Chicago Urban Green
Chicago Urban Green - The Student Conservation Association
Plant trees, restore habitats and launch your green career. The SCA Urban Green program offers conservation jobs for teens and young adults.
Adding Green to Urban Design - City of Chicago
"Adding Green to Urban Design" presents a rationale, a vision and a detailed implementation strategy for economically sound and environmentally sustainable ...
Urban Green - The Student Conservation Association
The SCA's Urban Green programs are paid innovative workforce development opportunities for youth and young adults underrepresented in the conservation field ...
Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Guidelines - City of Chicago
Through the leadership of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the City of Chicago has committed to continue to lead in innovating and demonstrating to the nation the value and ...
Greening Chicago, Illinois | Bezos Earth Fund
Grants · Delivering Equitable and Resilient Climate Solutions · Equalizing the Distribution of Green Spaces within Urban Latino/a/x Communities · Strengthening ...
The Sustainable Chicago Action Agenda includes a Climate Action Plan, Sustainable Transit, Waste Management, Clean Energy, and Energy Efficiency ...
How Green Is Our City: Chicago's Urban Green Space - Moss Design
With 8.5% of urban acreage devoted to parks, Chicago has a wide range of green space options. Which is YOUR favorite?
Chicago: A green vision for urban space - CDP
Since 2016, the city has rebuilt or refurbished 225 parks and planted over 26,000 new trees to make sure all neighborhoods have access to canopy cover and green ...
Urban Green | Colin Fisher | University of North Carolina Press
In this pathbreaking book, historian Colin Fisher demonstrates that working-class white immigrants and African Americans in rapidly industrializing Chicago ...
Ecotourism in Chicago | Green Attractions & Mueseums
Chicago is an eco-friendly city dedicated to sustainable urban growth. See our guide to green attractions, mueseums and more ecotourism in Chicago.
Space to Grow: Greening Chicago One Playground At A Time
The Space to Grow initiative provides various solutions to common environmental challenges in the city, primarily: flooding, lack of tree canopy, and ...
Analysis of urban green space accessibility and distribution inequity ...
Urban green space (UGS) has positive impacts on people's physical and mental health. Equal access to UGS for all people, regardless of their individual ...
Adding greenspace to the city has proven to be a smart approach to signify investment and pride in neighbourhoods in Chicago. Developers hunting for the next up ...
Green Era - Transforming Chicago - For the environment, for equity ...
The Green Era Campus is a global blueprint for equitable, sustainable urban development—all starting on the South Side of Chicago. Donate. Together we have ...
Bezos Earth Fund Announces $10.1 Million for Urban Green Spaces ...
CHICAGO, Ill. — July 17, 2023: The Bezos Earth Fund announces today $10.1 million to fund Chicago urban greening projects as part of its new ...
Urban Conservation in Illinois
To help stakeholders better understand which Chicago communities need more green space, TNC is using an approach called urban greenprinting.
It aims to revitalize the urban green space along the Chicago River to promote riverfront recreation, leisure, and cultural expression. Initiatives include ...
A waste-to-resource plan for Chicago's bronzeville community. It is a multidisciplinary project that aims to develop a waste-to-resource facility.
Green Spaces in Chicago - ArcGIS StoryMaps
A nonprofit called NeighborSpace started a community-based initiative to increase community green spaces throughout the city. especially ...
Ecofeminism and Urban Flooding in Chicago
In Chicago, there is a deeply inequitable distribution of and access to green infrastructures, considerably in communities of color.