EWB March General Meeting 

The General Meeting will be March 9th from 7-8PM in 151 Everitt Lab. We will have be having an EOH Preview to highlight the cool things EWB members are working on for EOH. So come to the meeting to hear about project updates from the last month and see a glimpse of the great things EWB members will be presenting at EOH!

Calling Presentations for the General Meeting

Are you working on a project or demonstration for EOH? If so, we'd like to hear about it at the next general meeting. Please create a single slide highlighting what you will be presenting at EOH, and send it to Emily Meyer (meyer15 [at] illinois [dot] edu">meyer15 [at] illinois [dot] edu) by Friday March 5th to be included in the general meeting. Anyone who presents will earn points for their EWB project towards the distribution of the Shell grant this semester. Once again, if you're presenting anything at EOH, we'd love for you to present a slide about it at the general meeting!

Vote on Green Campus Fee Tomorrow:

Don't forget to vote March 2nd and 3rd!  Engineers Without Borders UIUC has endorsed the referendum to increase the Sustainable Campus Fee which has funded EWB projects such as Biodiesel and the Wind Turbine Project.  Vote at: vote.illinois.edu

Sustainable Campus Referendum

EWB has endorsed the Sustainable Campus Referendum to increase the Student Sustainability Fee from $5 to $14. We encourage you to vote for this referendum in the coming student elections on March 2nd and 3rd. This fee is used to fund sustainable projects across campus. If you would like to learn more about the projects that this referendum will support, visit this link: http://sustainability.illinois.edu/ssc/projects.shtml.  To vote, follow this link once voting opens at noon on March 2nd. https://www-s.vote.illinois.edu/. 

Nobel Prize Laureate Speaking on Campus

On Monday March 1, 2010, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Muhammad Yunus, will be giving a public talk on social entrepreneurship in the 21st century at 7PM in Foellinger Auditorium.  There will also be a poster session and book signing (for his best-selling books, 'Banker to the Poor' and 'Creating a World Without Poverty') at 4 PM at the Business Instructional Facility Common Area.  
 
We hope you take this rare and unique opportunity to meet Muhammad Yunus and learn about how creativity and innovation will change the lives of billions in the developing world.
 
For more information, please visit www.se-21.com.

Energy Audit Training

Would you like to learn how to perform an Energy Audit? Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) and Illinois Green Business Association (IGBA) are hosting an Energy Audit Training Seminar on Saturday April 10th followed by a session to shadow experienced auditors on Sunday April 18th. If you are interested, contact Jennifer Koys at jennifer [dot] koys [at] gmail [dot] com (jennifer [dot] koys [at] gmail [dot] com) by March 4th so that they can effectively plan the event.

University YMCA Bailey Scholarship Program

The University YMCA will begin accepting application for the Fred S. Bailey Scholarship beginning March 1.  Each year, The University YMCA awards over $100,000 to University of Illinois students working to improve their communities. Incoming freshmen, sophomores, and juniors are eligible to receive an award of $3000.  Students are eligible to receive this award only once, but may reapply as seniors for the Bailey Leadership Awards.  The Bailey Leadership Awards are $5000 awards given each year to four exceptional upcoming seniors who have made a demonstrated impact on the University of Illinois campus during their initial three years on campus in one of the following areas: Social Justice, Environment, Faith Based, and International. For more information, please visit:www.universityymca.org/bailey

UPCOMING EVENTS & DEADLINES
March 1 : 2010-2011 Bailey Scholarship Application is available.
March 2: Bailing Scholarship Info Session, University YMCA | 6:30 pm
March 10: Bailey Scholarship Info Session, University YMCA | 5 pm

April 16: Deadline to apply 

EWB DAY!!!

Saturday, Februrary 27th 106B6 Engineering Hall:

12:00pm - 1:00pm : Discussion about community and facilitation by Maren Somers.  Lunch served
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Water testing methods with demonstration by Joe Sawa
1:30pm - 1:45pm: Discussion on water treatment types by Kim Parker
1:45pm - 3:30pm: Hands on building of a bio-sand filter by Kim Parker

A limited number of lunches will be provided on a first come first served basis.  RSVP to Eric Green (ewgreen [at] illinois [dot] edu (ewgreen [at] illinois [dot] edu)) by Wednesday,  February 24th, to guarantee a lunch. 

The Scholarship of Sustainability:

Thursday, Feb. 25 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm

Gregory Hall 213

This week's lecture and discussion will feature the following topic and speakers:

Topic:  The Roles and Limits of Environmental Science

Science is a vital tool in helping us understand the natural world and our effects on it, yet in the environmental arena are we expecting too much of scientists? What functions can science perform and what tasks are outside its scope? Further, how reliable is science, particularly scientific theories based on observations from the surrounding world rather than on controlled laboratory experiments? And do we err by focusing so much on what we know from science without appreciating the vast gaps in our understanding?

Featured Speakers:

Professor Bruce Rhoads, Geography

Professor Wes Jarrell, NRES, Environmental Change Institute

Professor Tom Bassett, Geography

We invite all students, faculty, staff, and members of the community to attend!

For more information, please visit:  http://www.sustainability.illinois.edu

Benefit Concert at Canopy Club

Friday February 26th- The Green Observer and EWB will be hosting a benefit concert at The Canopy Club. Tickets will be $6 and the show starts at 6pm. Bands include: Roses 'n' Sake, The Floor Lovers Illinois, Matt Glista, and a special performance by Toxic Motion Dance Company. We hope everyone can make it! 

Chance to Travel to Uganda for a Water Project

Invisible Conflicts is looking for people interested in traveling to Uganda this summer to evaluate a possible water project. Anyone interested is invited to email Jessica atloiacono [dot] j [at] gmail [dot] com (loiacono [dot] j [at] gmail [dot] com) and come to an informational trip meeting this Thursday, Feb. 25 at 8:30 in Murphy Lounge of the University YMCA.  

EWB-UIUC is a student program of the University YMCA

EWB-UIUC is a student program of the University YMCA. Since 1873 the
University YMCA has sponsored programs, organizations and activities
dedicated to fostering ethical and principled leadership.  Leadership
that is dedicated to building a better world, better human relations
and better care for the Earth.