Thornwood High School senior, Avery Smith, shares his climate story. Tell a story about an experience that made you aware of climate change/inspired you to be a part of climate activism. This past summer, because of the Canadian fires it was difficult to be outside without coughing, and all that made me think about just […]
Meet a COP28 Delegate: Danica Sun
Danica Sun is a senior at Illinois Math and Science Academy. She is co-head of Fridays for Future Chicago, which she leads with fellow IOF student, Natasha Bhatia. They met in the IOF program. Tell a story about an experience that made you aware of climate change/inspired you to be a part of climate activism. […]
Meet a COP28 Delegate: Natasha Bhatia
Natasha is a senior at Hinsdale Central High School. She is co-head of Fridays for Future Chicago, which she leads with fellow IOF student, Danica Sun. They met in the IOF program. Tell a story about an experience that made you aware of climate change/inspired you to be a part of climate activism. Pebbles crackle […]
Meet a COP28 Delegate: Katie Stabb
Oak Park River Forest High School student Katie Stabb shares her climate story. Tell a story about an experience that made you aware of climate change/inspired you to be a part of climate activism. I don’t remember ever not knowing about climate change. I was always pretty environmentally aware, but I began to feel my […]
Serving Up Sustainability in the Kitchen
Seven Generations Ahead’s Zero Waste Schools (ZWS) Program Manager Becky Brodsky presented on the work of ZWS to reduce waste in schools at Illinois Green Alliance’s October webinar, “Serving Up Sustainability: From Restaurants to the Home Kitchen.” Brodsky presented alongside four other panelists whose presentations also centered around the mission to increase sustainable practices in […]
Collaboration is Key in Food Waste Reduc...
On October 25th, The Wasted Food Action Alliance (WFAA), a group of organizations based in Illinois dedicated to reducing food waste, had their monthly meeting. Jen Nelson of Seven Generations Ahead, a core member of the WFAA, was one of the meeting’s facilitators. The group was joined by Jeff Hake who runs Funks Grove Heritage Fruits […]
Bringing Solar Power to Suburban Chicago...
Solar energy is becoming increasingly popular for residential customers. But what do you do if you want to get your energy from solar, but you live in a multi-unit building or can’t put solar panels on your roof for other reasons? That’s where community solar comes in. A subscriber to a community solar project directly […]
Don’t throw away good food, share it
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that almost one-third of the world’s food goes uneaten. Most of this food waste goes to landfills, helping to fuel climate change. While there are many industries that contribute to this large-scale problem, schools are a major player. The World Wildlife Fund estimates that, on […]
Meet the High School Students Traveling ...
Six Chicago area high school students are headed to Dubai this fall for this year’s UN Climate Summit, COP28. They are all members of It’s Our Future (IOF), SGA’s youth environmental advocacy program, and are engaged in numerous other environmental advocacy projects. Two of our students, Danica and Natasha, met through IOF and then formed […]
C4 and Cook County Composting and Recycl...
Recent heat, drought, and air quality issues in the Chicago area underscored the vital importance of this year’s GreenTown: Climate and Equity conference. Held on June 22nd at Triton College, the conference brought together sustainability advocates from communities throughout Chicagoland and beyond. Among the topics of the day were renewable energy, active transportation, and decarbonization. […]