Chicago Means Green
Chicago will be America’s Greenest City
by Jim Slama
Former commissioner of the Department of the Environment, Bill Abolt has led an impressive effort to make the city a global leader in renewable energy production and manufacturing. Now he’s the city’s number three person.
Green Technology Center to Open
by Bobbye Middendorf
The Chicago Center for Green Technology is the city’s new energy efficient and environmentally friendly showcase, and an integral part of the city’s plan to generate 20 percent of its electrical power from alternative sources.
A Different Kind of Recovery
by Alan Mamoser
In a world driven by commerce and consumption, architect William McDonough was searching for a new way to design. Over time, he developed a unified philosophy derived from a central principle in which nature is the guide.
Dear Bill McDonough
by Jim Slama
We asked many of the region’s top civic and environmental leaders to suggest the best steps to truly make Chicago the greenest city in America. With their help, we’ve come up with an eleven point plan.
Guayaki Tea Makes Sustainable Business
by Ana Arias Terry
Yerba mate is the national drink for millions of South Americans and is welcomed as a healthful aid. It’s also a cultural drink for which preparation and consumption rituals are unmistakably intertwined with hospitality and friendship.
Dog of my Dog
by Cecil Bothwell
Those who would clone a favorite pet are not so much grasping for recreation of the now departed and greatly hallowed Boopsey as they are clutching after their own immortality and retreating youth.
