Sustainable Transportation and Grounds in UIC - University of ...

Report to UIC 47 Chancellor’s Committee on Sustainability and Energy
• Campus events that celebrate the importance of
environmental stewardship and engage faculty, staff,
alumni, and student volunteer labor (worth an estimated
$18 per hour) to plant trees, shrubs, groundcover, and
flowers; apply mulch; pull weeds; pick up trash; teach,
and reduce costs.
• Workshops, lectures, classes, and other learning projects
that generate revenue by charging admission or a
registration fee while providing opportunities to engage
the campus and community in activities that demonstrate
the benefits of trees to the environment (Selling trees
through the National Arbor Day Foundation is another
opportunity to raise funds.)
• Assist Project Learning Tree or other programs centered
around trees in training teachers at schools near your
campus or organize training for your school’s College of
Education.
• Other tree-related service learning or educational
programs for students.
• Partnership with State forestry departments on regional
projects.
• Educational projects such as a Nature Explore
Classroom for young children at an early childhood
development center on your campus or in your
community.
• Establish campus arboreta.
• Create partnerships to manage community natural
resource.
• Implement long-term natural resource management in
the State's cities and towns by coordinating internships
with the urban forestry or parks department in your
community.
5. UIC should explore the possibility of obtaining funds for:
• Incorporating the development of the quality,
surroundings, access paths, lighting and safety of transit
amenities and stops into a sustainable landscape plan.
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