With 6018North, we hosted for a series of Town Hall discussions with community experts and innovators to explore Chicago’s most pressing issues to create a sustainable future. The Edgewater Environmental Coalition are community members and environmental stewards. Our mission is to bring a green voice to local challenges, empowering people to build and maintain a more sustainable future through action, organizing, education, and advocacy. We are rooted in advancing a healthy and verdant Edgewater. Town Hall Tuesday events supported by a COVID Response Grant from the Environmental Law and Policy Center.
At 6018North, we challenge what art is, whom it’s for, and where and how it’s created. Founded in May 2011, 6018North is an artist-centered, sustainable, nonprofit platform and venue for innovative art and culture.
Waste
The first town hall on January 26, 2021 discussed Chicago's waste collection, recycling, reuse, and regeneration, with featured speakers Megan Conway of the Delta Institute, Carter O'Brien of Chicago Recycling Coalition, Stephanie Katsaros of Bright Beat and Chicago Sustainability Task Force, and community innovators Erlene Howard of Collective Resource Compost, Nance Klehm of Social Ecologies, and Joanne Rodriquez of Mycocycle.
If you would like to watch the recording or share it with friends, the video is available here.
Housing
The second town hall on February 23, 2021 discussed sustainable housing in Chicago, with featured speakers Cheryl Johnson of People for Community Recovery, Noah Moskowitz of ONE Northside, Bob Remer of the Edgewater Historical Society, and community innovators Mario Machnicki of Marion Restoration, Anne Nicklin of Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse, and George Tully of Chicago Association of Realtors.
If you would like to watch the recording or share it with friends, the video is available here.
Water
The third town hall on March 30, 2021 discussed green and blue infrastructure, lead pipe replacement, flooding, pollution, and sustainable solutions to our water problems, with featured speakers Megan Vidis of Chicago Department of Water Management, Iyana Simba of Illinois Environmental Council, and Mariyana Spyropoulos of Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Chicago. The event also featured water erosion organizers Sharon Louis of South Side Lakefront Erosion Task Force and Chicago Black Water Council, Tom Heineman of GET Beaches PAC, and innovative voices of Alaina Harkness of Current Water, Mary Pat McGuire of The Water Lab, and Dom Marlow from Master of City Design at University of Illinois Chicago.
If you would like to watch the recording or share it with friends, the video is available here.
TRANSPORTATION
The final event of the 2021 series on April 27 discussed public and mass transportation, active transportation such as biking and walking, and the future of sustainable and renewable energy in fuel use for car travel. Featured speakers include Vignesh Krishnamurthy of CDOT, Courtney Cobbs of Better Streets Chicago, Kassie Beyer of Jobs to Move America, Julia Gerasimenko of Active Transportation Alliance, and Deloris Lucas of We Keep You Rollin’, alongside community innovators Rick Rosen of LanzaTech and Zach Waickman the Biodiesel Lab Manager at Loyola University Chicago, and others.
If you would like to watch the recording or share it with friends, it is available here.
We would like to give a special thank you to all of our presenters, 6018North, and the Environmental Law and Policy Center for making this possible! Please join our mailing list or use our contact us form to stay in touch.
Edgewater Environmental Coalition (EEC) brings a green voice to local challenges, empowering people to build and maintain a more sustainable future through action, organizing, education, and advocacy. We are rooted in advancing a healthy and verdant Edgewater.
Previously known as the Edgewater Environmental Sustainability Project, EEC begins 2021 with a new name, mission, vision, and logo. In coalition as community members and environmental stewards!
In 1990, we started as Edgewater Beautiful as a committee at the Edgewater Community Council with a neighborhood-wide clean up that brought together passionate neighbors that cared for our land, water, air, and wildlife. In 2008, we emerged as the Edgewater Environmental Sustainability Project. In 2010, the neighborhood's first climate action plan was completed by an evolving group of dedicated individuals and neighbors. Over the last decade, the project grew into a sustained organization. 2020 provided an opportunity to reflect on our future. A team of long-time and brand-new volunteers came together to dream, strategize, and plan our refresh.
Renamed as the Edgewater Environmental Coalition, we enter a new era. Rooted in the history of our community and coalescing as community members and environmental stewards we are advancing a future of sustaining our water, land, food, air, and wildlife.
At 6018North, we challenge what art is, whom it’s for, and where and how it’s created. Founded in May 2011, 6018North is an artist-centered, sustainable, nonprofit platform and venue for innovative art and culture.
Waste
The first town hall on January 26, 2021 discussed Chicago's waste collection, recycling, reuse, and regeneration, with featured speakers Megan Conway of the Delta Institute, Carter O'Brien of Chicago Recycling Coalition, Stephanie Katsaros of Bright Beat and Chicago Sustainability Task Force, and community innovators Erlene Howard of Collective Resource Compost, Nance Klehm of Social Ecologies, and Joanne Rodriquez of Mycocycle.
If you would like to watch the recording or share it with friends, the video is available here.
Housing
The second town hall on February 23, 2021 discussed sustainable housing in Chicago, with featured speakers Cheryl Johnson of People for Community Recovery, Noah Moskowitz of ONE Northside, Bob Remer of the Edgewater Historical Society, and community innovators Mario Machnicki of Marion Restoration, Anne Nicklin of Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse, and George Tully of Chicago Association of Realtors.
If you would like to watch the recording or share it with friends, the video is available here.
Water
The third town hall on March 30, 2021 discussed green and blue infrastructure, lead pipe replacement, flooding, pollution, and sustainable solutions to our water problems, with featured speakers Megan Vidis of Chicago Department of Water Management, Iyana Simba of Illinois Environmental Council, and Mariyana Spyropoulos of Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Chicago. The event also featured water erosion organizers Sharon Louis of South Side Lakefront Erosion Task Force and Chicago Black Water Council, Tom Heineman of GET Beaches PAC, and innovative voices of Alaina Harkness of Current Water, Mary Pat McGuire of The Water Lab, and Dom Marlow from Master of City Design at University of Illinois Chicago.
If you would like to watch the recording or share it with friends, the video is available here.
TRANSPORTATION
The final event of the 2021 series on April 27 discussed public and mass transportation, active transportation such as biking and walking, and the future of sustainable and renewable energy in fuel use for car travel. Featured speakers include Vignesh Krishnamurthy of CDOT, Courtney Cobbs of Better Streets Chicago, Kassie Beyer of Jobs to Move America, Julia Gerasimenko of Active Transportation Alliance, and Deloris Lucas of We Keep You Rollin’, alongside community innovators Rick Rosen of LanzaTech and Zach Waickman the Biodiesel Lab Manager at Loyola University Chicago, and others.
If you would like to watch the recording or share it with friends, it is available here.
We would like to give a special thank you to all of our presenters, 6018North, and the Environmental Law and Policy Center for making this possible! Please join our mailing list or use our contact us form to stay in touch.
Edgewater Environmental Coalition (EEC) brings a green voice to local challenges, empowering people to build and maintain a more sustainable future through action, organizing, education, and advocacy. We are rooted in advancing a healthy and verdant Edgewater.
Previously known as the Edgewater Environmental Sustainability Project, EEC begins 2021 with a new name, mission, vision, and logo. In coalition as community members and environmental stewards!
In 1990, we started as Edgewater Beautiful as a committee at the Edgewater Community Council with a neighborhood-wide clean up that brought together passionate neighbors that cared for our land, water, air, and wildlife. In 2008, we emerged as the Edgewater Environmental Sustainability Project. In 2010, the neighborhood's first climate action plan was completed by an evolving group of dedicated individuals and neighbors. Over the last decade, the project grew into a sustained organization. 2020 provided an opportunity to reflect on our future. A team of long-time and brand-new volunteers came together to dream, strategize, and plan our refresh.
Renamed as the Edgewater Environmental Coalition, we enter a new era. Rooted in the history of our community and coalescing as community members and environmental stewards we are advancing a future of sustaining our water, land, food, air, and wildlife.
