EAF’s Summer around the World!
EAF members are off for a fun and exciting summer. Learn more about it here! Andrea Clinton This summer, I will be spending about 6 weeks in an environmental planning internship with a small non-profit in the Detroit area, where I grew up. For most of July and...
The Sustainable Chicago Sports Project
The Sustainable Chicago Sports Project is a collaboration between the University of Chicago Environment, Agriculture and Food Group and Program on Global Environment, City of Chicago and the Green Chicago Restaurant Coalition. View the press release here.
Sustainable Food: A Reality at The Plant
Sustainable Food: A Reality at The Plant, by Andrea Clinton As part of the Frizzell Family Speaker and Learning Series at the University of Chicago, students had the opportunity to take a tour of The Plant, a 93,500 square foot building in the Back of the Yards/New...
Greening Cities: A Visit with Geoff Cape, CEO of the Evergreen Foundation
Greening Cities, by Claire Pieper Last Tuesday, on May 26th, EAF was proud to jointly host the Frizzell Family Speaker and Learning series, a student-run initiative to commemorate the life of Alexandra Frizzell. Alex was a student of environmental economics with...
UChicago’s Earth Fest 20 by 25: One Building Block at a Time
20 by 25: One Building Block at a Time, by Eva Kinnebrew This Thursday, May 28th, from 11am to 2pm, the University of Chicago Office of Sustainability will be hosting their seventh annual Earth Fest. This festival will take place on the east side of the quad and will...
Evergreen Foundation: Adaptive Reuse, Urban Renewal and Citizen Engagement
Evergreen Foundation: Adaptive Reuse, Urban Renewal and Citizen Engagement by Kevin On On May 26th, we are excited to welcome Geoff Cape, CEO of the Evergreen Foundation. The Evergreen Foundation is a Canadian organization that exemplifies the role of community in...
Sports and Society: The Special Olympics
On May 12th, 2015, EAF will be hosting Sports and Society to bring together experts who will speak to the profound and diverse impacts that sports have in our communities. In the spirit of this discussion, this week we’re taking a look at Special Olympics, an...
Sports and Society: The Special Olympics
On May 12th, 2015, EAF will be hosting Sports and Society to bring together experts who will speak to the profound and diverse impacts that sports have in our communities. In the spirit of this discussion, this week we’re taking a look at Special Olympics, an...
Take the Pledge to Go Veg: VegWeek 2015
by Eva Kinnebrew Eating meat and other animal products is a part of our culture. Most of us grew up eating meat and, throughout our lives, have been surrounded by animal products (for example: hot dogs at baseball games, cartons of milk in school lunches, late- night...
March Madness: A Sustainability Perspective
So far, the University of Kentucky Wildcats are the biggest favorite to win March Madness, as they sit happily seeded No. 1 and attempt to continue the season undefeated. But how does unstoppable Kentucky stand up to sustainability practices? Let’s take a look!