Overriding Mission:  ​Work with Edgewater residents to become a model green community by engaging with our neighbors for a Sustainable Future for ourselves and those generations that follow.
Focus Areas EESP Outreach
  • We will be one of the Edgewater community's leading advocates for environmental issues
  • EESP volunteers will collaborate with other like minded residents community groups, schools & universities, businesses and faith groups in Edgewater and in the Chicago area
Your Role - What Can You Do? 
  • Examine your home-make it energy efficient:  insulate, use LED lighting; & energy efficient appliances.
  • Convert to renewable energy sources. 
  • Walk whenever possible, bike when you can and shop locally.
  • Participate in our community's activities planting parkways, greening parks and expanding the tree canopy.
  • Engage in political action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sources - your health depends on it.
  • Pull down the "More" tab for links to additional resources.
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Facts  - Don't Fear Open Discussion
What do the majority of  scientists say about climate change & global warming?

What are Climate Change and Global Warming?
Global warming refers to the recent and ongoing rise in global average temperature near Earth's surface. It is caused mostly by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Global warming is causing climate patterns to change. However, global warming itself represents only one aspect of climate change.

Climate change refers to any significant change in the measures of climate lasting for an extended period of time. In other words, climate change includes major changes in temperature, precipitation, or wind patterns, among other effects, that occur over several decades or longer.
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Humans are largely responsible for recent climate change
Over the past century, human activities have released large amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The majority of greenhouse gases come from burning fossil fuels to produce energy, although deforestation, industrial processes, and some agricultural practices also emit gases into the atmosphere.

Greenhouse gases act like a blanket around Earth, trapping energy in the atmosphere and causing it to warm. This phenomenon is called the greenhouse effect and is natural and necessary to support life on Earth. However, the buildup of greenhouse gases can change Earth's climate and result in dangerous effects to human health and welfare and to ecosystems.

The choices we make today will affect the amount of greenhouse gases we put in the atmosphere in the near future and for years to come.

Credit: United States Environmental Protection Agency