D202 board hears sustainability update dailynorthwestern.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailynorthwestern.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Evanston Township High School District 202 Board of Education unanimously passed a new sustainability policy at its joint meeting with Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Monday. The sustainability policy, nicknamed the “Green New Deal for ETHS,” lays out goals for the school related to teaching about climate change in classrooms, conserving water and reducing energy.
When Helen von den Steinen, adjunct professor at the Segal Design Institute, first moved to the U.S. in 2016, she was in “complete shock.” Von den Steinen had left Germany, where she said sustainability has “been part of the DNA since the 60s.” U.S. sustainability was disappointing in comparison, she said. When she left a.
Gathering fosters hope for climate activists evanstonnow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from evanstonnow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
When Jessy Bradish, a board member for Climate Action Evanston, took out her ukelele and played a song about climate action for a crowd of community members at Sunday’s Climate Hope event, the audience applauded her witty lyrics. Bradish’s performance was one of many testimonies during the event’s open mic, where residents and organizers discussed.