Green Sports Alliance membership renewal
F&S Safety and Compliance renewed annual membership with Green Sports Alliance (GSA) on 10/17/22. Membership runs through November 30, 2023.
F&S Safety and Compliance renewed annual membership with Green Sports Alliance (GSA) on 10/17/22. Membership runs through November 30, 2023.
On October 5th, the Zero Waste iCAP team met to make final edits on Campus Sustainability Celebration slides, foster a conversation on Zero Waste initiatives with the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics (DIA), and discuss potential recommendations relating to food waste at dining halls.
Meeting Minutes are attached.
Team Clerk Claire Keating met with Zero Waste Team Clerk Nikki Palella and Justin Holding, a member of the engagement team.
The meeting content included brainstorming zero-waste food containers for athletes who participate in meals provided by DIA and Hendrick House.
Meeting also covered updates on Green Sports Alliance recommendation and future contacts.
During the summer of 2022, Tyler Swanson (iSEE intern) worked with Meredith Moore and developed the attached report on sustainability in athletics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Justin Holding, Senior in Industrial Engineering and Sustainability Entrepreneur, attended the 2022 Green Sports Alliance Summit on June 21-23 in Minneapolis, MN. His summary of the summit is attached.
Every month, the Green Sports Alliance releases its monthly newsletter!
In the November 2021 edition, GSA provided details about next year's Green Sports Alliance Summit (expected to be held in June 2022), upcoming events, and other exciting #GreenSports news! Upcoming newsletters will provide similar details and is available to all members.
See the attached PDF to read the GSA November 2021 Newsletter.
The 2021 biennial Champaign County Stormwater Partnership Green Infrastructure and Erosion Control Conference took place on October 20th.
The following email provides some context and resources with more information about the event.
The program and the media post for the conference are attached below.
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From: Liggett, Betsy Jo
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2021 9:59 AM
To: Stillwell, Brett
Cc: White, Morgan; Wilcoxen, David B; Ruhter, Colleen; Liggett, Betsy Jo
Subject: Green Infrastructure & Erosion Control Conference
Good morning Brett!
I wanted to share an upcoming conference opportunity with you and others in DIA. F&S Safety and Compliance is a member of the Champaign County Stormwater Partnership to help meet goals for our campus stormwater municipality permit. One of the permit Public Education and Outreach goals is to host a biennial stormwater conference. We have several speakers this year one of which is a member from Green Sports Alliance (GSA) who will speak about the GSA program and provide examples of what other organizations/universities have done to meet the program missions. Green Sports Alliance
Please share with others and join us October 20, 2021 for the free biennial Champaign County Stormwater Partnership Green Infrastructure and Erosion Control Conference. This year the conference will be virtual instead of at the iHotel and Conference Center, however Professional Development Hours are still available. Attendance is limited and you can register at the following link Champaign County Stormwater Conference - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY STORMWATER PARTNERSHIP (ccstormwater.org)
Thank you!
Betsy
This is a list of projects that need students to work on. It will be updated periodically by sustainability staff members, the last update was 8/30/21:
The iCAP 2020 objective 7.3 is: Increase visibility of campus sustainability efforts by joining the Green Sports Alliance through the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics (DIA) by summer 2021. The responsible campus unit for championing this objective is DIA.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Facilities & Services (F&S) department officially became a Green Sports Alliance (GSA) member! In doing so, F&S strives to further promote sustainable projects and environmental stewardship.
This announcement was officially released as a part of GSA’s “Member Spotlight” in its May 2021 Newsletter.
The following event invite was sent to LeAnn Bird at DIA:
We invite you, your teammates, and fellow climate-curious athletes to a special Athletes-Only EcoAthletes Community Chat on Thursday the 22nd, Earth Day! During the chat, world-famous chief scientist at The Nature Conservancy and one of the best climate communicators out there, Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, will share some thoughts with our group. Then we plan to share EcoAthletes' exciting new path forward, which features our centralized focus on a new Resource Hub. It will equip you and the rest of our climate-active Champions to lead climate action...We've been hard at work on this and can't wait to share! By attending, you'll have the chance to be entered to win exciting prizes and gain opportunities to meet aligned potential sponsors, professional mentors and like minded athletes.
REGISTER HERE for the event on Earth Day, April 22nd, at 10:15am ET!
https://us3.campaign-archive.com/?e=__test_email__&u=025a0fa19b0e671467d82f681&id=9e93bbf113