Edgewater Environmental Sustainability Project (EESP)

Mission Statement: 
We are a group of local volunteers who actively partner with our neighbors, local schools, block clubs, faith groups & elected officials in order to create a sustainable and environmentally friendly future for ourselves & succeeding generations.  
(Information regarding our non profit status, objectives & ways to donate are shown on the bottom of the page.)
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CLIMATE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION PASSED AT MARCH EESP MEETING:

EESP declares that a climate emergency threatens our city, region, state, nation, civilization, humanity and the natural world.

EESP commits to calling on the government to provide all necessary financial and regulatory assistance in support of its efforts to end citywide greenhouse gas emissions as quickly as possible, to draw down greenhouse gases, and to accelerate adaptation and resilience strategies; 

EESP commits to educating our community about the climate emergency and organizing and advocating for a just transition and climate emergency mobilization effort at the local, regional, and state levels to provide maximum protection for our residents as well as all the people and species of the world;

EESP underscores the need for full community participation, inclusion, and support, and recognizes that the residents of Edgewater and community organizations, faith, youth, labor, business, academic institutions, homeowners’ associations, and environmental, economic, racial, gender, family and disability justice and indigenous, immigrant and women’s rights organizations and other such allies who will be integral to and in the leadership of the mobilization effort;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, EESP commits to keeping the concerns of vulnerable communities central to all just transition and climate emergency mobilization planning processes and to inviting and encouraging such communities to actively participate in order to advocate directly for their needs.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, EESP calls on the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, the United States Federal Government, and all governments and peoples worldwide to initiate an immediate social and economic mobilization to reverse global warming and ecological overshoot that restores near pre-industrial global average temperatures and greenhouse gas concentrations, immediately halts the development of all new fossil fuel infrastructure, rapidly phases out the use of fossil fuels and the technologies which rely upon them, ends greenhouse gas emissions as quickly as possible, initiates an effort to safely draw down the excess carbon from the atmosphere, transitions to regenerative agriculture, ends the sixth mass extinction of species, protects and expands workers’ right to organize, and creates and guarantees high-quality, high-paying jobs with comprehensive benefits for all those who will be impacted by this emergency response.
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Current EESP Actions & Activities
* EESP voted and passed a motion to be involved in creating planters in Andersonville. The planters would consist of native plants and have some sort of EESP signage on them! This will most likely take place in May.  (This initiative will replace corner garden grants).

*Effective Waste Management is a continuing concern & EESP teams are involved in a cooperative effort with other groups and city officials.  Contact us if you wish to participate.
   
* EESP will hold evening meetings at 6018 N Kenmore (7 pm) so those neighbors who cannot join the Wednesday am monthly meetings can learn more & become involved if they wish.  Agendas will be released in advance.  In addition to general meeting updates, the quarterly evening meetings will each have a focus topic. February 26th was waste; May 27th is "the green dream" - ecology & biodiversity; August 26th is sustainable transportation; November 25th is energy (dates may be subject to change)
 
*2020 marks the 10th Anniversary of the Edgewater Environmental Sustainability Project.  Planning for a celebration of this event is ongoing.  A name change is being contemplated for EESP and suggestions will be entertained before being voted upon.

*Earth Day 50th Anniversary, Climate Strike - 4/22

*Edgewater/EESP Clean & Green - 4/25
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Other News on Environmental Issues:  
Climate Change: Global Alert Released 2019 [Report from the World Meteorological Organization] 
      The concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere has reached a record high, according to a report released Monday by the World Meteorological Organization. In 2018, global average concentrations of the greenhouse gas, which is a byproduct of burning fossil fuels, reached 407.8 parts per million, which means for every 1 million molecules of gas in the atmosphere, nearly 408 were carbon dioxide. This level is up from the global average of 405.5 parts per million in 2017. The findings follow a trend that shows the planet is continuing to warm at an alarming pace.
​Article published 11/25/19 via NBC News by Denise Chow​

EESP Monthly Meeting

The map shows the location of the monthly meetings on the second Wednesday : 9 to 10 am  5533 North Broadway. 

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Acronyms Uncovered: To help volunteers understand the names or titles behind acronyms that are used for groups that work with Edgewater Environmental Sustainability Project (EESP) you can access the list with this link - (paste & copy in your browser):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XjEW_PINl60stoLARx_CRhPu6SmAqbiO_ox4gbX4XRY/edit?usp=sharing