Happy 2021! Out with the old, in with the new.
We’re all glad that’s over, right? 2020 was a hard year, especially for those who have lost loved ones to COVID-19, and we’ve still got…
Category: Climate Resilience
New Reports on Climate Equity and Just Transitions
Three great studies reported today related to climate equity and just transitions. You can find links to all of them on CLEANetwork Magazine at https://www.cleanetwork.com/magazine/climate-justice-today/. Climate…
Keeping Money Local – Videos
You can watch the videos from the first two “Keeping Money Local” webinars here. Keeping Money Local #1 – The Big Picture – webinar series…
Investment in Southern Illinois communities and people is the focus of this upcoming webinar series
Local organizations cooperate with the goal to increase regional long-term self-sufficiency A webinar series coming up in October-November on “Keeping Money Local” will feature experts…
Time for a Just Transition
What exactly are southern Illinois legislators waiting for? Ameren is switching to renewable energy and planning to close down coal plants, Vistra Energy has announced…
Press Release for local Coal2Sol fundraiser
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 23, 2020 Contacts: Aur Beck, AES Solar, 618 893 1717, tech@aessolar.com; Amy McMorrow Hunter, The Climate Economy Education Inc, 618 713…
Getting Oil Out of Our System
We are addicted to oil. It is tangled up in our lives, in everything we do, everything we use, even what we eat. But we…
Free Online Course @UN: Climate Change:From Learning to Action
This course is available from the United Nations at the following link: https://unccelearn.org/course/view.php?id=48&page=overview It’s free and open to the public, you just have to set…
Free Online Course @UN: Green Economy
This is a course offered by the United Nations at this link: https://unccelearn.org/course/view.php?id=51&page=overview You can view all the UN courses at this link: https://unccelearn.org/course/ The…
What are we doing about housing?
There’s a housing eviction crisis looming on the horizon. What is happening in our communities? We already know that low-income housing in Illinois is in…