Over a hundred years ago, members of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi filed claims of ownership to land built into Lake Michigan in what is now known as Streeterville. Today, this land is home to Navy Pier, part of the Magnificent Mile, and the downtown Northwestern campus. John Low, enrolled citizen of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and professor at Ohio State University at Newark, discusses this land built into the waters of Lake Michigan.
Read MoreOn Monday, September 14, the Evanston City Council voted 8-0 in favor of adopting an environmental justice resolution. The resolution acknowledges the disproportionate effects of environmental issues on communities of color in the Evanston area, and outlines actions to correct these injustices. Read more about the process this resolution went through to get adopted here.
Read MoreWhen the COVID-19 pandemic ravished its way through the Evanston community this year, everything was brought to a halt. Community activists like Citizens’ Greener Evanston president Rachel Rosner were faced with the task of balancing the fear of an unknown virus while adapting to a new online form of activism.
Read MoreTo thru-hike the 2,000-mile trail spanning the entirety of the Appalachian Mountains is a feat that the most expert hikers take years to prepare for. But for Jacob Myers, a nature enthusiast from North Carolina, his thru-hike was cut short after 17 days when trails were closed due to the coronavirus outbreak in mid-March. Ali Wilt has the story.
Read MoreA local group is doing battle against our culture of waste. Spanish immigrant Beatriz Echeverria founded the Evanston Repair Clinic in 2018 to combat what she sees as Americans' tendency to throw away and replace broken items rather than attempting to repair them. The clinic started out as a place where people could go to get their belongings fixed for free, but its mission eventually became to teach them how to do repairs themselves. It's part of a worldwide movement promoting repair as the key to a more sustainable life.
Read More“As the coronavirus pandemic has caused disruption to the supply chain, farms and stores across the country have been forced to dump and destroy extra food and euthanize animals at the same time a global hunger crisis looms.” Hannah Paridis has the story on Real Food, Real Talk.
Read MoreEvery year, homeowners spend countless hours of their spring and summer de-weeding their yards, attempting to get rid of those little yellow flowers that children make a wish on. But why are dandelions so despised? Danielle Johnson shares her opinion.
Read MoreThis week in Real Food, Real Talk, contributor Hannah Paridis researched how environmental injustice is a significant factor in America’s disproportionate COVID-19 death rates in racial minorities.
Read MoreRead how different environmental groups are showing a shift from the environmental movement of decades past, conservation focused and with a racist history, towards environmental justice and making the environmental movement more inclusive. This shift is reflected in the support environmental groups are showing for the Black Lives matter movement, a few of which have statements quoted in this piece.
Read MoreRead In Our Nature’s full statement on the Black Lives Matter movement and recent and past racial violence against the Black community as well as access links to organizations to support during this time and in the future.
Read MoreIn this piece coordinated by In Our Nature’s Carlyn Kranking, a few students share their experiences with the first environmental courses they took at Northwestern University, and what impact these courses had.
Read MoreCheck out this first piece in Northwestern University Real Food’s column, Real Food, Real Talk, about the meat industry in the United States and its history, and how it plays into the current meat shortage.
Read MoreKatrina Holland attended BuildingResilience19, a sustainability conference in Cleveland, Ohio, in November of last year. She shares the initiatives the city is taking in order to prepare for a climate crisis.
Read More“It is rare I spot/ the bird, but the brief ecstasy/ of color nicks my heart/ just to see them fly.” This week on Emily Jahn’s Atmosphere, she describes the anticipated return of the blue jay after a long winter.
Read MoreIf the current pandemic has you at home like many of us, here are a few suggestions to fill up some time - whether they’re keeping you distracted, stimulated, productive, or anything else is up to you!
Read MoreWinter is behind us, yet the feeling of walking home in the snow remain. Check out this beautiful poem by Emma Belanger in her new column, To Fly, To Swim, To Be.
Read MoreRead up on initiatives for sustainability that exist in better ways outside of the United States, including plastic bag bans, better recycling initiatives, and sustainability education in Danielle Johnson’s piece. Be sure to check out the graphic in the piece, too.
Read MoreThis week, Emily Jahn’s column Atmosphere explores her fond childhood memory of catching moths.
Read MoreA minute of quiet in a loud, shouting world. Check out ION’s newest poetry column,To Fly, To Swim, To Be, by Emma Belanger.
Read MoreCheck out this interesting look at what evolution can do in Emily Jahn’s latest piece. This article explores mega-insects, how they got smaller today, and the role the oxygen content of our atmosphere plays in their transformation.
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