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Coordinating Community Stormwater Management with Extension and Student Assistance
Associated Project(s):January 11, 2023
Resilience Weekly Meeting
Associated Project(s):After a brief meeting pause after the Spring semester ended, Stacy Gloss, Meredith Moore, and Morgan White are back to meeting weekly about building resilience in our local community. We met July 21, 2022.
We discussed:
-Resilience iCAP Team changes for 2022-23. Stacy Gloss is chair, Scott Tess is Vice Chair
-Student work & intern opportunities. We will work with EGN100 first-year students in the fall semester and brainstorm about how to design an internship opportunity for a student to engage in community / campus resilience work.
Draft Report - Local Carbon Offset Program
Associated Project(s):DRAFT White Paper: "Recommendations for Initiating a Local Carbon Offsets Pilot Program for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign"
Submitted by Stacy Gloss on May 9, 2022
Conclusions & Recommendations reported below:
Carbon Offset Technology Review Project
Associated Project(s):iSEE Carbon Offset Program: Technology Research and Options
Authors: Jane Williams, Rachel Pu, Fina Healy, Natalia Ptaszek, and Angela AndradaWeekly Resiliency Team Meeting
Associated Project(s):Stacy Gloss and Meredith Moore met on 4/27 to discuss the following:
Cell Phone and Electronic Waste
Associated Project(s):A team of Design for America students worked on a year-long project diving into cell phone and electronic waste. The attached poster is the culmination of their work across the '21/'22 school year. We wish the DFA student team luck in all their future endeavors.
DFA Team: Koshal Raghavarapu, Ananya Barman, Pooja Tetali, & Aashi Tyagi
Tree Map Partnership
Associated Project(s):From: Heidi Leuszler <HLeuszler at parkland.edu>
Subject: Tree Map partnershipHello all, I hope this finds you and yours well!
Illinois Green Infrastructure Inventory Update 5/9/2022
Associated Project(s):Stacy Gloss attended the Urban Stormwater Working Group meeting on 4/19/22 led by Lisa Merrifield.
Agenda item 1) An Illinois Green Infrastructure Inventory Update was provided.
Key points:
Weekly Resiliency Team Meeting
Associated Project(s):Present: Meredith Moore, Morgan White, and Stacy Gloss
Gloss reported on the following:
Design for America - E-Waste Project Update
Associated Project(s):Present: Staff - Stacy Gloss & Meredith Moore and Students - Koshal Raghavarapu, Anisha Narain, Ananya Barman, & Pooja Tetali
Natural Disaster Planning and Preparedness in Illinois Meeting
Associated Project(s):The Disaster Planning and Preparedness interest group meeting was held on January 25, 2022.
The agenda includes:
The Landscape Recycling Center tests for...
Associated Project(s):The Landscape Recycling Center tests for temperature, oxygen, and moisture monthly. They test for ph, metals, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and infectious bacteria in finished compost product annually. As food scrap makes its way through the process and we continue to test the final product, we will be able to observe any changes to these parameters.
Sustainability and Green Job Certifications
Associated Project(s):Sustainability & Green Job Certification examples have now been included on the Institute for Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment (iSEE) Education Portal website. Scroll down on the page to find and review Professional Certification Programs. This list can be used to inspire and provide insight into green careers. Green Job Certification Topics include:
Buildings & Energy
Environmentalism & Advocacy
Career Services Meeting
Associated Project(s):Stacy Gloss and Meredith Moore met with Amanda Cox and Samantha Potempa from University Career Services to discuss how to connect students to Green Jobs and Green Job Certifications. Career Services staff described the services provided for students. Career Services across campus are distributed between the Colleges and students can meet with the central Career Services group or academic & career advisors in the College of their major. Career Services can provide presentations to both classrooms and RSO student groups.
Resilience Work Meeting 11/18/21
Associated Project(s):Stacy Gloss, Meredith Moore, Morgan White, and Scott Tess met to discuss Resilience Team work.
We discussed:
- NGICP presentation scheduled for December 10 with presentations by Heidi Leuzler and Eliana Brown
- NGICP SSC Step II Application to be submitted 11/19/21
- Carbon Offset Program development. Discussed that "local" for this objective means within boundaries of Champaign County. Next questions to answer are: Why, What, How for developing a local carbon offset program.
Meeting to discuss Carbon Offsets
Associated Project(s):11/17/2021
Present: Morgan White, Meredith More, Eric Green, Tony Mancuso, Stacy Gloss
Gloss provided an overview of the local carbon offset objective as described in the iCAP. There was discussion that there are two sides to the issue. 1. The funding mechanism. 2. What projects are funded by off-setting faculty & staff travel impacts?
Green Certifications Meeting
Associated Project(s):11/17/2021
Present: Tony Mancuso, Meredith Moore, Eric Green, & Stacy Gloss
A meeting was held to discuss student engagement, green jobs, and career planning.
Agenda items included:
1) Possible potential for interviewing iSEE Fellows Minor Grads about their current careers - involving the communications department.
Key Steps Supporting Vision Zero in 2021-2022
Associated Project(s):During the falls semester Stacy Gloss met with campus and community stakeholders to discuss Vision Zero in our community. The attached report provides recommendations for campus to update and modify Transportation policies, support and advocate for community traffic safety efforts, provide leadership and support to local transportation departments, expand and create new student engagement and project opportunities, and develop a relationship with the Vision Zero network.
Meeting with Savoy Staff
Associated Project(s):Gloss met with the public works director and planning director for the City of Savoy to discuss Vision Zero and transportation planning on 11/9/2021.