Category Archives: water

Agroecology in Southern IL: Week Two Notes from the Field

Posted on June 16, 2013 by

This guest post is from Roosevelt University Sustainability Studies major Allison Breeding, who was awarded a National Science Foundation-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) fellowship this summer at Southern IL University. This is the second installment of weekly blogs this … Continue reading →

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Urban Biodiversity Week Starts Today! (May 13-19)

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

Appropriately enough as the summer semester begins here at RU, Illinois is celebrating Urban Biodiversity Week starting today, May 13th, and running through Sunday, May 19th. As noted on the Millenium Reserve page on the State of IL website: Please … Continue reading →

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Widespread Flooding Hits Chicago Region

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

Massive amounts of rain have hit the Chicago Region the past few days, resulting in widespread and damaging flooding in many communities along the Chicago, Des Plaines, Du Page, and Calumet Rivers, as recounted in this 19 April 2013 update … Continue reading →

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Fracking in Illinois? State at a Potential Turning Point

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

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 →

Posted in economics, energy, policy, pollution, water

SUST Majors Represent RU at the 2013 Chicago River Student Congress

Posted on March 7, 2013 by

This past Feb. 23rd, students from this year’s SUST 220 Water classes at RU (both fall and spring) joined Prof. Mike Bryson at the Chicago River Student Congress, convened annually by the environmental conservation organization Friends of the Chicago River. … Continue reading →

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Dispatches from Uganda: Threats to Habitat, Biodiversity, and Sustainability — and Discoveries of Giant Rabbits!

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

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

SUST 220: Water (Course Preview)

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

This spring semester the SUST program is offering SUST 220 Water, one of the core 200-level courses in the Sustainability Studies curriculum, in a special hybrid format at the Schaumburg Campus. Taught by Mike Bryson, Associate Professor and SUST Program … Continue reading →

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SUST Prof Michele Hoffman Trotter Studies Marine Conservation in Hawaii this Winter

Posted on December 22, 2012 by

Despite the fact that all species of sea turtle appear on the endangered species list, Hawaii is considering reopening the hunt for green sea turtles. Although Hawaii is host to the largest marine protected areas in the United States, coral … Continue reading →

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Visualizing Wetlands: New Images from Cook County

Posted on December 4, 2012 by

The Forest Preserve District of Cook County has announced a rather remarkable new method for photographing and mapping the area’s wetland resources using sophisticated new digital imaging technology. As the FPDCC website explains: Wetlands are lands that are wet for … Continue reading →

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Exploring Wetlands on Chicago’s Northwest Side

Posted on December 1, 2012 by

On Saturday, Nov. 10th, RU students in Prof. Mike Bryson’s SUST 220 Water and PLS 391 Natural Science classes convened at one of Chicago’s most valuable and interesting natural areas, the North Park Village Nature Center on the city’s NW … Continue reading →

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