About the Council

Appointed by the Provost, members of the Environmental Council serve three-year terms guiding environmental activities at the University of Illinois. Representing all campus departments, Environmental Council members focus on attracting interdisciplinary talent to advance environmental initiatives. Providing research and educational opportunities for students and faculty, the Environmental Council capitalizes on the University of Illinois' intellectual strengths and resources to achieve and lead environmental excellence.

Our Objectives

Create citizen environmental leaders who understand basic relationships among ecology, human behavior, technology and scientific discovery and can make informed decisions about business, management, and politics.

Encourage "Citizen Science" to grapple with the most important environmental problems that affect people, neighborhoods, communities, governments, nations and the world.

Focus on national security as it relates to the environment by dealing with long term, complex environmental systems that can improve political and cultural stability.

Shape future leaders of all professions so that they can go forward into the world with an understanding of how our environment intersects with the choices that are made both personally and professionally.

Promote multi-disciplinary engagement by bringing together the best minds in their respective fields to build consensus about how to handle the environmental problems facing real people in the Great Lakes Region and around the world.