Sarthak Prasad asked Mike Alsip to balance out the “SSC BIKE AND PED COUNTER 1-304479-701014-701066” account. This account was about $667 in the deficit, and the TDM account (NN814-TDM; 1-303719-814010-814031)was used to balance it out. Mike Alsip replied saying, "The following JV (J3016342) was made to balance this account."
The SSLC underwent many changes under the new leadership of co-presidents Owen Jennings, Maiah Caise, Jack Reicherts, and Maria Maring. The board experimented with the mission and niche of the SSLC, ultimately establishing that the organization shall act as a medium of communication between student groups and the administration. The organization will also be the primary host of the annual Student Sustainability Summit in October, touting – among other interdisciplinary events – Green Quad Day, Sustainable Student Research Symposium, and Tuesday Talks at Bevier Cafe.
This Summit was the Council’s most noteworthy accomplishment this semester. The SSLC collaborated with: Red Bison, Outdoor Adventure Club, the Department of Agriculture and Biological Engineering, the Sustainable Student Farm, the Pilot Processing Plant, Grand Prairie Friends, the F&S Solar House, Stop Line 3 CU, Students for Environmental Concerns, Prairie Rivers Network, and the Student Sustainability Committee. This myriad of events had varying levels of attendance. The SSLC leadership learned two primary lessons from the inaugural Student Sustainability Summit: first, quality over quantity in terms of events; and second, planning well ahead of time is absolutely essential in order to adequately advertise each event. If you attended or co-hosted any Summit event, and you would like to let the SSLC board know your feedback, please fill out this form. The current SSLC leadership looks forward to how future leadership will expand upon the Summit.
Another noteworthy accomplishment of the SSLC this semester was action following the publication of the Campus Admin Manual’s Expressive Activity Policy draft. Students were largely emotional about the policy’s stringent punishment for demonstrations on campus, so the SSLC – in conjunction with SECs and the SSC – wrote a letter to Chancellor Jones demanding that the policy more closely align with the student body’s needs. As of January 2022, the SSLC has received no reply from the Office of the Chancellor.
Co-presidents Maria Maring and Owen Jennings spoke at the Campus Sustainability Celebration and Sustainability Council meeting, respectively, on the topic of divestment. Though SSLC leadership was merely prompted to give basic updates at these meetings, they utilized the face-to-face opportunity with campus administrators to voice student concerns about completing iCAP Objective 9.1: Fully divest from fossil fuel companies by FY25.
In a first, the SSLC and general members participated in the Homecoming Parade. Roughly a dozen students marched with divestment-related signs. The SSLC hopes to expand Homecoming attendance next year.
The SSLC revived its dormant Facebook account (@sslcuiuc) and newly established an Instagram account (@uiuc_sslc). On the latter, the SSLC made 40 posts and gained 227 followers. The Facebook account has 93 followers; engagement on this platform is much less. The SSLC also made a linktree and a Google calendar to which other RSOs can sync. That way, all events from all different orgs are all conveniently on one calendar. This joint calendar is still undergoing troubleshooting, and it is not yet available for public viewing.
Amidst these new endeavors, the SSLC held full membership meetings roughly once a month, as did the previous leadership. One recurring issue was lack of attendance and engagement. Leadership held many conversations with both general members and staff advisors about how to increase the efficacy of the Council, but no good solution was found. The SSLC will continue to hold these monthly meetings and brainstorm about how to increase engagement throughout the upcoming spring semester.
The SSLC board met weekly. If you have any questions or feedback, please contact the Council at sslc-chair@mx-illinois.edu.
Attached is John Zhao's final report of the SSC Project:
SSC received semesterly report for Fall 2021 for Diversion of Non-Recycable Plastics Using Pyrolysis Process Fuels for Campus on 12/29/21. Please see attached.
SSC received a semesterly report for Fall 2021 for the vermiCUlture project on 12/12/2021. Please see attached.
SSC received a semesterly report for Fall 2021 for the Eco Illini Supermileage project on 12/16/2021. Please see attached.
SSC received semester report for Fall 2021 for Project 4 Less on 12/17/2021. Please see attached.
SSC received semesterly report for Fall 2021 for Joint Pollinator Garden and Composting Systems to Offset Environmental Impact and Reinforce Responsible Stewardship in Research on 12/17/2021. Please see attached.
The Sustainability Council met on 11-29-21. The presentation is attached and the agenda was as follows:
15 metal signs to promote bicycle registration have been installed. These locations are:
The following sustainability topics will be added to the new student campus tours!
From: Collins, Halie Jean <haliejc at illinois.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2021 11:46 AM
To: Kim, Qu <qkim at illinois.edu>
Cc: Fister, Quinn <bfister2 at illinois.edu>; Kim, Yeon <yjk at illinois.edu>
Subject: SSC Sustainability Mural
Hello,
My name is Halie Collins, and I am studying Civil and Environmental Engineering student. Through my last 3 years on campus, I have realized that there is not much student art being represented on the Engineering campus. Art inspires creativity, a trait that is extremely important to be innovative and successful in the engineering field. Because of this, I have reached out to Student Sustainability Committee and Illinois Facilities and Services about installing a Sustainability Mural on the Engineering campus. My teammates and I have already submitted a step 1 application for funding through SSC and we are now working on site acquisition. We have also received support from Morgan White who is the Sustainability Director at F&S.
The vision we have for the mural is something that inspires creativity and inspires students to become more sustainable. We would also like to feature campus sustainability initiatives in the mural for educational purposes. We also believe this mural should be visible for prospective students because more and more engineering students are interested in pursuing a career in sustainability and green technology.
We would greatly appreciate building manager contacts in the Engineering Department, or if you could forward this email to any building/Department that would be interested in installing a sustainability mural. Funding would be fully provided by SSC and other sources.
To this email, I have attached our SSC step 1 proposal and have copied other members working on this project. Thank you!
Halie Collins
The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Illinois Solar Decathlon President
Civil and Environmental Engineering | Class of 2023
___________________________________________________________________
From: Kim, Qu <qkim@illinois.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2021 9:36 AM
To: Collins, Halie Jean <haliejc2@illinois.edu>
Cc: Fister, Quinn <bfister2@illinois.edu>; Kim, Yeon <yjk4@illinois.edu>; White, Morgan <mbwhite@illinois.edu>; Kim, Qu <qkim@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: SSC Sustainability Mural
Dear Halie:
I am writing an email to reconnect about your request.
If you do not have an example of the mural, but you need possible locations for your submission, you could list the following buildings as possible locations to be determined in the future.
Hope this is helpful.
Regards,
Qu
A SSC Fall Step 1 Application was submitted on October 15, 2021 to support F&S staff to receive National Green Infrastructure Certification Program (NGICP) training. If funded, four F&S staff or designees will receive the NGICP training from Parkland College’s NGICP program between January 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.
National Green Infrastructure Certification Program ONLINE (https://parkland.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=course.classinformation&coursenumber=WBT-906)
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Become certified. Be the solution. Be a leader in managing your natural water assets in a sustainable way. Help shape the future landscape of Illinois and beyond! Green infrastructure (GI) has become a critical component and the standard of comprehensive stormwater management. GI is a cost-effective approach to managing stormwater and requires skilled and certified individuals. Landscaping, city planning, public works, and stormwater managing can all benefit from the knowledge and skills to ensure GI projects are installed and maintained properly to support long-term performance and a positive impact on communities.
Certification increases your competitiveness in the job market and provides a pathway to higher-paying positions. Benefits of certifying in NGICP:
In addition to online course work, you will meet for required LIVE online discussions 11:30 AM-1:30 PM CST, Thursdays, January 6-27. You must complete 100% of the online course modules and assignments to be eligible for the certification exam. No make-up sessions are available.
While Parkland College provides the NGICP training, EnviroCert International, Inc. (ECI) administers the computer-based certification exam at Prometric Testing Centers or through online remote proctoring. Registration for the exam will occur through ECI, visit their site for details. The fee for the NGICP exam is $150.
SSC received the final report on Fall 2021 for Stay Glassy - Enactus Illinois project on 10/19/2021. Please see attached.
All, Slower week, which was welcome. Sold a couple bikes and were able to get a handle on the influx of drop off repairs. The Green Quad Day event that was supposed to happen on Thursday was rescheduled to Tuesday, so we’ll staff for that event and hobnob with the larger sustainability community.
I’ll make a run out to the abandoned bike emporium this week, too, and see if there’s anything worth our time. Was planning that for last week but it didn’t happen.
We’ve got a couple bikes in the shop build queue, but I’ll grab a few from Urbana unless we get more donations this week.
The numbers:
Visitors: 35
Sales: $850.50
Bike (refurb): 3 for $490
Memberships: 5 for $150
Tires/tubes: 5 for $20
Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Coordinator
We would prefer to keep the ability to add new projects to a very limited few people. Instead of giving Liz access to add a project, let’s get a quick process to add them upon her request.
1) Please email me, Meredith, and Sarthak with a short project description, and the proposed new iCAP Project location in the hierarchy.
2) Meredith and/or I will confirm the placement in the hierarchy.
3) Sarthak will add a blank private project as a placeholder and email you.
4) Liz or anyone in the SSC with access will fill in the project information and change it to public.
~Morgan
Avery Maloto reached out to Meredith Moore to ask "I have written down that 'composting' is one of the projects you wanted for the SCC poster for the iSEE table at Green Quad Day. Would this project fall under "Vermicompost" or another project?" Meredith explained that vermicomposting is a different project and provided Avery with some NSRC Composting photos that can be found in the attached link.
https://icap.sustainability.illinois.edu/project/compost-national-soybean-research-center-nsrc
SSC received semester report for Spring 2021 for Greener Campus Programs on 10/1/2021. Please see attached.
SSC received semester report for Spring 2021 for Preventing Window Strike Bird Fatalities with Energy Efficient Window Decals on 9/9/2021. Please see attached.
SSC received semester report for Spring 2021 for Valorizing Archived Soild and Long Term Carbon Budgets project on 9/12/2021. Please see attached.
