Land & Water iCAP Team February 2024 Meeting
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The Land & Water iCAP team met on Teams from 1-2 PM on Friday, February 9th. Meeting minutes are attached.
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Land & Water iCAP Team January 2024 Meeting
Associated Project(s):The Land & Water iCAP team met on Teams from 1-2 PM on Friday, January 19th. Meeting minutes are attached.
Land & Water iCAP Meeting 2/17
Associated Project(s):On February 17th, the Land & Water iCAP team met to discuss the details of a permeable pavers recommendation. The team then split off into breakout rooms to organize future soil and water committee initiatives.
Meeting minutes are attached.
Grad student working on soil health
Associated Project(s):Emily Heaton has a grad student working on collecting existing soil records, analyzing them, and developing recommendations. yay!
sierra club article about carbon and regenerative ag
Associated Project(s):Save Soil Movement - June 2022
Associated Project(s):Ayush Gupta shared the following message: there are walkathons happening across 60 cities for the Save Soil movement in the States in June. Check it out here and consider participating if you happen to find yourself in one of the cities.
Save Soil Movement Information
Associated Project(s):Attached is a video by Dr. Rattan Lal Video about how soil can be addressed at a global scale, and a power point about the Save Soil Movement.
Soil Health Article
Associated Project(s):Recent article featuring local farmers working to improve soil health: https://www.kcur.org/2022-04-29/most-farmers-are-climate-skeptics-but-it-turns-out-improving-their-soil-also-fights-climate-change
Local Farmers Working to Improve Soil Health
Associated Project(s):Attached is a recent article featuring local farmers working to improve soil health.
https://www.kcur.org/2022-04-29/most-farmers-are-climate-skeptics-but-it...
SSC Semesterly Report: Valorizing Archived Soils and Long Term Carbon Budgets
Associated Project(s):SSC received semester report for Spring 2021 for Valorizing Archived Soild and Long Term Carbon Budgets project on 9/12/2021. Please see attached.
Request for New Project Tabs
Associated Project(s):Assistant Director of Student Sustainability, Samuel Yoo reached out to Sarthak Prasad for guidance with iCAP Portal projects. Specifically, Yoo was unable to find existing projects for the following:
- Diversion of Non-Recyclable Plastic using Pyrolysis Process to Produce Fuels for Campus
- Preventing Window-strike Bird Fatalities with Energy Efficient Window Decals
- Valorized Archived Soils and Long-Term Carbon Budgets
Resuscitating Soil for Sustainable Futures
Associated Project(s):The SSC approved $9,500 in funding for this project at Illinois in Spring 2020. This project expires 5/14/2022.