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EJC Sponsors Great Lakes Bioneers ChicagoEJC is sponsoring the first-ever Bioneers event in Chicago. It will take place the weekend of November 2-4, 2012, and Dr. Vandana Shiva and John Edel will headline the event! The gathering will take place at the University of Illinois, Student Center east. Our theme, The Living City, is intended to promote dialogue, collaboration and ACTION around solutions that can make Chicago a sustainable and just city. More … |
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EJC Helps Launch Urban FarmWe’re taking a lead role in our work with Rogers Park Farms to bring about an urban farm in one of Chicago’s most diverse neighborhoods. As planned, it will include aquaponics and extended season outdoor growing. But this is more than a working farm. This project is designed to create a place in which skills are shared and experiment happens. And it capitalize on Rogers Parks greatest asset – the people who live there. More… |
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MWGen to Close Coal PlantsAs a founding member of the Chicago Clean Power Coalition, EJC is pleased to announce Edison Int’l's subsidiary Midwest Generation will close its Fisk and Crawford coal plants by 2012 and 2014, respectively. These plants are two of the oldest and dirtiest in the nation, and responsible for 42 premature deaths each year. More… |
