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Clean Power Advocates Visually Illustrate Fatalities from Chicago’s Coal Plants Ask Mayor Emanuel, City Council to Move Chicago Off Coal On Wednesday, February 15th, supporters of the Chicago Clean Power Coalition gathered in the City Council Chambers to call attention to the fatalities caused each year by the coal pollution from the Fisk and Crawford coal plants, [...] [...] 
EJC is sponsoring Great Lakes Chicago Bioneers! Thanks to EJC, the Pierce Family Foundation and many others Bioneers is coming to Chicago the weekend of November 2-4, 2012. What is Bioneers? Bioneers is inspiring a shift to live on Earth in ways that honor the web of life, each other and future generations. Viable solutions already exist for [...] [...] 
EJC is working to end Illinois taxpayer subsidy for coal biased curriculum The education of our children is a sacred trust that we give to our teachers. Yet, educators in Illinois are being asked to violate that trust for the economic gain and vested interests of the coal industry. Working as part of the Heartland Coalfield Alliance, [...] [...] 
An Urban Farm … Coming to Rogers Park! Eco-Justice Collaborative is taking a lead role in its work with Rogers Park Farms to bring about an urban farm as part of a mixed use development in one of Chicago’s most diverse neighborhoods. The project, which will be located on slightly more than an acre of land [...] [...] 
Start a Transition Town Initiative in Your Community! EJC co-founded the transition towns movement in Rogers Park in 2009 as a way to lower our ecological footprint, build resiliency through local solutions to today’s challenges of peak oil, climate change and the economy – and foster community relationships along the way! Click here to read full [...] [...] 
Headed into Ecological Overshoot … Again? Did you know that the United States consumes up to 30% of the world’s resources and generates nearly 30% of the world’s wastes? All this with just 4.5% of the world’s population! Did you know that by 2010, the U.S was using global resources at a rate that would require [...] [...] 
Click to watch video by Sustainable Guidance Canada Now Largest Supplier of Oil to US Most of us don’t know that for the last 7 years, Canada has been the largest supplier of oil to the U.S. But obtaining oil from Canada’s tar sands comes at a high price. Making liquid fuels from oil sands requires energy for steam injection and [...] [...] 
Click to watch video by Sustainable Guidance Canada Now Largest Supplier of Oil to US Most of us don’t know that for the last 7 years, Canada has been the largest supplier of oil to the U.S. But obtaining oil from Canada’s tar sands comes at a high price. Making liquid fuels from oil sands requires energy for steam injection and [...] [...] 
Happiness Revealed TedxSF 2011 – Louie Schwartzberg Each day we are reminded of the consequences of unfettered economic, social and environmental choices that foster unlimited growth and development at the expense of people and our planet. But each day we also are given the precious gift of life and the opportunity to work for change. Do we [...] [...] 
Why Information is Not Enough We are living in amazing times; an age of global challenges requiring an unprecedented human response. The earth is getting warmer, creating climate disruption and literally threatening life as we know it. Fossil fuel production is being squeezed worldwide, challenging us to transition to a renewable energy future or face a [...] [...] |
Eco-Justice Collaborative is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We highlight the real costs of a growth-oriented, consumer-based economy powered by fossil fuels while identifying and promoting solutions that serve all people without harm to our planet. We accomplish our mission through workshops, delegations, advocacy and by collaborating with other groups and coalitions. Learn more here! |
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