Illini Hillel Center for Jewish Life on Campus (the Center) has been working toward creating a more sustainable Center for the last few years. Starting with a student driven initiative to purchase and install a filtered, reusable water bottle filler, the Center has been working to improve its environmental impact in more ways. This project would like to prepare a locally sourced Sabbath dinner for our community, using that time together to educate the community about our sustainability initiatives.

Environmental sustainability changes will be first and foremost evident in the Hillel Center building itself, which is a standing element of the UC campus. The programming will then extend our impact beyond the walls of the building and the confines of our own members to many of those students and community members who interact with Illini Hillel in their daily lives. Through our education program and outreach efforts to other campus groups and community members, this team hopes to inspire a larger network of change striving toward more sustainable practices.