Announcement

EPA hosts the Annual P3 (People, Prosperity, and the Planet) Award competition. EPA and its 40 partners launched the P3 Award in 2004 to respond to the challenges of the developed and developing world in moving toward sustainability. This national competition enables college students to research, develop and design scientific, technical and policy solutions to sustainability challenges. Their designs are helping to achieve the mutual goals of economic prosperity while providing a higher quality of life and protecting the planet. Students and their faculty advisors compete for EPA's P3 Award and the opportunity of up to an additional $75,000 in funding to move their designs to the marketplace or implement them in the field.

Apply to fund your project by September 26, 2008

The Student Sustainability Committee (formerly the Student Clean Energy Committee) requests proposals to use the $2 Student Clean Energy Technology Fee and the $5 Sustainability Fee to fund sustainability, energy efficiency and renewable energy projects on campus.

Current projects supported in part by the fee:

Where: Latzer Hall in the University YMCA
When: Wednesday, May 7th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 noon

Be a part of the Champaign-Urbana Sustainability Coalition: Make your voice heard!

This coalition will bring together leaders working toward the sustainability of our community. This diverse group involves student and community leaders, UIUC faculty and is looking to broaden to include local business owners, religious leaders, and younger students.

Free lunch from Chipotle to follow.

Please email Ari Sahagun (sahagun2 [at] uiuc [dot] edu) if you plan to attend.

Speakers will include:

• Chancellor Richard Herman, on the importance of sustainability
• A panel of three University professors who will speak on sustainability from their own academic perspectives: ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, and SOCIAL.

Agenda:

When: May 5 to May 23, 2008

The University YMCA will soon begin collecting (sorting, and packing) items for this year's Dump & Run! However, we need volunteers! Please email Kasey Umland (kasey [at] universityymca [dot] org) if you are able to volunteer during any of the times listed below.

When: Tuesday, April 29, 2008, 12 noon to 2 PM
Where: 403B Engineering Hall

Professor Benito Marinas invites EWB students to a seminar by CEE 449 students jointly with students from Universidad de Las Americas-Puebla (UDLA-P). They will present their design recommendation for a Sustainable Water Supply
System for the Rural Community of Los Llanos located in the State of Puebla, Mexico. The design project for this year
involved for the first time a site visit to UDLA-P and field trips to the target community of Los Llanos.

Students planning to take CEE 449 should especially consider attending this seminar, as well as students taking any other sustainability classes. Professor Marinas would also appreciate any feedback about the seminar, the design, and the international experience for future improvements.

Thursday, April 24th 7:30pm: Carolyn Treadway presents: Awakening from our Trance: Reversing Global Climate Change”

This event takes place at the CHANNING-MURRAY FOUNDATION