Greener Events. Greener Illinois.
How to Green-Certify Your Event
1. Select a Green Team Leader
It helps to have one person take the lead. Identify someone from your event team who can communicate with iSEE to develop a plan for greening your event.
2. Read the Green Event Guide
The Certified Green Event Program Action Guide contains resources, examples, and guidelines to help you select elective sustainability actions best suited to your event. This simplified checklist can be used to track your sustainable actions.
3. Submit Your Plan Beforehand
Once you’ve identified the steps you plan to take and a method for implementation, complete the online Certified Green Event Registration Form, and we’ll get you certified! Be sure to submit this prior to the event.
4. Submit Your Post-Event Form
Submit photos, comments, and other information using the Certified Green Event Post-Event Form. Aim to submit this within two weeks after your event.
Thank you for certifying your events!
2024 Certified Green Events
- weSTEM Conference, Graduate Society of Women Engineers, Feb. 8, 2025 — Certified November 2024
- OVCRI Research Development Day Dec. 11, 2024 — Certified November 2024
- Promotion and Tenure Bookplate Event, Office of the Provost — Certified November 2024
- Illinois Extension’s lluminating Art in Nature at Red Oak Rain Garden Oct. 29 to Nov.1 — Certified November 2024
- Oct. 23 Campus Sustainability Celebration — Certified October 2024
- iSEE’s Illini Lights Out (ILO), Sept. 20, Oct. 18, Nov. 18, Dec. 6 — Certified Fall 2024
- Office of the Provost’s Celebration of Teaching Excellence — Certified April 2024
- L’Oréal Derma Gallery — Certified April 2024
- Green Globe Awards 2024 / iCAP 2025 Kickoff — Certified April 2024
- iSEE’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Workshop — Certified February 2024
- Office of the Provost’s Celebration of Academic Excellence — Certified February 2024
- Office of the Provost’s Student Success Symposium — Certified February 2024
- weSTEM Conference Feb. 2-3, 2024 — Certified January 2024
- N2Onet Workshop Jan. 17-19, 2024 — Certified January 2024
- Free Medical Screenings recurring events — Certified January 2024
- Student Success Symposium Feb. 8, 2024 — Certified January 2024
2023 Certified Green Events
- weSTEM Conference — Certified November 2023
- P&T Bookplate Reception — Certified November 2023
- Illini Lights Out — Certified October 2023
- CCFD Kick-off — Certified September 2023
- Illinois News Broadcasters Association Reception — Certified September 2023
- Men’s Football Games in Suite and Pregame events — Certified September 2023
- 2023 Great Lakes Sea Grant Network Meeting — Certified September 2023
- Dennis H. May Diversity Conference on Mental Health and Higher Education — Certified August 2023
- New Student Convocation — Certified August 2023
- Governor Pritzker Visit — Certified August 2023
- Illinois Promise Lunch — Certified August 2023
- Exchange & International Student Welcome Event — Certified August 2023
- Department of Transportation Secretary Buttigieg Visit — Certified August 2023
- ABA TechShow — Certified August 2023
- Interim Provost Bernhard Appreciation Reception — Certified July 2023
- National University of Singapore Luncheon — Certified July 2023
- Microbial Systems Initiative Microbial Multiverse Symposium — Certified May 2023
- iSEE Green Globes — Certified April 2023
- iSEE Kindness Rocks — Certified April 2023
- iSEE Congress 2023 — Certified April 2023
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events International Student Welcome Reception — Certified April 2023
- Illinois Sustainable Technology Center’s Emerging Contaminants in the Environment Conference (ECEC23) — Certified April 2023
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events Gov. Pritzker News Conference — Certified April 2023
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events University Scholars Reception — Certified March 2023
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events SSCIL Gies Groundbreaking Ceremony — Certified March 2023
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events Chancellor’s Staff Excellence Awards — Certified March 2023
- Recreation, Sport, and Tourism/Champaign Park District Bunny Open House —Certified March 2023
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events University of Pretoria Delegation Lunch — Certified March 2023
- Krannert Art Museum SPEAK Cafe: Rest and Rejuvenation — Certified February 2023
- Facilities & Services, iSEE, Athletics, Coca-Cola partnered event Zero Waste Basketball Game — Certified February 2023
- Office of the Chancellor for Special Events Holonyak Memorial — Certified February 2023
- Office of the Chancellor for Special Events Filler Scholar Dinner — Certified February 2023
- Office of the Chancellor for Special Events University of Pretoria Dinner — Certified February 2023
- Office of the Chancellor for Special Events Strategic Planning Summit — Certified February 2023
- Office of the Chancellor for Special Events Illinois vs. Rutgers Men’s Basketball Game — Certified February 2023
- Office of the Chancellor for Special Events Illinois vs. Minnesota Men’s Basketball Game — Certified February 2023
- Office of the Chancellor for Special Events Illinois vs. Northwestern Men’s Basketball — Certified February 2023
- Office of the Chancellor for Special Events Illinois vs. Michigan Men’s Basketball — Certified February 2023
- Office of the Chancellor for Special Events University-wide Commencement Ceremony — Certified February 2023
- Illini Lights Out Spring 2023 (five events) — Certified January 2023
- SSC Sustainability Career Panel — Certified January 2023
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Everyday Environment Webinar Series — Certified January 2023
- Office of the Chancellor for Special Events and Commencement: Illinois vs. Nebraska Men’s Basketball Event — Certified January 2023
- University of Illinois-Special Events-Chancellor’s Office HOPE Chicago Luncheon — Certified January 2023
2022 Certified Green Events
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events President and Chancellor’s Holiday Reception — Certified December 2022
- Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation Research Development Day 2022 — Certified December 2022
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events Il. v. WIsconsin Men’s basketball game — Certified December 2022
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events Il. vs. Michigan State Men’s Basketball — Certified December 2022
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events Il. vs. Indiana Men’s Basketball — Certified December 2022
- Office of the Chancellor for Special Events Il v. Monmouth Men’s Basketball — Certified November 2022
- Office of the Chancellor for Special Events IL v. Lindenwood Men’s Basketball — Certified November 2022
- Office of the Chancellor for Special Events IL v. Syracuse Men’s Basketball — Certified November 2022
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events Il. v. Penn State Men’s Basketball — Certified November 2022
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events Il. v Alabama L&M Men’s Basketball — Certified November 2022
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events Il. v. Bethane-Cookman — Certified November 2022
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events and Commencement Illinois v. Eastern Illinois Men’s Basketball — Certified November 2022
- Office of the Chancellor for Special Events and Commencement Illinois vs. Kansas City Men’s Basketball — Certified November 2022
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events Illinois vs. Purdue Men’s Football — Certified November 2022
- Facilities & Services Zero Waste Basketball Game — Certified November 2022
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events and Commencement State of the University — Certified October 2022
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events and Commencement Chancellor’s Medallion Presentation and Reception — Certified October 2022
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events and Commencement Strategic Planning Summit — Certified October 2022
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events and Commencement Illinois v. Quincy (Exh.) Men’s Basketball — Certified October 2022
- iSEE 2022 Campus Sustainability Celebration — Certified October 2022
- iSEE/SECS/SSLC Clothing Swap — Certified October October 2022
- Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) Sustainability Seminar Series — Certified October 2022
- iSEE TED Talk: Eco-Edition Series — Certified October 2022
- iSEE Campus Sustainability Month Trash Clean Up — Certified October 2022
- iSEE Water Taste Test — Certified October 2022
- iSEE Illini Lights Out events (Sept. 23, Oct. 14, Nov. 11, Dec. 2, 2022) — Certified September 2022
- University of Illinois Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration — Certified September 2022
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events & Commencement University of Johannesburg Dinner — Certified September 2022
- Office of the Chancellor – Special Events/Commencement Seitu Jones/Washington Carver Project Dinner — Certified September 2022
- Office of the Chancellor for Special Events MSI Alliance Dinner — Certified September 2022
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events Farewell Reception for Provost Cangellaris — Certified September 2022
- Office of the Provost Orientation for New Academic Leaders — Certified September 2022
- Office of the Provost Illinois New Faculty Orientation (INFO) — Certified September 2022
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events Chancellor’s Distinguished Staff Awards — Certified September 2022
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events Illinois vs. Wyoming Football Pregame Event — Certified September 2022
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events Shield Appreciation Event — Certified September 2022
- Parkland College Cobra Carnival — Certified May 2022
- Champaign Park District Bunny Brunch — Certified April 2022
- Champaign Park District Bunny Open House — Certified April 2022
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events Illinois Promise Welcome Lunch — Certified April 2022
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events University-wide Commencement ceremony — Certified April 2022
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events Commencement Dinner — Certified April 2022
- Chancellor’s Office for Special Events Bronze Tablet Reception — Certified April 2022
- Office of the Chancellor for Special Events Chancellor’s Medallion Ceremony — Certified April 2022
- Division of Intercollegiate Athletics Illini Track & Field Invitational — Certified April 2022
- Office of the Chancellor for Special Events Academic Service Recognition Breakfast — Certified April 2022
- Office of the Chancellor for Special Events “Conversation with Senior Leadership” — Certified April 2022
- Illinois Marathon VIP Suite at the Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon — Certified April 2022
- University Police Department Cherries and Berries — Certified March 2022
- University of Illinois Foundation Board and Donor Relations UIUC London Dinner — Certified March 2022
- Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club Young Olympians — Certified March 2022
- Illinois High School Association Wheelchair Basketball/Unified Sports State Tournament — Certified February 2022
- Illinois Extension Everyday Environment Webinar Series — Certified February 2022
- Disability Resources & Educational Services Wheelchair Basketball Tournament — Certified January 2022
- University Housing Gender Inclusivity Training — Certified January 2022
- Campus Recreation/Instructional Kitchen Winter Virtual Canned Food Drive — Certified January 2022
- CU at Home “One Winter Night” — Certified January 2022
2021 Certified Green Events
- Office of the Chancellor “State of the University” — Certified November 2021
- University of Illinois Foundation Board of Directors Basketball Game Watch — Certified November 2021
- Students for Environmental Concerns (SECS) Environmental Career Panel — Certified October 2021
- iSEE 2021-22 Illini Lights Out (10 events) — Certified October 2021
- Students for Environmental Concerns (SECS) Divestment Teach-in — Certified September 2021
- iSEE Oct. 20 Campus Sustainability Celebration — Certified September 2021
- iSEE Oct. 15 Campus Sustainability Trash Cleanup — Certified September 2021
- American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers September, October, November, and December General Meetings — Certified September 2021
- SECS iCAP Teach-In — Certified April 2021
- SECS Trivia and Happy Hour — Certified April 2021
- SECS Plant Parenthood Fundraiser — Certified April 2021
- SECS Roundtable with La Colectiva — Certified April 2021
- SECS Earth Day Climate Strike — Certified April 2021
- SECS Stargazing — Certified April 2021
- SECS Teach-In — Certified April 2021
- SECS Ecosociology Lecture & Discussion — Certified April 2021
- SECS Virtual Sustainable Cooking — Certified April 2021
- SECS Volunteering with Red Bison — Certified April 2021
- SECS “Plogging” 5k Fun Run — Certified April 2021
- SECS Painting Climate Strike Signs — Certified April 2021
- Illinois Solar Decathlon ADAPTHAUS Inauguration Event — Certified April 2021
- Campus Recreation Food Assistance & Well-Being Program Digital Food Drive — Certified April 2021
- iSEE Congress 2021: The Future of Water — Certified March 2021
- Champaign Park District/UIUC Bunny Brunch — Certified March 2021
- iSEE TED Talk: Eco-Edition Series — Certified March 2021
- Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) Environmental Policy Workshop — Certified March 2021
- ELP Corporate Sustainability Workshop — Certified March 2021
- SSC Coffee Hours — Certified March 2021
- RST/Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club Young Olympians Program — Certified March 2021
- One Winter Night Anniversary Plaza Donation Drive — Certified March 2021
- One Winter Night — Certified February 2021
- Parkland College Trivia Night, 3/24/2021 — Certified February 2021
- Illinois Extension Everyday Environment Webinar Series — Certified February 2021
- American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) general meeting series — Certified February 2021
2020 Certified Green Events
- Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) Sustainability Seminar Series — Certified December 2020
- ECEC21 (Emerging Contaminants in the Environment Conference 2021) — Certified December 2020