A $500,000 grant from the U.S. Steel and American Bottom Conservancy trust fund will enable Southwestern Illinois College to install an array of solar panels at its Sam Wolf Granite City Campus to reduce the college’s carbon footprint and provide an educational resource for students and the community. “This is a very exciting opportunity to […]

EDWARDSVILLE – Building Illinois’ Bioeconomy Consortium (BIB) student Donald Jackson has received the prestigious Kathy Bryan Memorial Scholarship from BBI International, a company that produces and manages globally recognized bioenergy publications and events. A student at Southeastern Illinois College (SIC) in Harrisburg, Ill., Jackson was awarded one of two $2,000 memorial scholarships. They are distributed […]

We are excited to announce our new Environmental Studies Concentration, being offered to students as of this fall. This 19-semester-hour program provides an interdisciplinary framework that promotes understanding of humanity’s impact on the natural environment and how the natural environment impacts human development; a critical appreciation of the importance of sustainability; and the central importance […]

Lincoln Land Community College received a gift of two honey bee hives this summer that were installed on campus just in time for the start of the fall semester. The interest in bringing the bees to campus stemmed from a collaborative effort between the Sustainability Committee, Facilities Services, and Community Education. Non-credit beginner and advanced […]

Harper College has started a program to collect and redistribute reusable office supplies among employees and departments. Harper’s campus is going through renovations and department moves and with these moves comes a lot of cleaning out and getting rid of unwanted items. This new waste management program saves office supplies of all shapes and sizes […]

The College of Lake County (CLC) is experiencing an exciting period of development and growth. New construction and renovations on all three campuses will greatly contribute to the sustainability of the college and include geothermal heating and cooling, a new science building with LEED Platinum certification, bioswales for enhanced storm water management, and native landscaping. […]

This summer, fifteen students from the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences came to Wright College to attend a six-week urban agriculture class entitled “Ecology Entrepreneurship.” The class was led by professor emeritus, Dr. Victoria Cooper, of Wright’s Environmental Technology Department and was intended to help students learn about the changing public interest in agricultural […]