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.
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
Over the 2017 fall semester on Illinois State University’s campus, the Sustainability Office implemented a new initiative called the ISU Tailgate Recycling Initiative.
Hey, Redbirds! We are excited to announce that the new Redbird Adventure Center is in the final stages of preparation before it opens this coming Fall semester.
With the Emerald Ash Borer feasting on ash trees, the ISU Grounds Team has been busy this year clearing 118 trees damaged by these insects (and other causes) while planting 104 new ones.
At the end of June, Illinois State’s Recycling Center added a baler to expand its ability to reduce, reuse, and recycle initiative.
The Department of Geography, Geology, and the Environment will host F. Ed Harvey, Ph.D, the 2017 Birdsall-Dreiss lecturer, at 3 p.m. Wednesday, September 20, as part of its GGGeo colloquium series.
Inga Winkler will present “Water and Sanitation in the 21st Century: A Human Rights Perspective on Domestic and International Challenges” at 7 p.m. Thursday, September 28, in the Prairie Room of the Bone Student Center.
