Category Archives: Community

City Eyes Bike Lanes to Wesleyan

As reported by The Pantagraph, the city of Bloomington is considering bike lane markings to better connect the Constitution Trail, downtown and Illinois Wesleyan’s campus. Also reported by WGLT Radio.

Bloomington Mayor and IWU Political Science Professor Tari Renner supports the initiative. Illinois Wesleyan Bike Committee Chair Michael Gorman ’10 also is a member of the local bike advocacy group, Bike BloNo, which is backing the proposal.

 

Senators Barickman and Brady Recycling Fair

Saturday, Oct. 12
 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Illinois State University Alumni Center parking lot
1101 N. Main, Normal

13 Barickman-Brady Recycling FLYER

 

Join Illinois senators Jason Barickman and Bill Brady (both Republicans from Bloomington) for a community recycling event. Co-sponsors Habitat for Humanity of McLean County, the Ecology Action Center and other participants will be on hand to accept gently used items. Informational legislative brochures will also be available.

Items to Recycle:

  • Electronics (usable or unusable condition)
  • Housewares
  • Household batteries
  • CFL light bulbs
  • Infant’s and children’s clothing
  • Women’s clothing
  • Cell phones
  • Flags
  • Prescription medications
  • Paper (for shredding)
  • Food and toiletries for the Home Sweet Home Ministries

Items that will NOT be accepted:

  • Tires
  • Oil & chemicals
  • Cardboard
  • Glass
  • Paint
  • Propane
  • No commercial loads accepted – residential only

 

Raising Awareness

Director of Grants and Foundation Relations Carlo Robustelli, who is a member of the McLean County Board, and Tari Renner, mayor of Bloomington, were among local officials who spoke during an “I Will Act on Climate” press conference last month. See The Pantagraph report.

Good To Go Commuter Challenge

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.

Mega Recycling Event

Mega Recycling Event 

Saturday, April 13
Northeast corner of the Shirk Center Parking Lot

During the Illinois Sustainable Living & Wellness Expo

Ready for some spring cleaning? Start clearing out your garage, basement and closets. We’ll help you recycle many things at once:
– Electronics
– Household Batteries
– Clothing and textiles
– Shoes
– Compact Fluorescent Bulbs
– Plastic Garden Pots
– Bicycles
– Terracycle items

Free residential document shredding will be available courtesy of Confidential Onsite Paper Shredding.

Locally Funded Hazardous Waste Collection a Success

The Ecology Action Center announced that the Sept. 29 Household Hazardous Waste Collection at the Interstate Center in Bloomington drew an unprecedented 1,951 cars carrying the wastes of nearly 3,000 area households and disposed of 161,640 pounds of hazardous waste materials. Members of the Illinois Wesleyan community, including Environmental Studies students, were among the volunteers.

This was the first Household Hazardous Waste event in McLean County to be funded completely by local resources. The Ecology Action Center led fundraising efforts for this private/public partnership, ultimately raising $143,079 to cover the full costs of the effort. Read more.