Accelerating Regenerative Agriculture in IL
Eco-Justice Collaborative is working with the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition to addresses climate change and food insecurity in Illinois through regenerative agriculture.
Nature Can Help Solve Climate Crisis
Watch this short presentation by Janine Benyus, Biomicry 3.8, to learn how nature can help us solve one of the most pressing challenges of our time.
Vonnegut’s Letter to the Future
After citing examples of how Nature works to keep the planet in balance, Vonnegut puts forth a series of simple steps we need to take to survive as a species. What he writes rings as true today as it did in 1988.
The Gifts of Uncertainty
Drawing from deep ecology, systems theory and spiritual traditions, Dr. Macy builds motivation, creativity, courage and solidarity for the transition
What is Bioneers?
What is Bioneers? Bioneers = Biological + Pioneers National Bioneers founder Kenny Ausubel coined the term Bioneers in 1990 to describe an emerging culture: Bioneers are social and scientific innovators from all walks of life and disciplines who have peered deep into the heart of living systems to understand how nature operates, and to mimic “nature’s operating […]
2013 – Community Resilience
Friday’s workshops defined resilience and the identified what it would take to make Chicago resilient – capable of bouncing back from its challenges.
2012 – The Living City
The 2012 theme called us to begin the journey to help Chicago become a more just, sustainable city, based on nature’s principles: kinship, cooperation, diversity, symbiosis and cycles of continuous creation absent of waste.
Changing the Narrative on Climate
On solving climate – How do we save ourselves from a planet, that if pushed too far, has the power to rock, burn and shake us off completely.
Resilient and Sustainable
Resilient and Sustainable EJC believes that we can make the deep changes required to address the most serious social, economic, and environmental challenges of modern history. But in order to be successful, we will need to: Embrace the the fact that our consumer-based economies and reliance on fossil fuels are not sustainable (nor just) on a […]
Surviving Climate Change
What actions can we take to protect ourselves, our families, and our communities from the devastating effects of climate change?