Next SECS Meeting This Wednesday at 6:30! 🌱

Thanks to everyone who came camping with us over the weekend! If you didn’t get a chance to come, don’t fret! We go every semester and will be back at it in the fall. Stick around after Wednesday’s meeting this week for a group feedback session about what went well and what didn’t this year. All perspectives are welcome!

Here’s what our wonderful working groups are up to this week for our last non-social meeting of the semester:

Fossil Free Addendum will follow up on the upcoming subject matter hearing.

Action will be reflecting on a successful semester and brainstorming next steps.

Media will tie up plarn loose ends.

Circular Fashion Expo will practice their speech!

Solidarity Gardens will be planting in the garden beds.

Join us this Wednesday, April 30th at 6:30 p.m. at the Channing Murray Foundation (1209 W. Oregon Street) for our next meeting.

🚨WAIT, THERE’S MORE!🚨

Sign Up to Maintain Red Herring Garden Over the Summer!

If you’re going to be here over the summer and are interested in the upkeep of the Red Herring garden (right out front of Channing Murray) please sign up here! We could use everyone’s help to maintain this beautiful space.

CFE Clothes Collection Begins!

If you have clothes you’re desperately looking to be free of during spring cleaning, look no further! The Circular Fashion Expo is collecting clothing for the clothing swap on May 3rd during the expo. You can bring these clothes to collection boxes at the PAR front lobby, the Channing Murray Foundation, and the ISR front lobby until Thursday, May 1st. This is a great way to keep fashion circular and turn your trash into someone else’s new treasure!

Check out the Green Observer on the SECS Website!

The Winter 2025 edition of the Green Observer is on a brand new page of the SECS website! Read it at your leisure here.

Fossil Free Friday!

This Friday, from 2-3pm at the Channing Murray Foundation, come to Fossil Free Friday to advance the divestment movement.

Show up on Wednesday! Go green or go HOME!

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OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

Volunteer Opportunities with the Champaign County Audubon Society

Available positions are secretary, webmaster, program chair, membership coordinator, newsletter editor, and member at large (4 available). If anyone is interested, wants to learn more, or has any questions, they can email [email protected] or go to https://www.champaigncountyaudubon.org/volunteer.

Come to Illini Lights Out!

Sign up to help turn off lights in campus buildings and save energy on May 2nd here!

Visit TORIIS and take action

TORIIS.earth is an organization that makes transparent the University of Illinois Systems investments and visualizes this data through an environmental lens. Throughout TORIIS, you can explore in depth the University of Illinois Systems’ investments, understand the scope and impact of its investments in the fossil fuel industry, and take action by signing the open letter requesting fossil fuel divestment from the University of Illinois.

Listen to the SECS talk
Listen here to our sustainability-focused podcast, the SECS talk! The most recent episode’s guest is Lina Avalos, a student at UIUC and an environmental justice advocate from the Southeast side of Chicago.

If you’ve read this far, consider clicking here for the song of the week.

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Secretary — Julia San Miguel (she/her)
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Community Chair — Joya Weissman (she/her)
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Land Management Chair — Liam Henry (he/him)
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer — Fatima Naveed (she/her)
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