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WHO WE ARE
The Student Sustainability Committee (SSC) allocates more than $1,000,000 annually to green projects on campus. We focus on initiatives that increase environmental stewardship, inspire change on our campus, and directly impact students.
STUDENT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
Campuswide Bike Parking$307, 200
Sustainable Student Farm$271, 127
Native Plantings and Landscaping$144, 248
Solar Farm$1,050,000
WHAT WE FUND
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
Joining a Working Group is a great way to shape a greener future at Illinois. Working Groups help decide which projects to fund. Membership is open to all students, faculty, and staff, with meetings every other week for about an hour.
If you have a sustainable project you'd like funded, please visit our website or email us at [email protected].
ssc.sustainability.illinois.edu
sustainability.illinois.edu
SAVE THE WORLDSAVE ENERGYNot in use? Turn off the juice! A single compact fluorescent bulbcan produce hundreds of pounds of carbon dioxide each year. Imagine how much leaving your lights, computer, TV, or stereoon while you’re gone produces each year!
SAVE TREESTrees are great. They pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere,reduce soil erosion, and make our planet more beautiful. You canhelp save them by only printing what you absolutely need to, andprinting double-sided when you have to. Don’t forget to recyclethat paper when you’re done with it, too!
SAVE WATERReducing your daily shower time to five minutes a day can save
thousands of gallons of drinkable water per year. While you’reat it, quit drinking pre-bottled water. It uses more water thandrinking straight from the tap - often from areas affected by
drought - and creates much more waste than a reusable bottle.
SAVE GASChampaign-Urbana is one of the most bike-friendly communities
in America. Walk or ride a bike when you can, and when youcan’t, consider taking a bus instead of driving.
WELCOMEto one of the greenestcampuses in america
Over a dozen buildings are Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Certified or pursuing certification, meeting international standards for green construction.
A 20-acre solar farm on the south side of campus supports 2% of campus’s electricity needs. Many buildings also have rooftop solar panels.
University Dining and Catering Services buys 28% of its food from local sources - and almost all the tomato sauce served in the residence halls is grown and processed on campus!
The Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP) provides a roadmap for campus’s commitment to be carbon neutral by 2050.
Arbor Day FoundationTree Campus USA®
Princeton ReviewTop 50 Green Colleges
Green Power PartnershipTop 30 College
Sierra Club2015 Cool School
Association for the Advancement ofSustainability in Higher EducationSTARS Gold Certification
Kill the Cup ChallengeDivisional Winner
GET I
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iSEEatUofI@sustainILLINOIS sustainability.illinois.edu
JOIN A Registered Student OrganizationCampus has 20+ student organizations focused on sustainability and the environment - from solarhomes to urban farming. Find more on how to getinvolved at bit.ly/uofigreengroups.
Follow Illinois’ Institute for Sustainability, Energy,and Environment for the even more news andways to get involved.
ENGAGE WITH iSEE ONLINE
WOrk on A Campus sustainability ProjectGet real-world training while solving sustainability challenges using campus as a lab. You can earn
course credit for making an impact! For moreinformation, visit bit.ly/uofigreenprojects.
