Next SECS Meeting This Wednesday at 6:30! 🌱

Happy Monday! We missed all of you last week, but we’re back. Thank you to everyone who came out to help with pumpkin composting; it was a smashing success! We composted around 200 pumpkins, or the rough equivalent of 246.5 pounds of methane, or 136 trash bags of waste recycled instead of landfilled.

This week we’ll be having a letter writing event during our general meeting to drum up support for the University of Illinois System Fossil Free Addendum. There will be food available on a first-come, first-serve basis, so arrive early! We encourage everyone to bring their own paper and pens.

This meeting will be Wednesday, November 8th, at 6:30 p.m. at the Channing Murray Foundation (1209 W. Oregon Street).

Show up on Wednesday! Go green or go HOME!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sign these petitions!

Demand a new Environmental Impact Statement for the Dakota Access Pipeline here.

Tell Hyatt not to host the American Petroleum Institute conference in Chicago this month here. A rally in Chicago will be happening to support this cause on Thursday, November 16th from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Find out more information here.

Visit TORIIS and take action!

TORIIS.earth is an organization that makes transparent the University of Illinois Systems inves tments 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!
Two episodes of the SECS talk are now out! The second episode features Evan Lemberger from the Kingfisher Task Force, a student group pushing for the kingfisher to become our official mascot. Listen here.

Environmental Leadership Program Deadline Extended!
The application deadline has been extended for iSEE’s Environmental Leadership Program to midnight tonight! This awesome program gives environmentalists like yourself a chance to lobby at the state level for important environmental issues. Program space is limited, so apply tonight! For any questions, email Andres Vazquez at [email protected].

ActGreen x Illinois Business Council Clothing Swap!

ActGreen and IBC are doing a thrift swap on Sunday, November 12th, at Siebel Center for Design (SCD) from 12-5pm! Bring clothes that you would donate and swap with other clothes for free! (If you bring 3 items you can swap for another 3). Anything that is left at 5 pm will be donated to participating organizations.

Waste management documentary screening November 11th!

This Saturday, November 11th, from 6:30-8pm, there will be a screening of a documentary concerning waste management in India in Siebel Center for Design Room 1000. Come out to support the first screening!

Interested in a new spring course? Take ACE 499: Climate Change Economics and Policy!

Interested in a Sierra Club calendar? Order today!
Support the Sierra Club by buying an idyllic calendar for a good cause. Reach out to [email protected] for more information or to place an order.

Sign the petition to save Weaver Park!

Weaver Park is a natural landscape in east Urbana that is currently at risk of being converted into soccer and baseball fields. To protect this park with inherent value, sign this petition.

Illini Lights Out is Back!

Join the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment this fall semester in conserving energy! The Institute looks for students to help turn off lights in campus buildings on Friday night to help save energy over the weekend. Go here for more information and to sign up!

If you’ve read this far, give some consideration to clicking right here for this week’s surprise. Come again!

Contact Us!
President — Danika Ford (she/her)
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Vice Presidents — Alex Chavez (he/him) & Rudy LaFave (he/him)
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Treasurer — Averhy Sanborn (she/her)
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Secretary — Julia San Miguel (she/her)
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Action Coordinator — Trey McCallister (he/him)
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Education Officer — Claire Sullivan (she/her)
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Media Officer — Sophia Beem (she/her)
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer — Fatima Naveed (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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Outreach Coordinator — Izzy Wilder (she/her)
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