Oct 3, 2024 | iSEE Research, News, News Releases
Conventional food and agricultural production systems employ a linear “take, make, waste” approach: taking natural resources from the Earth to make food and fuel, generating waste that contaminates the soil and water, and emitting harmful pollutants. More recently, a...
Sep 13, 2024 | iSEE Research, News, News Releases, Seed Funded Projects, Uncategorized
Existing global energy projections underestimate the impact of climate change on urban heating and cooling systems by roughly 50% by 2099 if greenhouse gas emissions remain high, researchers report. This disparity could profoundly affect critical sustainable energy...
Sep 12, 2024 | Campus Sustainability, News, SWATeams, Transportation
The University of Illinois community has made steady progress and encountered a fair share of challenges on the road to its goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 — a target set out by the Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP). However, keeping that central...
Sep 3, 2024 | News, Uncategorized
As the inaugural recipient of iSEE’s Doug and Dawn Sitton Award, University of Illinois senior Rudy LaFave won a paid internship to work with the Illinois Environmental Council (IEC) on lobbying efforts during the Illinois General Assembly’s spring legislative...
Jun 11, 2024 | iSEE Research, News, News Releases, Seed Funded Projects
An interdisciplinary proposal for a “Future Metropolis Initiative” — to address urban climate threats and make cities more sustainable — has been awarded a two-year, $50,000 planning grant from the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE)....