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November 3, 12–1 pm • Zoom webinar

Julie Wurth • Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment

"How Can We Reduce Waste from Agricultural and Food Systems?"

RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the October 2021 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totaling 1,937.8 Megawatt hours. See attached file.

Meeting 10/29/2021

Present:  Anisha, Ananya, Pooja and Stacy Gloss

The project idea that the students would like to pursue is Making connections between pollution and people – focused on smart phones, tablets, computer e-waste generated by students. The student group may consider various technologies in their project: laptops, gaming consoles, wearable tech.

They will research:

• Material Sourcing  / ethical sourcing  (What are major parts/tech of smart phone and how they are produced? Conditions? Environmental Impact?)
• Manufacturing / Ethical production
• Transportation
• Sales
• Purchasing frequency/habits/thoughts: What do students think about environmental impact of technology when purchasing technology?
• End-of-product-life (what happens to products after their use?) – What do people think happens? What really happens?
• Other considerations: data centers

Project members may reach out to people in the community who are already knowledgeable about recycling to such as:

• Urbana Recycling Coordinator – Courtney https://urbanaillinois.us/residents/recycling-program-u-cycle/residential-recycling-program
• Champaign County Environmental Stewards https://www.ccenvstew.com/
• ISTC Joy  https://directory.illinois.edu/detail?userId=jscrogum@illinois.edu&widgetId=15

For the next meeting the DFA group should be prepared with the specific research questions they want to answer by conducting this research and their thoughts on research methods --- these questions should inform their approach for the project and related initiative they will want to develop. They will also review the Zero Waste  iCAP portal page for resources. https://icap.sustainability.illinois.edu/themes/zero-waste

Research Methods:

Question:  Are there any special considerations (for example IRB) for DFA students to create a survey for campus on how often students purchase / throw away / recycle smart phones? Are there any processes that need to be followed within ISEE to do this research?

Other questions:

Is there a recycling coordinator on campus that has any data about e-waste on campus?

Potential things to consider

The group will think about how they want to visualize their project for impact. Students also are open to the audience at this point – could include campus and off-campus audience. Off campus audience members could be the Champaign County Climate Coalition.  Interactive presentation could be set up in a community location like a library. The students could present their project to an iSEE committee – like Zero Waste and Resilience.

Hello all,

Thank you so much for helping out with data collection for the Walkability Audit project. As you all already know, the primary objective of this project is to conduct a thorough analysis of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) campus sidewalk network. Two surveys will be used to assess the walkway infrastructure on campus:

1. Walkability Audit questionnaire: Assesses the general walkability of the map blocks
2. Deficiency Reporting survey: Identifies specific deficiencies within a map block

This project will help us identify the areas that are good for walking and areas that require attention. Data collected from this study will create a prioritization list of sidewalk preservation and improvement projects that will subsequently be used to create a Campus Walking Master Plan.

All volunteers are required to fill out this form (https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/461765201) by Monday, November 1, 2021 12:00 PM for your preferred (3 preferences for each training) date and time for the

• Virtual Training sessions (1 virtual training required) via Zoom
• In-Person Test Data Collection training sessions (1-test data collection is required, more encouraged) at Illini Union and F&S (1501 S. Oak St., Champaign, IL)

Please see attached the Walkability Audit Volunteer Training Manual. I recommend that you all go through this document before the training sessions. We will go over the training manual during the virtual training and answer any question you many have there. During the test data collection training, we will walk around a block and test the surveys.

All volunteers will use their smart phones to collect data. So make sure that your phones are fully charged because the ArcGIS Survey123 app will use your current location and it will drain your battery. You all need to download the ArcGIS Survey123 app:

1. For android users: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.esri.survey123
2. For iOS users: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/arcgis-survey123/id993015031

Once downloaded, you will all use the same F&S Data Collector login for this study! Once you have downloaded the app,

• Click on “Sign in using ArcGIS Online”
• On the next screen, use the following login information
  
  • Username: FandSDataCollector
  • Password: 2022UIwalk
• On the Top-right corner of the screen, click on the initials
• Click on Download Surveys
  
  • Download the 2021 UI Campus Deficiency Reporting survey
  • Download the 2021 UI Campus Walkability Audit survey

I have divided all the volunteers in teams of fours (our own Fantastic 4s!) and assigned map blocks that each team has to cover. I will send more details about the teams and your assignments in a separate email (to the teams) in a bit. You can begin collecting data after you have completed both of the training sessions. I want this data by before the Fall break (Saturday, November 20, 2021).

I highly appreciate your time and effort! Your help is invaluable to us and this project will have a real long-term impact on the University! Thank you,

Sarthak

Sarthak Prasad

Sustainable Transportation Assistant

Facilities & Services

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Phone: 217-300-9575

Email: sprasad9 at illinois.edu

Order information for Use The Bin Pledge:

• Website: https://www.temporarytattoos.com/product/?pid=custom-tattoo-regular-M
• Dimensions: 2.0 x 2.0 inches
• Quantity: 1000 (as per the original conversation)
• White Option: Either "Flood White" or "Spot White"
  
  • To my understanding, "Flood White" would have a white square as the temporary tattoo. If we did "Spot White", I believe it would just be the text and the bin, with the white only being in the recycling logo and bottles.
• Request "Digital Proof Required"
  
  • No additional price associated with this. But it would delay the shipment by 1-2 days.
• Unit Cost: $0.15/tattoo
• Total Cost: $149.75
• Shipping: First Class USPS (Free)
• Design: I've attached the digital rendering of the design to this email again!

On Tuesday October 26, 2021, all members involved in the Walkability Audit project met to discuss the Final draft of the Walkability Audit Training manual. The Training Manual covers the following sections:

1. Objective of the project, introduction and timeline

2. Map of the campus divided into larger map blocks and smaller mini blocks

3. Volunteer assignment

4. Directions to perform the audit

5. Detailed steps to download and use the ArcGIS survey 123 App.

6. Instructions for '2021 UI Campus Walkability audit survey' (General questionnaire of 40 questions with explanation and diagrams)

7. Instructions for '2021 UI Campus Deficiency reporting survey' ( Specific questionnaire detailing deficiencies under 8 categories)

Previous comments/suggestions for both the surveys were taken into account and incorporated in order to create the final list of questions for the surveys. (Please see attached pdf) During the meeting, Stacey brought up the possibility of having a multiple choice option for the Deficiency reporting survey since there is a possibility of encountering more than 1 deficiency at the same location. However, due to the inability of the ArcGIS survey 123 app to register more than one deficiency per submission, we had to move forward with the previously decided 1 deficiency per submission option. 

Training sessions will be held next week, everyday from Nov 1- Nov 6 (Virtual training sessions and in-person training sessions) for 1 hour each. These sessions are for the volunteers to understand how to use the ArcGIS survey 123 app and the nuances of the questions included in the audit for both the surveys. The deadline for the volunteers to complete the data collection is 20th Nov 2021.

RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the August 2021 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totaling 988.60 Megawatt hours. See attached file.

https://www.constellation.com/community/e2-energy-to-educate.html

Through the E2 Energy to EducateSM grant program, Constellation offers students in grades 6-12 and college opportunities to experience problem-solving today’s and tomorrow’s energy challenges. Grant funds support projects designed to enhance students’ understanding of science and technology, and inspire them to think differently about energy.