ARC’s Peace Garden project invites all interested faculty and staff to build a better world … by starting in the garden!

We are asking for your assistance for a few hours in the coming month.

Do you have a few hours to volunteer at the peace garden?

Please click on the sign-up link below, and we will meet you at the garden on the day and time specified. The garden is located at the corner of Francis and Prospect in Normal – or just west of the Immanuel Bible Foundation tower off of Fell Avenue.

Come help us build a better world one vegetable at a time. You will also enjoy some camaraderie and get your hands dirty. How can you resist this offer?

The link to sign up is www.SignUpGenius.com/go/9040F44ABAC29AB9-iwupeace

Contact jsimeone@iwu.edu if you have any questions.

IWU Wellness encourages members of the campus community to consider participating in this year’s Commuter Challenge, a program of WGLT Radio and Illinois State University’s Office of Sustainability.

The challenge encourages the use of sustainable transportation for personal and environmental health and well-being. Anyone who logs at least one sustainable commute during the week is eligible for a $200 Visa gift card drawing.

For more information, visit wglt.org/goodtogo/

You can sign up as an individual, or join the Illinois Wesleyan team (we’re listed as a participating organization). Register here.

Any type of sustainable transportation can be applied during the challenge, which runs May 11-17.

If you have additional questions, contact Wellness Program Director Missy Smock at ext. 3334 or msmock@iwu.edu.

Carolyn Ashley ’14 works with students from the nearby Christ the King Community Preschool, who spent a morning digging, weeding and planting in the IWU Peace Garden.

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As students move out of the residence halls, their textiles and household items will be collected to benefit Home Sweet Home Ministries.

This program was initiated in spring 2012 by Leadership McLean County. A similar collection during move-in days in the fall collected and recycled more than 700 pounds of cardboard.

Batteries, cell phones and ink cartridges can be recycled on campus at either residence hall desks or the Information Technology Services House.

Additionally, ITS will accept old cell phones and ink cartridges. University departments can have these items sent to ITS for disposal.

Just 6 months after installation, two hydration stations at Illinois Wesleyan have diverted the equivalent of more than 32,000 16-ounce, one-time-use water bottles.

Through the efforts of Student Senate, Sierra Student Coalition and Physical Plant, the two hydration stations were installed in the fall of 2012 in the Presser Hall main lobby and the Center for Natural Science lobby, to provide students convenient access to filtered water and reduce single-use water bottles on campus.

8:30-9:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 23 

The campus community is invited to participate in Earth Hour 2013 by turning off nonessential lights and equipment for one hour, in a symbolic effort to raise awareness about how energy efficiency and conservation can help reduce the impacts of global climate change.

Don’t throw it away! Give it away!

In the tradition of Ecology Action Center’s semi-annual FREE-4-ALL, we will be creating an opportunity to give away your unwanted stuff and to take what you like — for free.

Here are the rules:
- Household Items — Knick-knacks, lamps, vases, paintings, prints etc. Items must be clean and in good condition.
- No large furniture.
- Men’s & women’s clothing. (Adult sizes only. Clothes must be clean and in good shape.)

For the Kids — FREE-4-ALL Toy Giveaway!
Bring in your gently used toys to give away to others. Toys must be in good shape (all parts and pieces, etc.) and clean.

Please bring items that deserve a second life to the Wellness Office by Friday, April 5.

Please contact us with questions or if you need help with pick-up, ext. 3334 or wellness@iwu.edu.

Donated items will be available at the Illinois Sustainable Living & Wellness Expo
on Saturday, April 13
9 a.m.-4 p.m.,
Shirk Center

- The IWU Peace Garden is now making weekly deliveries of greens to Station Two Twenty. Danny Kenny ’13 reported at the Feb. 28 GREENetwork meeting that the owner-chefs have visited the garden and are excited about the partnership.

- Student Senate awarded funding to the Sierra Student Coalition to explore the installation of hydration stations in The Ames Library and Hansen Student Center. Hydration stations provide filtered water and encourage the use of refillable water bottles instead of plastic.

The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is also investigating the feasibility of installing a hydration station in the Shirk Center.

Hydration stations have previously been installed in Presser Hall and CNS, and will be available in State Farm Hall.