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Encourage public & private organizations to establish sustainable development & operating practices

Buffalo Grove, Illinois
In addition to the strides that Buffalo Grove has made in becoming more sustainable, the Village should encourage public and private organizations to undertake sustainable development and operating practices that meet the needs of the present with...
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Make Fast Fashion Transparent Now!

Chicago, Illinois
We would like to solve the issue of fast fashion and how it hurts the environment. We can help reduce this problem by generally educating others and increasing awareness of our issue. We have designed a clothing tag that will inform the public abo...
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EPIC Sustainable Neighborhood Youth Challenge - North Park

Chicago, Illinois
The EPIC Sustainable Neighborhood Youth Challenge is a program, funded by the Hive Chicago Fund at The Chicago Community Trust, that fosters student-driven campaigns that answer the question, “How can we make your neighborhood more sustainable?"

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

Chicago, Illinois
Using mural art to influence and educate community members about sustainability and alternative energy sources.
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EPIC Sustainable Neighborhood Youth Challenge

Chicago, Illinois
The Chicago Academy of Sciences and its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, US Green Building Council - Illinois, and Civic ArtWorks are working together to support Chicago-area students in developing projects that answer the question: “How do you ma...

Bronzeville Legends Identity Initiative

Chicago, Illinois
The 3 pillars of vibrant community development are 1) identity; 2) sustainability; 3) mobility. Identity represents a community’s historic and present character. When we think of Chinatown we know we are getting quality restaurants and an experi...

Encourage the redevelopment of shopping centers

Buffalo Grove, Illinois
There are several retail shopping centers in Buffalo Grove that are outdated, unappealing, and not conducive for sustainable retail success. As part of a comprehensive economic development strategy, the Village should encourage many of these comme...
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Nurture a healthy and successful urban forest

Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Glen Ellyn should strive to grow and maintain a sustainable "urban forest", primarily by way of a healthy tree canopy along downtown streets, that contributes to the livability of the downtown. The trees that comprise that canopy would be recogniz...
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Restoring South Shore

Chicago, Illinois
Our plan is to restore the area of South Shore by giving it a more appealing and aesthetic appearance by building a community garden and compost bin. Building the community garden and compost bin will provide sustainability to the community of Sou...
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Fresh Food for All

Chicago, Illinois
Growing and harvesting food from a hydroponic or aquaculture garden ensures you know from where your food came. we will host workshops for community members to teach them how to grow food using these systems. We will also build aquaponic units tha...
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EPIC Sustainable Neighborhood Youth Challenge - Lake View

Chicago, Illinois
The EPIC Sustainable Neighborhood Youth Challenge is a program, funded by the Hive Chicago Fund at The Chicago Community Trust, that fosters student-driven campaigns that answer the question, “How can we make your neighborhood more sustainable?"

Sharrows (on street bike symbol)

Peoria, Illinois
Part of a financially sustainable city is urban density. Part of a vibrant downtown is the necessity of people being outside, and out of their cars. Getting around by bicycle plays with both of these aspects, but most Peorians don't feel like ...
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University of Illinois at Chicago Office of Sustainability

Chicago, Illinois
The UIC Office of Sustainability forms the focal point for coordinating sustainability initiatives on campus by receiving information, tracking data, and assessing progress. Our focus is achieving the aspirational goals of the UIC Climate Commitme...

Expanded Urban Forestry Initiatives

Peoria, Illinois
Build upon current urban forestry efforts to create a more robust street tree program that restores and increases urban canopy. Measure and report the results in terms of stormwater runoff reduction, adjacent property value increases, air quality ...
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Sustainable please!

Chicago, Illinois
This is a bit of a dream, but any upgrade to make our buildings more sustainable and green. we have a beautiful and unique design, but it needs a second look to remain an important building in the future of chicago. there are some amazing ideas o...
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Multi-Tiered Museum Campus Transportation Plan

Chicago, Illinois
After thorough review of your presentation from OCT 14 meeting and corresponding website of ideas for transportation updates to make access of the Museum Campus there is still glaring omission: creating a new dedicated subway line branching off fr...
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Community Conversations

Chicago, Illinois
If public green spaces, like our food forest, had multiple seating areas then more people could discuss and learn about sustainability and methods for how they can address global warming issues.
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Backyard Chickens In Peoria

Peoria, Illinois
Even in major urban environments like Chicago, Brooklyn and Dallas, homeowners are permitted to keep chickens in their backyards. It's time for Peoria to catch up and allow chickens in backyards across the city on a reasonable basis. Some Bene...
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Be Sustainable

Chicago, Illinois
Idea posted on behalf of an Outreach Meeting 2 Attendee: Plans to redevelop the site should include a number of different sustainable practices that could be implemented. Everything should be on the table - from planting more trees to green ro...
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Integrated mobility app

Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is evolving a nice range of mobility options in the city center, and several have cyberpresence - in particular, COTA, Car2Go, CoGo, Uber, Yellow Cab. A smartphone-based mobility app that can suggest multimodal trips that integrate all m...
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How Englewood Can Become More Sustainable

Chicago, Illinois
We will look over the Englewood neighborhood in Chicago to take a look at some environmental, social, and economical issues within the community. This project will provide realistic suggestions about how these issues can be resolved to help Englew...
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Opportunity to Mitigate Local Flooding

Chicago, Illinois
During heavy rainstorms flooding occurs throughout nearby neighborhoods. Can future redevelopment incorporate sustainable storm water mitigation strategies or, at the very least, not cause the situation to get any worse? - Submitted on behalf ...
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Fish, Poop, and You - The natural way of eating!

Chicago, Illinois
Ms. Love's and Mrs. Benjamin's Chemistry and Biology students at Kelly High School will develop an Aquaponics farm within the school, with the goal of producing educational and celebratory events that will encourage the members of the surrounding ...
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Crowdsource energy efficiency ideas

Peoria, Illinois
Great ideas live throughout the community and are often the brainchild of users. Methods to improve energy efficiency are no exception. Crowdsourcing is a tool used to tap into the brainpower of a group of people, rather than turning to industry e...
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