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Regional News
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Giving Buses a Boost
Buses make up 4 percent of traffic but carry 50 percent of people in downtown Chicago, according to Rebekah Scheinfield, commissioner of the Chicago...
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Lessons from the Swedes
"Our experience tells us it's possible to combine sustainability and growth," said Bjorn Lyrvall, Ambassador of Sweden to the United States. He pres...
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Taming the Climate Beast with Beauty
Cities will meet the challenges of climate change through many available tools. Reducing carbon emissions through producing cleaner energy; encourag...
SGA Highlights
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IL Food Scrap Composting
Illinois Food Scrap Coalition
The Illinois Food Scrap Coalition (IFSC) is a group of more than 150 businesses, solid waste agencies, county governments, state and federal agencies, universities and non-profits that have organized to promote food scrap composting across Illinois. The IFSC grew...
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PlanIt Green Looks Back & Moves Forward
PlanItGreen's Institutional Leadership Forum provided an opportunity for sustainability leaders to celebrate their 2014 accomplishments and plan next year's goals. Held November 12 at Marion Street Cheese Market, more than 50 representatives from key Oak Park and River Forest taxing bodies and...
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Healthy West Chicago Update
People are more powerful working together than separately. Case in point: West Chicago, a city of 27,000 in DuPage County, Illinois, is discovering there is plenty of inspiration to go around. Their public health program, Healthy West Chicago, takes direct aim at the obesity epidemic through the...
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Growing Health in Rural Coles County, IL
Seven Generations Ahead is extremely thankful for the support of the Lumpkin Family Foundation, which allows us to expand our work and advance healthy communities throughout Illinois. SGA's Fresh From the Farm program created five successful workshops with Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in 2...
