Bring any unwanted electronics, clothes, and shoes for recycling to this year’s edition of Healthy You Healthy Earth, the annual wellness and sustainability fair.
Tag: Sustainability
Student interns learn money talks in ‘green’ business world
The Illinois Green Business Association uses student interns from Illinois State to help local businesses get certified for using sustainable practices.
Students take lead role in revamped campus computer recycling
There’s a lot of high-tech equipment in the back of this Illinois State warehouse—stuff with cool names like the Degausser and KillDisk—but the most impressive sight is a simple dry erase board.
Updated eRecycling program boosts sustainability initiative
The Administrative Technologies eRecycling program saved 3,421.73 pounds of technology equipment from hitting the landfills in July alone, resulting in University savings of $223,829.
Students brainstorm project ideas at Climate Change Day
Illinois State’s first Climate Change Day started with a Nobel Prize-winning climate scientist and ended with a small group of likeminded students kicking around real ideas for on-campus sustainability projects.
RSO Commuter Challenge puts PR majors to work
A group of Illinois State students are putting their PR skills to good use this week, challenging their peers to take part in some friendly commuter competition by carpooling, walking, or riding their bikes.
No impact man lecture
Yesterday, I attended a lecture by Colin Beavan, the author of No Impact Man: The Adventure of a Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet and the Discoveries He Makes about Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process at Illinois Wesleyan. In the book, he describes his experimental project where he and his family tried