Tag: Chicago
Groundbreaking ceremony marks start of Forrestal School rebuild at Naval Station Great Lakes – Great Lakes Commission
An elementary school at Naval Station Great Lakes that needs significant improvements including AC installation and accessible drinking water, is being demolished and rebuilt. Read the full story by WGN […]
OPINION: The West should put its straws away. Great Lakes water is not for sale. – Great Lakes Commission
A Chicago water commissioner hopes to put to rest the belief that Great Lakes water, now, or at any point in the future, will be used to solve the water […]
Dyer: Enemy is our lust for power, control
When you start shouting at the television screen, you know itâs time to take a break.
Chicago’s ‘plover mother,’ Tamima Itani, recognized by Illinois as an outstanding volunteer of the year – Great Lakes Commission
The volunteer lead Great Lakes piping plover monitor at Chicago’s Montrose Beach was recognized by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources as one of 11 outstanding volunteers of the year. […]
A New Paradigm: How climate change is shaping mental landscapes in the Great Lakes | Great Lakes Echo
By Mia Litzenberg In a weekly Good Grief Network session held on July 25, time and space were created for participants to reflect on their feelings of uncertainty in an unstable environment over Zoom. Trained facilitators kept time for each participant to speak while the other participants bore witness as listeners. The overarching rule was […]
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