be helping in an initial survey that focuses only on the campus. My thought is that a date will be set for each of the two surveys where the participants can join to go over brief instructions on identifying plants with iNaturalist, adding them to the project, and explaining the purpose of surveying. iNaturalist allows for specific project data to be collected within a region which is then peer reviewed. Ideally, there will be some experts (students or professors if appropriate) that join for each survey to help with logistics and identification. I hope this will not only be a useful database for our campus to utilize, but also a fun learning experience.
All iCAP students and environmental student groups are encouraged to participate. If interested, please email Gabe (harperh2@illinois.edu) and Resilience iCAP Team clerk Asli Topuzlu (aslit2@illinois.edu).
NERC Annual Report FY22
Associated Project(s):See the attached FY22 annual report for the Northeast Recycling Council (NERC).
Attached Files:Zero Waste iCAP Meeting 9/20/2022
Associated Project(s):On September 20th, the Zero Waste iCAP team met again to work on the Campus Sustainability Celebration slides and to review the ZW005 Water Bottle Survey.
Meeting minutes are attached.
Attached Files:Drinking Water Survey Draft - August 2022
Associated Project(s):Meredith Moore presented the attached Drinking Water Survey draft to the iSEE Management Meeting on August 9, 2022. The survey will likely be distributed through a MassMail during October - Campus Sustainability Month.
Attached Files:iCAP Team Priority Areas 2022-2023
Associated Project(s):The following email was sent to the iCAP Teams:
Hello iCAP Teams,
Thank you again for serving on these important campus sustainability committees, and for your commitment to helping the university achieve the objectives in the Illinois Climate Action Plan. As promised in the charge letters you received, we are attaching the Key Priorities Document here. The attached document includes a section for each iCAP Team, with two parts in each section: Priority areas and in progress iCAP Portal projects.
- Priority Areas
In order to help our campus move from STARS Gold to STARS Platinum, we have identified priority areas where our university can potentially improve. iSEE’s summer intern Tyler evaluated the latest UIUC STARS report and identified example case studies from STARS Platinum schools. Tyler’s report is online at “Report on Improving UIUC STARS Score.” The priority areas also include topics for potential recommendations that have been brought up in previous discussions with the campus sustainability teams. One example of this is the current efforts to reduce plastic waste on campus.
Many prior iCAP team members have expressed a desire for guidance on appropriate topics for recommendations, so we are providing this guidance to assist your team with focus areas for development of recommendations. We encourage you to investigate these ideas with gusto; reach out to people at other schools to learn more about the ideas and contact people on our campus who would have a stake in the project (“stakeholders”) to understand how it could fit into our campus. You should also review the recommendation template to see the information that needs to be completed when you submit a recommendation to the iCAP Working Group.
- In progress iCAP Portal projects
The iCAP Portal has over 900 projects and contains information about our campus sustainability efforts, going back as far as 2003. The information is primarily entered by members of the iCAP Teams, the Student Sustainability Committee (SSC), and a few volunteers. We are requesting your assistance to get updates on some of the projects that are listed as “In Progress.” For each of the projects listed in the attached file, please answer the following questions:
- Who is the current contact person? The project records on the iCAP Portal may provide past contacts, and your team members may have relevant information.
- Is the project completed? If not, what is the current status of the effort?
- What changes are needed on the iCAP Portal project page content? Pictures would be particularly nice to be able to share on the Portal.
We are very excited about this coming year, and we want to support you in any way necessary. Please reach out to any of us at any time.
Thank you,
Morgan, Jen, and Meredith
Attached Files:Zero Waste iCAP Meeting 9/6/2022
Associated Project(s):On September 6th, the Zero Waste iCAP team met to review the Zero Waste iCAP 2020 chapter and to discuss team-related goals for the upcoming year.
Meeting minutes are attached.
Attached Files:iCAP Team Charge Letters 2022-2023
Associated Project(s):iSEE Director, Madhu Khanna, sent out the seven iCAP Team charge letters for the 2022-2023 academic year (attached).
"Thank you once again for your service in helping to make the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign a more sustainable campus. Attached is your charge letter for the 2022-2023 academic year with an outline of your campus sustainability duties as part of the iCAP Team. We look forward to your positive and impactful contributions."
Attached Files:Education iCAP Team Charge Letter 2022-23.pdf
Energy iCAP Team Charge Letter 2022-23.pdf
Engagement iCAP Team Charge Letter 2022-23.pdf
Land and Water iCAP Team Charge Letter 2022-23.pdf
Transportation iCAP Team Charge Letter 2022-23.pdf
Zero Waste iCAP Team Charge Letter 2022-23.pdf
Resilience iCAP Team Charge Letter 2022-23.pdf
Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) Supporting Member
Associated Project(s):In Spring of 2022, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign became a Supporting Member for the Northeast Recycling Council’s (NERC).
As an Advisory Member, we are invited to:
- Submit articles for the Email Bulletin.
- Submit blogs – which will be advertised on social media.
- Participate in four substantive committees:
- glass markets
- regional recycling markets
- bottle bills
- diversity, equity and inclusion
- Participate in Projects or Initiatives:
- Government Recycling Demand Champions. There three levels of participation champion, advocate, and state recycling organization advocate. https://nerc.org/projects/government-recycling-demand-champions
iCAP Team Kickoff 2022
Associated Project(s):The iCAP Teams and iCAP Working Group gathered for the annual kickoff event on 8-24-22. Current members attended to learn about the iCAP 2020, the role of the teams and members, and meet sustainability staff and fellow team members. The presentation is attached and the recording can be found here.
Attached Files: