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Urban Roots participants on a behind the scenes tour of the conservatory. (Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Northwestern University
An employment opportunity at Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago teaches teens how to become conservatory guides, while also providing a green education.
Imagery from the McKinley Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Michael Kappel/CC BY-NC 2.0)
Northwestern University Medill
Lightfoot administration in negotiations with Chicago over racist zoning and land use after decades of environmental racism directed at South and West Sides.
Petcoke piles are stored at a Koch Bros. storage site on the Calumet River in Chicago, Illinois, in 2014. (Terry Evans)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Loyola University Chicago
Communities outside of Chicago stifled by BP's largest oil refinery are taking defiant steps to end its expansion of production—and dangerous emissions.
UCS
Turning your yard waste and food scraps into compost is not only efficient, it's also climate-friendly. The Union of Concerned Scientists visit Eden Place, an urban garden and environmental education center in Chicago, to observe composting in... Read More
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Smart gardening practices can reduce global warming emissions. The Union of Concerned Scientists visits Eden Place in Chicago, an urban garden and environmental learning center, to see climate-friendly gardening in action.
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Trees and shrubs help combat global warming by storing carbon and reducing energy use. The Union of Concerned Scientists visits Eden Place Nature Center in Chicago to see these benefits in action in an urban neighborhood.
From hospital Administrator to Green Builder...I have found my passion.
Planet Forward
By Brandt Siegel (presenter) Brian Griffith, Sarah Allison, and Noemi Glickman
For a graduate level course on urban sustainability at The George Washington University, our group studied ways in which Boston, Chicago, Dallas, and New York are working... Read More