iSEE Quarterly update for Winter 2022
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Projects Updates for iSEE Congress
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Fall Congress ‘Circular Food Systems’ Ongoing
Associated Project(s):Because of the continued uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, iSEE transformed iSEE Congress Fall 2021, “Circular Food Systems,” into an online format. Congress became a series of one-hour Zoom webinars in October and November.
iSEE Congress Webinar: "Turning Agricultural Waste into Usable Products"
Associated Project(s):The harmful economic & environmental effects of agricultural waste can be mitigated with cutting-edge technologies, such as converting it to biochar & fuel.
"How Can We Reduce Waste from Agricultural and Food Systems?"
Associated Project(s):True food circularity must include waste reduction on the agricultural and consumer sides.
Fall iSEE Congress: Circular Food Systems.
Associated Project(s):The eighth iSEE Congress will return to the topic of feeding the world: providing a safe, secure supply of food and fuel to an ever-increasing human population using agricultural practices that are ecologically sustainable and adaptable to climate change. Influential speakers and panelists will offer cutting-edge thinking about advancing the sustainability of our agriculture and food systems.
Spring 2021: iSEE Quarterly Update (iQ)
Associated Project(s):The Spring 2021 iSEE Quarterly Update (iQ) was released with the following message from Madhu Khanna, the Interim Director of iSEE:
Dear Colleagues,
Attached, please find the Spring 2021 “iQ” – the quarterly update from the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE).
Earth Month is Here!
Associated Project(s):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.
Congress postponed to 2021
Associated Project(s):Due to the covid-19 pandemic, the iSEE Congress has been postponed to 2021. Sign up for the iSEE Newsletters to stay tuned for more information: http://illinois.edu/fb/sec/5031776.
Registration Open for iSEE Congress 2020, "The Future of Water"
Associated Project(s):Join the Institute for its seventh annual fall conference. This year, our modified “teach-in” event will introduce the Illinois campus and community to cutting-edge thinking from highly influential scholars on topics ranging from drought, to the global politics of water, to pollution, public health and biodiversity. Read more and register via the link!
October 5–6 • National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) Auditorium Tony Mancuso • Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE)
Registration Open for iSEE Congress
Associated Project(s):Event features a diverse group of researchers, educators, journalists and activists discussing cutting-edge issues surrounding sustainability and social justice, building bridges across different approaches, disciplines and geographies, and charting new directions to a sustainable, just future. Free attendance, but registration is required; instructors are invited to contact us to bring classes.
e-week notice
Associated Project(s):Students invited to participate in the iSEE Congress
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Registration Open for "Sustainable Cities"
Associated Project(s):Registration has opened for “Sustainable Cities,” and iSEE is inviting instructors to send their classes to one or more of its Congress sessions this fall!
iSEE Congress cover 2015
Associated Project(s):August 2014 SSLC Meeting notes
Associated Project(s):iSEE leaders provided an introduction to the SSLC
Six Objectives: Facilitate communication, facilitate collaboration, provide a forum for student leaders to voice their opinions to iSEE and thereby to the campus administration, help identify students who can serve on iSEE working groups or advisory groups, help identify potential interns, encourage more awareness about sustainability among student body
Unofficial objective: Create political will/pressure to implement sustainability initiatives