Web Site: Sustainability: Local Resources

Champaign County Resources

Champaign County Regional Planning Commission Sustainability Resource Guide
The CCRPC "provides links to tools and resources for local government sustainability."
Champaign County Sustainability Network (CCNet)
"Champaign County Sustainability Network (CCNet) is a volunteer-led organization that hosts open discussions in the community. It is designed to provide a forum where business leaders and citizens can learn about new technology, ideas and business models associated with the emerging trend toward sustainability."
City of Champaign Recycling
"The City strongly supports recycling and encourages all citizens to take part in waste reduction. Citizens may take part by participating in the City’s curbside recycling program or the Multifamily/Feed The Thing Recycling Program."
Sustainability in Urbana
Find links to sustainability, incentives, programs, and resources provided by the City of Urbana.

The Idea Store
"We’re a nonprofit offering a vast, uncommon array of reusable materials for arts, crafts, education, and beyond. All quality, all safe, and all donated by community members and local businesses. "
Habitat for Humanity ReStore
"Habitat ReStores are independently owned reuse stores operated by local Habitat for Humanity organizations. ReStores accept donations and sell a constantly changing inventory of diverse, high-quality merchandise to the public at a fraction of the retail price, while diverting reusable household items and building materials from area landfills."
Urbana Free Seed Lending Library
"...Plant the seeds, grow the plants, let some go to seed, and then return some of these next-generation seeds [to the library] for others to borrow."
University of Illinois Extension Horticulture
Find resources for Illinois gardeners on how to get the best out of your garden.