Elisabeth Reed has been named as program director for Illinois State University’s Office of Sustainability, effective June 3. Reed is currently an instructional assistant professor in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences.
The Lorax would have been preaching to the choir at Illinois State University. The hero of Dr. Suess’ eponymously titled children’s fable, who “speaks for the trees” and who fought in vain to stop the Once-ler’s destruction of his beloved Truffulas, may have even found a new home in the Fell Arboretum, with its thousands of trees representing 154 species. Either way, his message in support of sustainability would have definitely struck a chord with Missy Nergard.
Serving as a grounds foreman at Illinois State, Bill Koos sat down to talk about snow removal, teamwork, global landscape design, and the beauty of a first impression.
Saturday, October 27 marked the second tailgate recycling initiative of the year.
October 6 marked the first tailgate recycling initiative of the 2018 season held by the Illinois State University Office of Sustainability and sponsored by the Student Sustainability Committee. Although the weather was less than desirable and kept many tailgaters away, the group was excited and grateful to see how readily the Redbird tailgaters took on
Students and groups engaged in helping the community were honored last spring at the third annual Civic Engagement Celebration.
Over the 2017 fall semester on Illinois State University’s campus, the Sustainability Office implemented a new initiative called the ISU Tailgate Recycling Initiative.
A new program is giving Illinois State students an opportunity to get a head start on their careers while helping the community.
Illinois State University has received the 2017 Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Campus Sustainability Achievement Award for its Fix It Friday Program.
At the end of June, Illinois State’s Recycling Center added a baler to expand its ability to reduce, reuse, and recycle initiative.
