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News: January 11, 2016
Seven Generations Ahead is one of 74 projects in 39 states that received support through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's…
News: December 16, 2015
Knowing which waste items can go into the recycle or compost bin doesn’t come naturally. We could all live a…
News: December 12, 2015
Almost two years since Oak Park took its food scrap composting village wide, 950 households, nine schools, six churches, two…
News: December 4, 2015
Adrian Fisher, Triton College’s Sustainability coordinator, highlighted the new Bike to Campus Coalition and environmental science program.Julie Moller, a member…
News: November 16, 2015
Northwestern University senior Ashlyn Brulato is spending the fall quarter at SGA working as a Zero Waste intern. For three…
News: September 30, 2015
As part of its ongoing efforts to implement the Environmental Sustainability Plan for Oak Park and River Forest, PlanItGreen is…
News: September 28, 2015
Taste of Hatch Patch dinner gets underway. The Hatch School garden on the corner of Ridgeland Avenue and Greenfield Street,…
News: August 28, 2015
Ninety-two breweries – mostly from Illinois and the Midwest – provided 4,500 craft beer lovers with samplings of nearly 400 unique beers during the 8th Annual…
News: July 28, 2015
Seven Generations Ahead and Chicago Public Schools successfully wrapped up a five-school commercial composting pilot program called “CPS Composts: Don't…
News: June 18, 2015
At the recent Indiana Recycling Coalition (IRC) annual conference in Indianapolis, SGA’s Zero Waste program manager Jen Nelson presented on two panels…
News: May 28, 2015
This May, Seven Generations Ahead partnered with the Kane County Health Department's Fit For Kids Initiative to give out Tower…
News: April 17, 2015
"More kale, please!" That's what a group of first through third graders at Stagg Elementary shouted after trying kale for…