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Award-winning documentary “Bag It” comes to the Illinois Sustainable...
The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC), a division of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is hosting a screening of the award-winning...
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Grand Opening of the Indoor Climate Research & Training Facility
The ICRT Grand Opening Welcome Banner The new Indoor Climate Research & Training (ICRT) program training facility was completed earlier this month and ISTC hosted an invitation only Grand Opening...
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Orange and Blue Go Green
The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) participated in several events during the 2012 UI Sustainability Week, October 22-26, 2012. The center was one of the stops on the Sustainability...
View ArticleSustainability Seminar Series: Sustainable Electronics
The Sustainability Seminar Series continues with “Sustainable Electronics: Lessons Learned from the RoHS and the Pb-free Transition” by Dr. Carol Handwerker (Reinhardt Schuhmann Jr. Professor of...
View ArticleIllinois Biochar Group Meeting – Fall 2012
The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) is getting ready to host its fall Illinois Biochar Group meeting. Meetings are held three times a year and are usually located at ISTC. The Illinois...
View Article2012 Illinois Governor’s Sustainability Awards
A pair of environmental recognition programs have joined together to honor Illinois organizations that have accomplished significant achievements in protecting the environment and helping to sustain...
View ArticleLandfill Harmonic: An Inspirational Story
In Cateura, Paraguay (South America) there is extreme poverty. The people make most of their living from collecting sellable items from the huge landfill near their town, and drug addictions and gang...
View ArticleSustainability Seminar Series: February 2013
ISTC will host two more seminars this month. Feb. 14 noon – 1 pm CST Sustainable Use of Algae Biomass for a Swedish Bio-based Economy Dr. Fredrik Grondahl – Associate Professor at the KTH Royal...
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2013 Naturally Illinois Expo
The Prairie Research Institute presents the fifth annual Naturally Illinois Expo on March 8-9, 2013, on the University of Illinois Urbana campus. Families, teachers, and students of all ages are...
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Midwest Biochar Conference
Biochar continues to fascinate researchers as a net-carbon negative fuel source and soil amenity which continues to surprise the scientific community. The Illinois Biochar Group, in conjunction with...
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Tips for Greening Your Major
This post was co-authored by Laura Barnes, Elizabeth Luber, and Lauren Murphy. These days we hear a lot about “Green” energy or “Sustainable” products, but what do “Green” and “Sustainable” really...
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Pollution Prevention Week – Sept. 15-21
This year marks the 24th anniversary of the federal Pollution Prevention Act, which declares: “pollution should be prevented or reduced at the source whenever feasible.” This week is Pollution...
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Add Sustainability to your Spring 2015 Class Schedule
As you’re thinking about classes for Spring 2015, consider adding sustainability to your schedule. Use our August post, “Tips for Greening Your Major,” as a starting point. Sustainability diagram...
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9 Ways to have a Waste Free Holiday
Reduce the quantity of food served. Holiday season means fun andfood with friends and family. We all want to impress our guest with a lavish display of food but then we are left with the dreaded left...
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Researcher Spotlight: Joy Scrogum
Joy Scrogum has been a sustainability professional for over 13 years, with ISTC’s public engagement and technical assistance programs. Joy has provided support for the Great Lakes Regional Pollution...
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World Water Day (or rather Water Month!)
As population increases, the demand for clean, fresh water will also rise, making existing supplies a very precious resource in Illinois and other parts of the US. Groundwater supplies are being...
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World Water Day – March 22
Now more than ever water is becoming a critical resource around the globe. Increasing water shortages are predicted as more water is used by a growing world population and rainfall patterns are...
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ISTC for the Gold!
Bobby Knight – 1984 U.S.A. men’s Olympic basketball coach – said, “The key is not the will to win. Everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.” This statement is very true...
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PCBs are “Permabanned” from Clinton Landfill
In the gaming world, a player caught cheating, using derogatory language, or other equally bad behavior will be “permabanned” or permanently banned from using the site where the bad behavior occurred....
View ArticlePAHs in IL River Sediment – New Technical Report
From where could the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Illinois River sediments have come? Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a grant from the Hazardous Waste...
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