Achieving our sustainability goals requires action, and while we develop a guiding plan for how to achieve the campus sustainability vision, Illinois Tech is implementing the projects and programs listed below in order to have an immediate, positive impact.
Arboretum
Mies Campus is the second educational institution in Â鶹APP to be accredited and the first arboretum on Â鶹APP’s South Side. It joins only a handful of Â鶹APP parks, including Garfield Park Conservatory and Lincoln Park, to receive the designation. (Add link /news/2-million-step-toward-tree-tastic-mies-campus)
Current Status
- Level 1 Arboretum Accreditation (Add link https://arbnet.org/morton-register/alphawood-arboretum-illinois-institute-technology)
- Full-time paid Arboretum manager
- 1700+ Trees on Mies Campus alone
- 70+ Species of trees represented
Current Goals
- Reach Level 2 arboretum accreditation
- Reach 100+ species of trees
- Introducing more interactive and informative tree tags
- More information and educational events and programming
U-Farm
The IIT U-Farm was originally a landscape project that was started in 2012 and has been used as a base for multiple IPROs and class projects since
Current Status
Now under the Office of Campus Energy and Sustainability (OCES), the Office aims to support a more permanent upkeep and usage of the U-Farm in collaboration with students and staff of the IIT campus
Current Goals
Increasing awareness of the campus farm and encouraging students to take part in supporting and using the U-Farm to learn about urban farming and sustainable gardening.