Students, along with faculty, staff and their children (age 10 and older) are invited to participate in the Renewable Fashion Challenge Fashion Show during the Illinois Sustainable Living and Wellness Expo on April 13, 2013.
Participants should visit area thrift, resale, or consignment shops to find pieces for their outfit. The Grand Prize winner will receive a prize package worth over $100! See the details.
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Modern amenities in the new classroom building will include drinking fountains (pictured at right) designed for the easy filling of reusable bottles. A photo gallery of the construction also includes a peak at some of the complex plumbing involved in the geothermal heating and cooling system.
The building is being constructed to be consistent with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building standards.
Let’s start preparing now for a better Illinois Wesleyan showing in this year’s Good to Go Commuter Challenge, May 11-17, 2013.
If you’re intimidated at the prospect of commuting by bike, consider registering for the Bike Buddies program. You’ll be paired with an experienced bike commuter to guide you.
Check out Good to Go online for other helpful resources to reduce the impact of your transportation habits year-round.
Based on campus response, textile recycling has been expanded to include collection at the Hansen Student Center, at the front desk of the Memorial Center, and at residence hall desks, in addition to the collection bin at Wellness. Donations benefit Home Sweet Home Ministries (HSHM).
This is a convenient way to drop off unwanted clothing, textiles and shoes. These items will go back to HSHM to be sorted. Usable items will be sold at the Mission Mart, and items past their useful life will be recycled into new textiles and goods. All the proceeds from these efforts go to assist the homeless members of our community.
The Mission is unable to provide a receipt for items dropped off in campus bins. If you need a receipt for your donation, you can take your items to the Mission Mart at 303 E. Oakland Ave., or the Warehouse at 1700 W. Washington in Bloomington.
The GREENetwork is a volunteer group of students, staff and faculty who meet regularly to discuss the status of sustainability on our campus, celebrate the improvements that are being made, and look for new ways to increase efforts across the University.
All are invited to take part. Email cteich@iwu.edu to receive meeting notices when the spring schedule is determined.
Pending plans for the renovation of the Dugout area in the Memorial Center will offer more sustainable options, including trayless serving, as already incorporated in the Bertholf Commons.
Plans include more easily accessible hydration stations for refilling reusable water bottles, and juice served in cups to reduce single-use plastic bottles.
Renovation plans also will incorporate more effective ways of dealing with waste, including single-stream recycling and composting.
In other sustainability initiatives, Sodexo recently served a meal featuring potatoes and herbs from the inaugural growing season at the IWU Peace Garden.
The electric car charging stations at the Minor Myers, jr. Welcome Center are seeing use, as noted with a Twitter pic from Admissions.
In a testimonial from one of our own, Information Literacy Librarian Chris Sweet felt “empowered” to choose a new electric vehicle (pictured) because of the charging station.
As reported in The Pantagraph, the Nov. 17 MegaRecycling Event at Illinois Wesleyan drew an estimated double the number of participants compared to last year. The event was also featured on WMBD/WYZZ TV.
The Illinois Wesleyan community is invited to take this survey for senior Jennifer Twiddy’s research project regarding textiles and donations on campus.
As part of an Environmental Studies senior seminar project, a survey has been designed with the aim of understanding the Bloomington-Normal community’s knowledge and awareness of household hazardous waste.
The responses collected will help determine what needs to be addressed regarding household hazardous waste in order to protect our health and the environment.
Please help by taking this survey.