As schools adopt green-minded projects, the use of solar panel arrays, rooftop gardens and cafeteria composting serve a dual function: They reduce schools carbon footprints while teaching students about sustainability with real-world examples.
The Land Conservancy of McHenry County has launched a campaign to raise funds for the care and stewardship of Crowley Oaks Woods, an 83.5-acre preserve in Harvard.
Daily Herald opinion: The efforts that environment advocates put into projects like the Hill N Dale property sale near Barrington deserve our notice and our thanks.
The Duchossois Group that the late Dick Duchossois, former owner of Arlington International Racecourse, founded agreed to sell the southern part of Hill ‘N Dale Farm on the condition that it be permanently protected and restored as open space.
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