High school students and incoming UIUC freshman participated in a summer classroom exercise called “Sustainable Futures” - their challenge was to save money for themselves and save the earth at the same time
The Woody Perennial Polyculture site at U of I's South Farms employs principles of what is known as permaculture - taking advantage of natural systems rather than constant technological intervention, replacing annual crops with perennial ones, and replacing monoculture with a diverse, complementary suite of crops
Conor Neal has been working to figure out how phosphorous is transported from the surrounding landscape into tributaries and then on to larger rivers