Space to Grow: Greening Chicago Schoolyards
Healthy Schools Campaign
This undertaking uses green stormwater infrastructure and natural features to transform schoolyards and foster daily connection to nature, support nature-based play and learning, and build community and climate resilience. This project involves community engagement and design of new schoolyards in underserved communities, training teachers, and working with partner organizations to define a citywide strategy for maintaining GSI installations.
Calumet Citizen Science and Leadership
Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT)
CNT is identifying leaders across several Calumet municipalities and equipping them with the tools and training necessary to identify local challenges and solutions, and improve their capacity to pursue nature-based solutions that advance water resiliency, climate justice, racial equity, and public health.
An Integrated Water, Ecology and Utility Hub Plan for West Woodlawn
Blacks in Green
Blacks in Green is developing a comprehensive land use and green infrastructure plan for the West Woodlawn neighborhood in alignment with its Sustainable Square Mile principles.
Chicago-Calumet River Watershed Council
Friends of the Chicago River
The recently formed Chicago-Calumet River Watershed Council will work with the Trust for Public Land to develop an adaptation of TPL’s Climate Smart Cities decision-support tool that will enable stakeholders to prioritize multi-benefit, nature-based projects more effectively in the region’s main watersheds. The Watershed Council will also begin a multi-benefit ecosystem restoration project at Indian Ridge Marsh South that will enable real-time testing and ground-truthing of the tool.
Englewood Nature Trail for Environmental Sustainability
Grow Greater Englewood
Grow Greater Englewood is pursuing planning and community engagement around the proposed new rails-to-trails public green space in the community.