Topic: Climate Change

Do you value opportunities to catch and eat fish? Swim in ponds or rivers? Opportunities to do these things depend on people to stand up for clean water.

Progress on Illinois Climate Action Plan is a focus at U of I Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment

Photovoltaic solar panels are going up all over Champaign-Urbana, from the Mass Transit District to churches and homes

Recreational activities like fishing and wildlife spotting on rivers like the The Salt Fork River—and rivers like it across the country— can serve as a reminder that these rivers were once treated by industry as sewers and rendered unfit for use by wildlife or people. But during the course of just a few decades, they’ve come back, thanks in large part to the federal Clean Water Act that forced polluters to take responsibility for their waste.

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

Brian Sauder is the executive director Faith in Place, a statewide nonprofit whose mission is “to help people of faith understand that issues of ecology and economy—of care for Creation—are at the forefront of social justice.”

Twenty-one U of I undergraduates in the Earth, Society and Environmental Sustainability program studied the complexity of sustainability - from how CO2 in the atmosphere affects coral organisms to the effects of different methods of coffee growth and cultivation