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  1. Sustainability Council Meeting 04/26/2024

    The Sustainability Council met on April 26, 2024. The primary agenda items included: 

    • Updates
      • Green Research Program
      • Solar Farm 3
      • Plastic Waste Reduction in Housing and Athletics
    • Student Group Activities
    • Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP)
      • Progress & Challenges

    The slide deck is attached.

  2. Edu009 - Updating College of Business Course Descriptions - Approved

    The Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP) Working Group (iWG) recently approved recommendation Edu009 from the Education iCAP Team to update College of Business course descriptions to reflect the sustainability content.

    This recommendation aligns with Objective 6.2 of the iCAP 2020: Establish a comprehensive online repository for courses and academic programs with sustainability content. 

    The College of Business shared their action plan on completing the approved recommendation (attached).

  3. Edu009 - Updating College of Business Course Descriptions - Successful

    On 4/1/2024, Dean of Gies College of Business, Jeff Brown, responded in favor of the Edu009 - Updating College of Business Course Descriptions recommendation with the following message:

    Jennifer,

    Please see the attached spreadsheet with the information requested by iCAP.  Thanks for the extra few days to pull all this together. And special thanks to Amanda Brantner in Gies who did all the heavy lifting.

    Jeff

     

  4. Edu009 - Updating College of Business Course Descriptions - Transmitted

    On 3/16/2024, the Edu009 Updating College of Business Course Descriptions was transmitted to Dean Jeff Brown at Gies College of email with the following email. The iWG assessment is attached.

     

    Dear Dean Brown,

     

  5. Sustainability Sub-Council Meeting 11/27/2023

    The Sustainability Sub-Council met on November 27, 2023 in preparation of the Sustainability Council meeting. The primary agenda items included: 

    • Sustainability General Education Requirement
    • Green Research Program
    • Plastic Waste Reduction
    • Carbon Credits

    The slide deck and meeting minutes are attached.

  6. LW006 Permeable Asphalt Maintenance at Lot C9 - Returned

    Parking has limited funding, so during the first May iWG meeting, the recommendation was sent back to the Land & Water team. The committee advised to add in capture rate and return on investment data before resubmitting for another meeting.

     

    See submitted recommendation LW006 Permeable Asphalt Maintenance at Lot C9

  7. Transportation 015 Fleet Replacement - Successful

    Following is the response from Dr. Ehab Kamarah from F&S on October 11, 2023:

    Thank you, Dr. Fraterrigo. F&S supports the recommendations.

    Regards,

    Ehab

    Read the iWG transmittal for Transportation 015 Fleet Replacement.

     

  8. Transportation 015 Fleet Replacement - Transmitted

    On 9/18/2023, the Transportation 015 Fleet Replacement recommendation was transmitted to Dr. Ehab Kamarah, Associate Vice Chancellor and Executive Director of Facilities & Services, with the following email. The iWG assessment is attached. 

    Dear Dr. Kamarah,

  9. ZW009 Project4Less Expansion - Transmitted

    On 6/24/2023, the ZW009 Project4Less Expansion recommendation was transmitted to Alma Sealine and Jason Ensign at University Housing with the following email. The iWG assessment is attached.

    Hi Alma and Jason,

    Thank you for meeting with iCAP representatives about the Project4Less recommendation from the Zero Waste iCAP Team (ZW009).  After our discussion, the iCAP Working Group discussed the topic again, and we have the following recommendation (highlighting added): 

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