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Category Archives: energy
Green Tech U at the Chicago Center for Green Technology
April is the final month of the Winter-Spring 2013 workshop/lecture series that the Chicago Center for Green Technology (CCGT). This new and updated educational programming, run by professionals and experts and offered at the CCGT’s LEED-platinum facility on Chicago’s West … Continue reading
Posted in activities, architecture, community, conservation, energy, events, green design, presentations, students
UIC Summer Institute on Sustainability, Energy, and Transportation (Aug 5-16)
The Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy (SISE) is a two-week intensive workshop and lecture series geared towards individuals interested in the relation between sustainability and energy. The 2013 program theme is Sustainable Transportation. In the summer of 2011, SUST alum … Continue reading
Fracking in Illinois? State at a Potential Turning Point
Fracking is an energy/waste/water issue that is fracturing communities and legislatures around the country, as citizens and governments decide how best to grapple with the economic benefits vs. the environmental and social costs of the energy-extraction juggernaut properly termed horizontal … Continue reading
RU: Fossil Free?
We at the Sustainability Studies program at Roosevelt University support the RU student-driven movement to have the university divest of its investments in fossil fuels. Four colleges in the US have already made this move, and according to the AASHE … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, economics, energy, pollution, Roosevelt, social justice, students
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Green Tech U at the Chicago Center for Green Technology
As we head into March, check out the Winter-Spring 2013 workshop/lecture series that the Chicago Center for Green Technology (CCGT). This new and updated educational programming, run by professionals and experts and offered at the CCGT’s LEED-platinum facility on Chicago’s … Continue reading
Posted in activities, architecture, community, conservation, energy, events, green design, presentations, students
“Northern Illinois Coal Mining 1850s-1974″ — Tomorrow at Midewin
The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in southern Will County, about 50 miles southwest of downtown Chicago, is the largest tallgrass prairie ecological restoration project east of the Mississippi River, and one of the great open space resources / biodiversity preserves … Continue reading
Posted in activities, conservation, energy, events, history, humanities, parks and public land, presentations, social justice
Climate Change Rally in Grant Park on Sunday (Feb 17)
Climate change is arguably the defining sustainability issue of our time. It impacts the health of people, ecosystems, and communities and threatens future economic prosperity. Despite being the world’s leader in economic prosperity, science, and technical innovation, the US lacks … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, economics, energy, events, policy, social justice, students
350.org Climate Change Event in Rockford (Feb 16)
Rockford area-based members of the climate change-focused organization 350.org are organizing a local alternative gathering here in north-central IL next weekend. Here are the details . . . On February 17th, 350.org will be holding a massive demonstration in Washington … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, community, energy, ethics, events, social justice, suburbs
Green Tech U at the Chicago Center for Green Technology
Check out the Winter-Spring 2013 workshop/lecture series that the Chicago Center for Green Technology (CCGT). This new and updated educational programming, run by professionals and experts and offered at the CCGT’s LEED-platinum facility on Chicago’s West Side industrial district, is … Continue reading
Posted in activities, architecture, community, conservation, energy, events, green design, presentations, students
Dispatches from Uganda: Threats to Habitat, Biodiversity, and Sustainability — and Discoveries of Giant Rabbits!
Julian Kerbis Peterhans, a professor of natural science and sustainability studies in RU’s College of Professional Studies and an adjunct curator of mammals at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, is spending a year as a Fulbright Scholar … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, conservation, energy, ethics, faculty, museums, parks and public land, water, wildlife
