Illinois Green Policy Update: June 2024 

June 26, 2024
Illinois Advances Sustainability Goals in Spring Legislative Session Last month, the Illinois General Assembly wrapped up its Spring 2024 legislative session. The big climate news from the session was the passage of the Safety and Aid for the Environment in Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) Act. While CCS can be used to reduce the amount…
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Celebrating Net Zero Buildings Week

June 16, 2022

It’s our mission to make net zero buildings feasible, affordable, and commonplace in Illinois. To support this goal, we’re joining the New Buildings Institute in…

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Celebrating the Illinois Green Schools Project Mentors

May 26, 2022

This past school year, nearly 50 volunteers from Illinois’ green building community mentored a school in designing and implementing a sustainability project as part of…

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Neighborhood Power Project Testimonial: Ann Hinterman, Family Matters

May 25, 2022

Family Matters is a youth development and community leadership organization based in the North of Howard area of Rogers Park. The organization supports more than…

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What the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act Means for Green Buildings

September 28, 2021

by Brian Imus, Executive Director On September 15, the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act was signed into law by Governor Pritzker. This nation-leading law delivers…

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This sketch was created by Tattianna, one of several teaching artists who is contributing curriculum and/or methods for demonstrating knowledge using arts working in classrooms this year. She is with Uplift’s community partner, the hip hop arts collective Kuumba Lynx (KL).

Q&A with Illinois Green Schools Project Mentors — Uplift Community High School + FGM Architects

March 5, 2021

by Brian Meade, Nadia Lohse, and Kelly McCaffrey, Green Schools Mentors from FGM Architects The Illinois Green Schools Project, launched last summer, connects educators and…

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