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  1. SSLC newsletter promotes SSC Working Groups

    Associated Project(s): 
    Student Groups with Sustainability Focus
    Student Sustainability Committee (SSC)
    Student Sustainability Leadership Council (SSLC)

    Student Sustainability Committee (SSC) ♻️

    The Student Sustainability Committee (SSC) is a student-led organization charged with distributing two student fees: the Sustainable Campus Environment Fee and the Cleaner Energy Technologies Fee. With the ultimate goal of making the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign a leader in campus sustainability, the SSC reviews, recommends, and funds projects that increase environmental stewardship, inspire change, and impact students. Feel free to attend our weekly or biweekly meetings to learn more about SSC, workshop your projects and ideas, meet more people, and overall get more involved in sustainability on campus!

     

    Working Groups and Meetings- SSC Calendar

    • Food and Waste: Biweekly on Mondays 2:30-3:30pm (Oct. 28th, Nov. 11th, Nov. 25th)
    • Education and Justice: Biweekly on Tuesdays 4:00-5:00pm (Oct. 29th, Nov. 12th, Nov. 26th)
    • Energy + Transportation and Infrastructure: Biweekly on Tuesdays 5:00-6:00pm (Oct. 29th, Nov. 12th, Nov. 26th)
    • Land, Air, and Water: Biweekly on Wednesdays 4:30-5:30pm (Oct. 30th, Nov. 13th, Nov. 27th) 
    • Communications: Weekly on Tuesdays 6:00-7:00pm
    • Social Initiatives: Weekly on Thursdays 5:00-6:00pm

  4. NSRC Pollinator Garden Build

    Associated Project(s): 
    Compost at National Soybean Research Center (NSRC)
    Student Groups with Sustainability Focus
    Red Oak Rain Garden
    Student Sustainability Committee (SSC)
    Bee Campus USA

    The 350 square-foot pollinator garden at the National Soybean Research Center is planted! The weather was beautiful and we had a fun time hearing plant stories and learning about our very own native species from Layne Knoche. Check out our Facebook post here. 

    Huge thank you to Layne Knoche, Eliana Brown, and the whole Red Oak Rain Garden team, Eric Green, Michael Dzianott and the Red Bison team, Joey Kreiling, Blake Cedergren, and the From the Ground Up team, and all friends who helped out with the planting. 

    Stay tuned for more fun! 

  5. Water Environment Federation (WEF) - intro

    Associated Project(s): 
    Student Groups with Sustainability Focus
    Water Environment Federation (WEF)

    A brief introduction to Water Environment Federation - American Water Works Association (WEF-AWWA) Student Chapter UIUC

     

    We have been involved in organizing events and meetings that orient students towards the water industry. 

     

    Listed below are some of our past activities:

    1. Organizing regular general meetings with water companies based in Champaign and the Greater Chicago Area.
    2. Organized an annual conference 'Diving Into The Water Industry' featuring presenters from different fields within the water industry.
    3. Organizing office visits for students to water companies and also field visits to local water treatment plants.
    4. Involvement with WEF and its divisional organization Central States Water Environment Association (CSWEA). Every year, we take part in the WEF student design competition. Last year, our project 'Flood Mitigation Strategies for Houston, TX' won the category for Environmental Design and was selected for presentation in WEFTEC 2019, the annual conference of WEF.

  7. Award Letter - Illini Algae Club Abbott CO2

    Associated Project(s): 
    Student Groups with Sustainability Focus
    Student Sustainability Committee (SSC)

    The goal of this project is to further develop the relationship between the university, the Illini Algae Club and its students, the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department as well as other departments, and the Abbott Power Plant. Using a pre-established waste to algae remediation system used in experimental design, we will apply this system to a real-world use. We will do this through the use of a semester project focused on remediation of university wastewater that can be scaled up into a larger scale project in the future that the club can build off of. Our goal is to provide the foundation of active student involvement for which our organization can grow.

    We will do this by first analyzing how well our small-scale systems can work with the local Abbot Power Plant waste. This further enhances our cooperative relationship with the Abbott Power Plant. Once we determine feasibility of the system, then the students can design and build a larger scale system at the local power plant that can reduce their waste as well as produce some renewable energy for the university. This will provide the ability of students to make their own choices with our small-scale experiment as well as allow them to create a vision of their own for the club’s future larger scale activities.

     

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  8. Student Sustainability Leaders - myActions Campus Interns

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    Student Groups with Sustainability Focus

    http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=5a5fde07df8c393e84b11ff8e&id=464df81...

    We're very excited to be working with 1 intern from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. If you're interested in learning more about the program or connecting with the myActions intern on your campus, please let me know.

    Thank you for your consideration,
    Kristine Sturgeon
    President, myActions.org

    myActions on Campus | Learn more

  9. Archived web info - CSE Student Groups

    Associated Project(s): 
    Student Groups with Sustainability Focus

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    Want to learn more about sustainability issues? Want to make a difference? 
    Want to put your knowledge and skills to use? 
    Want to have fun?

     

     

    Below are some groups to explore.


    Campus Registered Student Organizations

    • American Fisheries Society University of Illinois Student Chapter
    • Ecological Design Consortium
    • Energy Club
    • Engineers Without Borders
    • Environmental Law Society 
    • IRenergy: Illini Renewable Energy Group
    • Red Bison
    • Student Planning Organization
    • Student Sustainability Committee
    • Students for Environmental Concerns
    • The Wildlife Society University of Illinois Student Chapter
    • USGBC


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    Volunteer Opportunities 

    • Alternative Spring Break
    • Sustainable Student Farm


     

     

     

     

     

    National Sustainability Organizations

    • Roots and Shoots
    • Student Affairs Green Team
    • The Green Observer
     

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  10. Engineers Without Borders Nigeria Water Project

    Associated Project(s): 
    Student Groups with Sustainability Focus

    The University of Illinois chapter of Engineers Without Borders worked on a project to find clean water sources of water for the Nigerian village of Adu Achi. Previously, residents of Adu Achi relied on water sources that were up to 3 kilometers away and struggled with contaminated water.

    The project began with a site assessment in August 2006, but project meeting have continued through the Spring 2013 semester.

    For more information, visit https://sites.google.com/site/ewbuiucenugustatewaterproject/.