Announcing our Chicago election endorsements
December 14, 2022
Meet our environmental champions in the 2023 Chicago municipal elections!
Sierra Club Illinois and Sierra Club Chicago Group seek to elect environmental champions who will work to address the climate crisis and build a more equitable city by...
Understanding Chicago’s Water: Sampling in winter weather conditions
February 28, 2022
By Jeff Shelden
Come rain, shine, sleet, or snow, the Chicago Group’s community scientists conduct water sampling at 11 sites along the Chicago River. Seeing the changes in scenery and vegetation over each season is both fascinating and...
Understanding Chicago's Water: Maintaining and Sharing Water Quality Data
November 29, 2021
By Sarah Buchhorn
As with other aspects of the Water Sampling Program, the Chicago Group Water Team’s approach to collecting, maintaining, and sharing water quality data evolved over time. When I became involved with the water team in 2018,...
Understanding Chicago’s Water: Diving into Sierra Club’s testing and locations on the North Branch
August 16, 2021
By Alex Hlavacek
On July 24, I visited three sites along the North Branch of the Chicago River and conducted a series of water quality tests. I’ve been a Sierra Club member for a number of years and I’m an active volunteer of the Chicago Water...
Understanding Chicago’s Water
June 28, 2021
Welcome to “Understanding Chicago’s Water,” a monthly blog from the Sierra Club Chicago Water Team. This blog will explore the reports produced by the team’s citizen-science Water Sampling Program, and what they mean for the environmental quality...
Young Hearts Out for Clean Energy
March 13, 2020
By Suzy Schlosberg, Chicago Youth Alliance for Climate Action
On March 4, the frost of our Midwestern winters melted away for a beautiful spring day just in time for Clean Energy Lobby Day. Among the hundreds of attendees, who ranged from...
CTAir, Solar Flair, and the Power of Mussels
February 13, 2020
By Suzy Schlosberg, Chicago Youth Alliance for Climate Action
On Saturday, February 1st, the Ready for 100 Chicago Collective hosted the first of its 2020 community engagement meetings at the Hatchery, a food and beverage incubator on Chicago’s...
Kicking off 2020
January 18, 2020
By Suzy Schlosberg, Chicago Youth Alliance for Climate Action
2020 is a big year. The 2020 census will re-proportion congressional seats and determine how billions of federal dollars will be distributed in states, cities and communities...
Youth Leaders Are Fighting for Clean Energy
December 11, 2019
By Suzy Schlosberg, Chicago Youth Alliance for Climate Action
This fall has been an important season for youth climate activists in Chicago, with the Global Youth Climate Strike on September 20 drawing out record numbers of supporters, shortly...
A student activist reflects on the Climate Strike
September 27, 2019
Blog and photo by Suzy Schlosberg, Chicago Youth Alliance for Climate Action
Friday, September 20, was the Global Youth Climate Strike. This was the first Friday school strike of the year, and it was made particularly momentous by the arrival of...