Category Archives: Illinois

Free Seminar to Precede Illinois Governor's Sustainability Awards

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Laura B.

A nationally known speaker on Sustainability and a panel of experts discussing energy savings programs will be featured in an upcoming seminar.  The sustainability seminar will be Thursday, October 28 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Champaign, IL.   The seminar … Continue reading →

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Professors develop material from husks

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Daily Illini. While thinking about a way to use natural resources to develop an eco-friendly project to improve Illinois, three professors found inspiration in nearby cornfields, according to Scott White, professor in aerospace engineering.

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It's getting hot up here

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Chicago Tribune. If you think your spring flowers have been blooming a little earlier than they used to, or that corn in Illinois fields seems to reach as high as an elephant’s eye sooner … Continue reading →

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be featured speaker at Millikin University's annual Thomas W. Ewing Lecture

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Laura B.

Visionary environmental business leader and advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be the featured speaker at Millikin University’s annual Thomas W. Ewing Lecture, to be held Wednesday, Sept. 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kirkland Fine Arts Center. Kennedy’s lecture, … Continue reading →

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Most Chicago-area residents living 'greener'

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Chicago Tribune. Chicago still has work to do to become the “Greenest City in America,” as Mayor Richard Daley once promised, but results from a new Tribune/WGN poll show that three-quarters of residents across … Continue reading →

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EPA Midwest Clean Diesel Leadership Group Presents Awards For Emissions Reductions

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Laura B.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5’s Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative Leadership Group recognized people and organizations that have acted to reduce diesel emissions at a June 30 ceremony in Chicago. The MCDI Leadership Group awards recognize individuals and organizations that … Continue reading →

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Application deadline extended for Illinois Governor's Sustainability Awards

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Laura B.

The deadline for applying for the Illinois Governor’s Sustainability Award has been extended.  Applications will be accepted online until close of business on Friday, May 28, 2010.

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Lake Effect: Two Sisters and a Town's Toxic Legacy by Nancy Nichols

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Laura B.

I originally posted this review at GoodReads and on my other blog, Laura’s Reading List. Nancy Nichols grew up in Waugekan, IL in the 1960s and 1970s, when several factories, including Johns-Manville (asbestos) and Outboard Marine (engine manufacturing, which involved … Continue reading →

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Plan for 'eco-boulevards' in Chicago is a finalist in Buckminster Fuller Challenge

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Chicago Tribune. A plan by Chicago architects to create ecology-minded boulevards that would capture, clean and return wastewater and storm-water to Lake Michigan has been named a finalist in the 2010 Buckminster Fuller Challenge. The contest seeks … Continue reading →

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Governor's 2010 Sustainable University Symposium

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Laura B.

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be hosting the Governor’s 2010 Sustainable University Symposium on Friday, August 27th at the I-Hotel and Conference Center. Please visit www.green.illinois.gov for more information.

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