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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: April 7, 2021
SGA webinar makes the case for reusable foodware
SGA’s Zero Waste Schools program hosted more than 90 attendees from around the country for its March 16 webinar, School…

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: November 11, 2020
Solorio students host Pumpkin Smash
Leading the way to increased composting awareness in Chicago, the Zero Waste Team from Solorio High School coordinated a Pumpkin…

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…

News: September 9, 2020
SGA webinar helps schools adapt zero waste efforts
Despite the challenges, school leaders across the country are figuring out ways to adapt their zero waste strategies for school…

News: August 12, 2020
‘Microplastic Madness’ film screening inspires action
In honor of Plastic Free July last month, SGA hosted a screening of the award-winning film "Microplastic Madness" followed by…

News: August 6, 2020
Internship reveals what’s ‘cool’ about Farm to School
To find a summer internship related to sustainability and the environment, Sam Liu, a rising junior at Northwestern University, scoured…