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News: February 18, 2018
Meet SGA’s new program associates: Abbey and Alli
Seven Generations Ahead is pleased to welcome two new sustainability program associates, Abbey Prendiville and Alli Preble, to its staff. …

News: December 18, 2017
PlanItGreen carving a solar path to community sustainability
PlanItGreen convened its annual Institutional Leaders Forum on Dec. 5 to highlight efforts by organizations that promote sustainability and help…

News: December 9, 2017
PlanItGreen’s mission to educate organizations about solar
Since being selected for the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar in Your Community Challenge earlier this year, the PlanItGreen solar team met…

News: November 19, 2017
Busting Silos with Biocycle
Click here to read about SGA and Biocycle busting silos and making state-wide composting a reality!

News: August 28, 2017
IFSN expands Harvest of the Month program
Seven Generations Ahead introduced the Illinois Harvest of the Month (HOTM) program at the Illinois School Nutrition Association Summer Conference in Tinley…

News: August 23, 2017
Fans from around the world attend the 10th Annual Micro Brew
Popular craft beer festival continues its zero waste tradition Under a perfect cloudless sky, more than 3,500 people—some from as…

News: August 19, 2017
Illinois Soil, Water, Food and Composting Summit
Thanks to everyone who attended the Summit! See below for links to the day's presentations. Click here for the agenda.…
News: August 7, 2017
Food:Land:Opportunity Funds Expansion of Compost Initiative
Seven Generations Ahead (SGA) and partners have been working at the forefront to develop a robust food scrap composting industry…

News: June 28, 2017
The journey of Oak Park School District 97 food scraps
After eating lunch, students in Oak Park Elementary School District 97 sort their leftover food scraps into compost bins located in school…

News: June 27, 2017
Why solar? Why now?
Since 1990, global surface temperatures have warmed at a rate of about 0.15°C per decade according to the Intergovernmental Panel…

News: June 2, 2017
GreenTown comes to Fox Valley
Seven Generations Ahead and Fox Valley Sustainability Network core partners Kane County, the City of Aurora and a5 Branding &…

News: May 16, 2017
PlanItGreen team visits renewable energy lab in Colorado
At the invitation of the Institute For Sustainable Communities, PlanItGreen team members who are involved in energy issues attended a…