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  2. Update from Yun Yi

    Associated Project(s): 
    Wind Turbine/Pavilion Integration for Electricity Generation

    Below is an update from Yun Yi:

     

    We finally have all the wood panels ready, and we have also designed a very interesting structure to hold the panels.

    We are trying to pick up the fabricated structures and bring them to campus.

    I am hoping to assemble the panels soon and share the final structure in the near future.

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  3. Update from Thurman

    Associated Project(s): 
    Food Purchases from Local Sources

    Below is an update from Thurman Etchison on the Food Purchases from Local Sources project:

    Work is always being done on this but we are nowhere our goal. It is hard to quantify as our prime vendor does not provide info on this.

  6. Donation Locations Update

    Associated Project(s): 
    Project4less

    Below is an update from Jenna Schaefer:

    We no longer donate to UniPlace due to staffing issues, just to Wesley food pantry. This past semester, we became a Y-Affiliated Student Organization. Otherwise, I think everything else is the same - Project 4 Less still recovers food from LAR dining hall each Wednesday evening during the school year.

  8. Update from Eric

    Associated Project(s): 
    Provide incentives for sustainability education

    Below is an update from Eric Green:

    The only incentive program for sustainability education on campus, as far as I know, is the Levenick Teaching Fellows program. This program is currently on hiatus as it gets reimagined. Also, there may be a new program being offered with regards to sustainability for K-12, but I don't have the full details on that. 

  9. Update from Eric

    Associated Project(s): 
    Green Jobs

    Below is an update from Eric Green: 

     

    The Green Career Forum was hosted on February 27 this year and had 9 companies and over 100 students in attendance. There is likely to be another event hosted in the Spring of 2025 with the help of the Career Center. 

  10. Update from Eric

    Associated Project(s): 
    Broaden Sustainability Education

    Below is an update from Eric Green:

     

    We plan to have some educational pieces included in the sustainability literacy asessment being sent out this summer. The team has investigated and abandoned the idea of creating an ACE-IT/FYCARE type program as well as integration into the 100/101 courses. However, the sustainability gen. ed. should also help with this objective.

     

  11. Aquaponics Update

    Associated Project(s): 
    Bevier Café’s - Aquaponics System Demonstration Unit
    Illini Urban Farmers Hydroponics System

    Below is an update from Carter Phillips:

     

    The aquaponics system is still running strong and providing product to be served by our students at the Bevier Café.  In the last year we have been working on the Illini Urban Farmer RSO taking over production and maintenance of the system. This allows for a unique learning experience for any student interested in aquaponics and urban farming.

  14. Update from Betsy

    Associated Project(s): 
    Rainwater Management Plans

    Below is an update from Betsy Richardson:

    I am not on the icap resilience team committee however when the Farnsworth consultant is ready to share information with the surrounding cities MS4 leaders I will invite the consultant to the quarterly MS4 stormwater meeting (tentatively this fall or winter). I will also invite someone from the icap resilience team to the meeting, if anyone on this email knows the correct resilience team contact, please let me know. The city of Champaign, Urbana and the village of Savoy already have stormwater master plans so our hope from this collaboration is to share information and to attempt to align some of our stormwater goals.

  15. Update from Betsy

    Associated Project(s): 
    Rainwater Management Program

    Below is an update from Betsy Richardson:

    I am on this icap committee and an SSC grant was approved in 5/23 for this study and the project is moving forward in F&S Capital with Brent Lewis as the Project Manager. The Farnsworth consulting firm has been hired to complete the study and the engineer is currently reviewing GIS data and past university studies, and gathering additional data and discussing issues with university stakeholders. After this is complete, the engineer will prepare a draft master plan and submit to the owner for review/respond to comments, prepare a pre-final master plan/respond to owner comments, and then prepare a final master plan and submit to the owner tentatively in 12/2024.

  17. Weekly Update: Abandoned bikes

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center
    Collection and Donation of Abandoned Bicycles

    All, Shortened week with Memorial Day. Otherwise, business as usual. Subpar donations are still trickling in, so we’re able to continue to pass those along to Habitat. Took a week break on the barn bikes but will be ramping that back up this week. I believe the tagging of abandoned bikes on campus has begun, so we’ll likely get calls/emails about that in the coming weeks.

    The numbers:

    Visitors: 28
    Sales: $656
    Memberships: 2 for $60
    Bikes (refurb): 2 for $365
    Bikes (B-a-B): 1 for $60
    Tires/tubes: 5 for $55

    Thanks!

    Jacob Benjamin
    Coordinator -- Campus Bike Center

  19. iCAP history

    Associated Project(s): 
    iCAP 2025
    2015 Illinois Climate Action Plan (2015 iCAP) [ARCHIVED]
    iCAP 2020: Illinois Climate Action Plan
    Illinois: A Climate Action Plan (2010 iCAP) [ARCHIVED]
    • The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign formally committed to sustainability in February 2008, when Chancellor Richard Herman signed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment with Second Nature, pledging to be carbon neutral by 2050. 
    • Illinois was the first Big Ten university to submit a climate action plan to Second Nature. The 2010 iCAP was approved by Interim Chancellor Robert Easter on May 10, 2010.
    • The iCAP Portal was established in May 2012 to track and share updates on campus sustainability progress.
    • Chancellor Phyllis Wise approved the Formal Procedures for Campus Sustainability in June 2014, creating the Sustainability Working Advisory Teams (iCAP Topical Teams) and the iCAP Working Group.
    • Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson approved the 2015 iCAP and signed the Resilience Commitment with Second Nature.  Second Nature renamed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate commitment as the Carbon Commitment. As a signatory to both commitments, this campus is a signatory to the “Climate Leadership Commitments” at Second Nature.
    • The current version, iCAP 2020, was signed by Chancellor Robert R. Jones.  It includes 56 specific SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-based) objectives, organized into eight themes: Energy, Transportation, Land & Water, Zero Waste, Education, Engagement, Resilience, and Implementation. The latest updates on this effort are listed above, from the iCAP Portal project updates available at the iCAP page on the Insititute for Sustainability, Energy, & Environment (iSEE) website.
    • The next iCAP will be released in Fall 2025.

  20. Weekly update: Bike donations

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center
    Collection and Donation of Abandoned Bicycles

    All, Last week, with the Bike Project, we were able to donate 20 or so bikes to a nonprofit church group that will send the bikes overseas. These were all bikes that would’ve otherwise been in the scrap yard, so it’s less work for us and helps keep more bikes out of the waste stream—a win-win! We continue to donate kids bikes to Habitat for Humanity as we do not have the storage space to keep those until our winter giveaway.

    Got a couple more new hires on board and learning the ropes.

    This week is business as usual as we try to replenish our sales stock.

    The numbers:

    Visitors: 28
    Sales: $656.00
    Bikes (refurb): 2 for $$365
    Bikes (B-a-B): 1 for $60
    Memberships: 2 for $60
    Tires/tubes: 5 for $55

    Thanks!

    Jacob Benjamin
    Coordinator -- Campus Bike Center

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