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ISTC's 2008 Annual Report is now available
12.2.08
Contact: Bob Iverson at biverson@istc.illinois.edu
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2008 Illinois Governor's Pollution Prevention and Sustainable Technology Award Winners Announced
10.30.08
Contact: Bob Iverson at biverson@istc.illinois.edu
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Abstract: Governor Rod R. Blagojevich and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources have honored Illinois companies and organizations for their significant achievements in protecting the environment and boosting the economy. The Governor's Pollution Prevention Awards and the Illinois Sustainable Technology Awards were presented in Glen Ellyn during a luncheon. This is the 22nd consecutive year the awards were presented by the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center.
ISTC's "The Cutting Edge Partnership" wins the 2008 Most Valuable Pollution Prevention Award
9.24.08
Contact: Jeffery Burke, Executive Director NPPR at jeff@p2.org
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Abstract: The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC): The Cutting Edge Partnership was one of this year's recipients for the Most Valuable Pollution Prevention (MVP2) award for their work on pollution prevention and related economic savings. ISTC was one of five projects to be honored by the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable at an annual ceremony in Washington, DC on September 19, 2008.
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Pollution Prevention Week 2008
9.12.08
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Abstract: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is pleased to join organizations throughout the nation in celebrating National Pollution Prevention Week, September 15-21, 2008. Pollution Prevention or P2 means not creating pollution in the first place. P2 focuses on reducing waste at its source, reusing what can't be reduced and recycling what otherwise would be thrown away! The keys to Pollution Prevention are the three R's -- Reduce, Reuse and Recycle!
IL: New business facility at Illinois blends instruction, sustainability
9.8.08
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Abstract: University of Illinois business students will study this fall in a new, $60 million-plus building filled with high-tech classrooms, counseling and career services, and a state-of-the-art laboratory that simulates real-time market trading. But officials say there's also a lesson built into the earth-friendly design of the newly finished Business Instructional Facility, the first "green" building in the university's 141-year-old history.
WMRC is now ISTC
8.7.08
Contact: Bob Iverson at biverson@istc.illinois.edu
Text: It's a new day for us with a different name, a different leadership, and a renewed commitment to our values.
The Waste Management and Research Center is now known as the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC). The new name better represents the goals and direction of the organization.
The name change is part of even larger changes at ISTC. The Center is now part of the University of Illinois. It joined the other scientific surveys (Illinois State Water Survey, Illinois State Geological Survey, and Illinois Natural History Survey) in moving out of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The four organizations are now part of the Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability at the University of Illinois.
"We are excited about the move to the University of Illinois," said ISTC Acting Director Gary Miller. "The research, knowledge, and educational goals of the scientific surveys will be greatly enhanced by the strong research and academic excellence of the University of Illinois."
The ISTC staff remains committed to providing real world solutions to real world problems - solutions that bridge the gap between the natural resources and the human ones. Sustainability examines how to make human economic systems last longer and have less impact on ecological systems, and particularly relates to concern over major global problems such as climate change. By putting "Sustainable Technology" in our name, ISTC is showing its commitment to providing the ideas and systems to reduce environmental impacts and enhance the bottom line.
ISTC will continue to offer direct technical assistance from specialists, energy and pollution prevention assessments, a sophisticated analytical laboratory, research funding to explore a wide range of environmental issues, and information on environmental and pollution prevention issues. In addition, ISTC will continue to serve as the coordinating agency for regional and national programs including the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable and the Printers' National Environmental Assistance Center.
Becoming part of the University of Illinois and changing our name will require ISTC to make a variety of changes to our website, letterhead, forms, e-mail address, etc. Please bear with us in the coming weeks and months as we make these needed adjustments.
ISTC will continue to maintain offices on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana-Champaign, and in OakBrook, Peoria, and Brighton.
Biofuels and Sustainability Conference date set
8.4.08
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