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News: November 3, 2021
IOF Student Dispatch – Learning from Tonga and Gina McCarthy
I began my second day with a laterflow COVID test, a requirement to enter the blue zone to ensure the…

News: November 3, 2021
IOF Student Dispatch – Bill Gates Sighting and NPR Interview
Today was the first day that the five of us high schoolers attended the UN Climate Conference, and the day…

News: November 3, 2021
World Leaders Pledge to End Deforestation by 2030
Another lively day at COP26. Here are some highlights: Deforestation Agreement First Major Deal at COP26 Over 100 world leaders…

News: November 2, 2021
COP26 Day 2: Countries Struggle to Commit to Necessary Action
Despite the long lines and issues the planners have had getting the 25,000+ attendees into the Scottish Event Center for…

News: November 1, 2021
“Paris promised. Glasgow must deliver,” warns COP26 President Alok Sharma
The UN Climate Summit, COP26, officially opened Sunday, October 31st, with delegates from close to 200 countries and NGO observer…

News: October 20, 2021
SGA Celebrates 20 Years of Advocacy, Heads to the UN Climate Conference
Oak Park – Oak Park-based environmental nonprofit, Seven Generations Ahead (SGA), celebrates its 20th anniversary on November 1st, 2021. For…

News: September 22, 2021
It’s Fall, and That Means Apple Crunch Season
It’s that time of year again. The air is getting cooler, the trees are just beginning to show patches of…

News: September 15, 2021
SGA Selected as Observer Organization for COP26
Seven Generations Ahead was recently selected to be an observer organization at the COP 26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow,…

News: July 28, 2021
Toolkit Helps Schools Reduce Food Waste
Greta Kringle, a chemistry and environmental science teacher at Solorio Academy High School, a Chicago Public School, makes sure her…

News: December 3, 2020
Executive Director Gary Cuneen recaps global Sustainable Innovations Forum
“This is the last chance decade.” — Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales Seven Generations Ahead Executive Director Gary Cuneen…

News: October 13, 2020
SGA hosts town hall on food scrap composting
During a virtual town hall Simrata (Seema) Keshav, founder of Go Green Vernon Hills & Lincolnshire, explained how she rallied…

News: October 13, 2020
Sustainability engineer joins SGA’s board of directors
SGA’s newest board member practically recruited himself, you might say. Treijon Johnson, a sustainability packaging engineer who relocated to the…