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Oak Park Recognized for Sustainable Fleet Achievements

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Oak Park Recognized for Sustainable Fleet Achievements

The Village of Oak Park won a green leadership award at the Chicago Area Clean Cities (CACC) coalition annual meeting on Thursday, Dec. 5. The awards are given each year to local organizations and individuals that take actions to reduce petroleum consumption and improve air quality, such as by using cleaner-burning alternative-fuel vehicles, electric vehicles (EVs) or other advanced technologies.

The Village of Oak Park received the “Best Performing Municipality” award for the many steps it is taking to lower the carbon footprint and emissions of its vehicle fleet.

City of Chicago Endorses 9th One Earth Film Festival Season

City of Chicago Endorses 9th One Earth Film Festival Season

The City of Chicago issued its letter of support (excerpted below) for the festival’s ninth season:

"One Earth Film Festival is a leader in bringing citizens, filmmakers, and local advocacy groups together in community -- in dialogue as well as action -- around multiple sustainability topics, to enact concrete and measurable change. It is in this spirit of mutual interest and cooperation that the City of Chicago expresses its continued support for the One Earth Film Festival."

-- Cara Bader, Chief Sustainability Officer, Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago

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Remembering Sally Stovall

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Remembering Sally Stovall

When most people retire, they kick back, take cruises, and visit the grandchildren. Sally Stovall was not most people. She did, indeed, relish visiting her grandchildren, but after she retired from a career in organizational development, Sally embarked on a new, vibrant career as climate activist and community organizer.

Doc10 Showcases Two Environmental Films

Doc10 Showcases Two Environmental Films

Enjoy 10% off ticket prices using code Doc10_OEFF!

Doc10, Chicago’s film festival showcasing the year’s 10 best documentaries, is hosting the Chicago premieres of two award-winning films that resonate with interests in sustainability and a healthy planet: Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas De Pencier’s staggeringly beautiful and shocking “ANTHROPOCENE: THE HUMAN EPOCH” and a special closing night presentation of John Chester’s “THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM.” The films will screen on April 13 and April 14. 

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Everything is Connected: Opinion by Cyclist Mike Erickson

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Everything is Connected: Opinion by Cyclist Mike Erickson

My daughter said to me, “Dad isn’t it funny how one thing leads to another. Like first we hear about the football team owner Robert Kraft and his videos of soliciting sex, and next we see pictures of the president Donald Trump hosting the lady day spa owner at his super bowl party?” And I said, “Yes, that is funny.” And of course, “Everything is connected.”