Institute for Community Sustainability (ICS)

James H. Speer1/30/2013

Senior Staff

President’s Council

Advisory Committee

FellowsExecutive

Committee

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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

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

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

Campus Projects

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

UGE Wind Turbine Finally Installed at Sycamore Towers

Photo by Tony Campbell Photo by Jim Speer

Community Projects

• Community Garden• Free Lead Testing• Greenhouse• Sustainability Map• Sustainability Plan

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