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Institute for Community Sustainability (ICS)

Institute for Community Sustainability (ICS). James H. Speer 1/30/2013. ISU Community Garden. http:// unboundedpossibilities.com/institute-for-community-sustainability/community/community-garden.aspx. X. 800. X. 3. X. $65,000. 14. X. 4. 3. X. 5. 5. 500. 42. 11. $20,000. 9.

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Institute for Community Sustainability (ICS)

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  1. Institute for Community Sustainability (ICS) James H. Speer 1/30/2013

  2. ISU Community Garden http://unboundedpossibilities.com/institute-for-community-sustainability/community/community-garden.aspx

  3. X 800 X 3 X $65,000 14 X 4 3 X 5 5 500 42 11 $20,000 9 13 X 84.8%

  4. Institute for Community Sustainability Media • 37% of the pageviews from the website • 42 news articles about sustainability efforts and ICS in 2012 • Mostly in the Tribune Star and Indiana Statesman • 151 Facebook likes • 87 Twitter followers

  5. Institute for Community SustainabilityGrants • Applied 9 grants totaling $535,443 in 2012 • 2 internal grants • SUPUR Grant ($18,000/$9,000 Pettit, Savage, Speer) • Undergraduate Worker Grants ($20,000/$5,000 Flowers) • 7 external grants and giving • NSF ($199,997 Steiger, Speer, Bierly, Wallace, Derrick) • Indiana Academy of Sciences ($3,000 Pettit and Speer) • Lowes ($27,485 Creed, Derrick, Watson, Newsham, Speer) • Labor Union ($42,000 Speer and Krull) • SENCER Grant ($3,000 Kruger, Strigas, Speer) • Alcoa ($6,000 Pettit, Reed, Flowers, Speer ) • EPA ($215,961 Latimer, Aldrich, Speer - Pending) • Received $65,000 • Pending $215,961

  6. Institute for Community SustainabilityPhilanthropic Giving • Worked with Amy Westgard, Eric Motycka, and Kim Bloch • Established an annual giving plan • Direct Mailing • Fund raising events • Give-Now button on the website • Friends-asking-Friends Campaign • Potential Text-to-Give service • Identified 8,000 potential donors from the ISU Alumni list • Mailed 2,000 direct pieces – emailed the other 6,000 • Been assigned a development officer • Gary Ballinger

  7. Campus Projects • Bicycle Friendly • Compete for Green • ISU Sustainability Map • Fair Trade: Trick or Treat • Light Switch Plates • Wind Turbine

  8. UGE Wind Turbine Finally Installed at Sycamore Towers Photo by Jim Speer Photo by Tony Campbell

  9. Community Projects • Community Garden • Free Lead Testing • Greenhouse • Sustainability Map • Sustainability Plan

  10. Future Efforts • Revisit our Climate Action Plan through the Working Groups • Develop engaging videos about ICS • Pursue philanthropic giving • Submit more grant proposals • Finalize the Sustainability Minor • Work with our partners to advance sustainability and the sustainability plan • Upcoming Major Events: • Compete for Green – February • Earth Day - April 17th • Year of the River – 2013

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