“Wow wow wow! What a bunch of smart kids,” said Katie Stabb, after giving a presentation on climate change to students at Beye Elementary in Oak Park. Stabb, who just graduated from Oak Park River Forest High School (OPRF) is a member of It’s Our Future (IOF), Seven Generations Ahead’s (SGA) youth climate advocacy program. […]
SGA and Other Experts Share the How and ...
Photo credit: Hainesville, Illinois Last month, Seven Generations Ahead’s (SGA) Jen Nelson and Becky Brodsky, along with other composting experts, shared about the progress being made in Illinois around community, residential and school food scrap composting at Go Green Illinois’ May meeting. The meeting had 75 registrants from nearly 30 communities across Chicagoland and beyond. […]
Zero Waste Catches on in Three Chicago P...
Three more schools in Chicago Public Schools are ending the academic year by going green! John M. Palmer Elementary, Alcott College Prep Elementary, and Louis B. Nettelhorst Elementary all launched zero waste programs in the month of April. With this latest expansion, the Zero Waste Schools (ZWS) team at Seven Generations Ahead has now launched […]
Seeing is Believing, as Broadview and Ma...
Sometimes, seeing is believing. Beye Elementary School in Oak Park School District 97, has been implementing a zero waste program in the lunchroom for many years. As a school in the Cross Community Climate Collaborative (C4), it was the perfect place to bring other school districts in C4 communities to see a zero waste program […]
Village of Broadview and C4 win Major De...
Broadview Mayor, Katrina Thompson (center right) and other west suburban municipal leaders at the C4 Memorandum of Understanding signing in 2022. Seven Generations Ahead (SGA) is thrilled to announce that the Village of Broadview and the Cross Community Climate Collaborative (C4) were awarded an Energy Futures Grant from the Department of Energy. The grant funding […]
Bellwood School District 88 is Going Zer...
Seven Generations Ahead (SGA) believes that climate and sustainability solutions are most effective when they’re both equitable and scalable. That is why SGA, in partnership with the mayors of Broadview, Oak Park, and River Forest, as well as the Urban Efficiency Group, is co-leading the Cross-Community Climate Collaborative (C4). This award-winning initiative brings together 14 […]
Preventing Food Waste Helps the Planet a...
When hunger coexists with abundance, the issue of food waste becomes more critical than ever. Each year, staggering amounts of food are needlessly discarded, not only squandering precious resources but also exacerbating environmental challenges such as greenhouse gas emissions and landfill pollution. However, amidst this challenge lies an opportunity for change. As we approach this […]
More Schools Going Green and SGA can Hel...
K-12 schools are some of the most important institutions in a community, and also present a real opportunity for impactful sustainability initiatives. As a leader in providing sustainability support for K-12 schools, Seven Generations Ahead (SGA) has had a front seat to this growing trend. Around the greater Chicago area, and indeed the country, school […]
Five Tips for a Successful Plastic Free ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0jIH1fUqZU It may not be apparent, but school lunches are a huge source of plastic waste. That’s why the organization Cafeteria Culture has teamed up with the Urban School Food Alliance to bring us Plastic Free Lunch Day, which challenges schools to reduce the use of plastics in school meals. Seven Generations Ahead’s (SGA) Zero […]
Students are taking the climate fight in...
ETHS students celebrating the passage of the Green New Deal for ETHS Around Chicagoland, students are taking the fight for a greener future to a familiar territory close to home: schools. Student-led advocacy in several Chicago suburbs has led to school districts adopting ambitious sustainability policies, and this is a trend that’s growing both locally […]