Monthly Archives: June 2012

Registration for Fall 2012 Sustainability Studies Classes Is Open!

Posted on June 30, 2012 by

Registration is now open for Fall 2012 semester here at Roosevelt University.  Here are the Sustainability Studies offerings for the fall: We have three sections of SUST 210 The Sustainable Future, one downtown Monday evenings, one in Schaumburg Tuesday evenings, … Continue reading →

Posted in biodiversity, courses, energy, food, planning, policy, recycling, waste, water

CTA Modernizing — and Possibly Expanding — the Southern End of the Red Line

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

The Chicago Transit Authority is undertaking a major — and due to scheduled service disruptions next year, controversial — modernization of the Red Line. Recently, CTA Chairman Forrest Claypool discussed some of the new and possible features coming to the … Continue reading →

Posted in news, transportation

Will Chicago Adopt Energy Aggregation?

Posted on June 28, 2012 by

Chicago voters this November may choose to ask the city to negotiate lower electricity rates on behalf of homeowners. Savings are estimated at about 30 percent, which could amount to $200 million across the city in the first 17 months. … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, water

Friends of the Chicago Portage President Jeff Carter Discusses the Treaty of Greenville Saturday at 1pm

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

Saturday at 1pm, Friends of the Chicago Portage President Jeff Carter discusses the Treaty of Greenville at the Village of Lyons Community Center (4200 S. Lawndale Avenue in Lyons). Friends of the Chicago Portage President Jeff Carter will take you … Continue reading →

Posted in presentations, water

What Does Green Medical Care Look Like? Find Out at the Chicago Center for Green Technology Thursday at 6pm

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

Thursday night at 6, the Chicago Center for Green Technology (445 N. Sacramento) presents “How to Green Your Outpatient Medical Practice” with Sarah Lovinger, MD, of Chicago Physicians for Social Responsibility. The US health care industry emits 18% of greenhouse … Continue reading →

Posted in green design, presentations

Professor Mike Bryson Presents at AESS Conference

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

RU Sustainability Studies Professor Mike Bryson spent the weekend at the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences conference in Santa Clara, California.  On Saturday, he wrote his impressions of the conference. This weekend I’m at Santa Clara University in California’s … Continue reading →

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Chicago Center for Green Technology Presents Passive House Discussion Tuesday at 6pm

Posted on June 24, 2012 by

Tuesday night at 6, the Chicago Center for Green Technology (445 N. Sacramento) presents a discussion of passive house and net zero home construction with architect Tom Bassett-Dilley. This presentation will demonstrate how Passive House Planning was used to reduce … Continue reading →

Posted in green design, presentations

Chicago Architect Jeanne Gang Seeks to Keep Invasive Species Out of the Chicago River

Posted on June 23, 2012 by

You may know Chicago architect Jeanne Gang from the Aqua building she designed, or you may have heard her name when the MacArthur Foundation named her a fellow last year. You may not know that she and the National Resources … Continue reading →

Posted in courses, green design, planning, waste, water

Chicago Building Retrofit Plan Hopes to Reduce Energy Use By 20% By 2017

Posted on June 22, 2012 by

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has voiced his support for President Obama’s Better Buildings Challenge to make the built environment more energy efficient. The Chicago Infrastructure Trust that the mayor is assembling is taking as its first task retrofitting several buildings. … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, planning, policy

Former CTA Bus Will Deliver Fresh Produce on Chicago’s South Side

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

Starting in September, the South Side will join the West Side in getting a bus distributing fresh produce. A bus loaded with pears, asparagus and other fruits and vegetables soon will start rolling through South Side neighborhoods in a circuit … Continue reading →

Posted in food, news