Press Release: Events April 20-27 on Local Food and Farms, Hydroponics, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Biochar and Local Carbon Network
April Event Series Continues Efforts for “Community Opportunity Organizing” April 15, 2021, Southern Illinois – Clean energy and climate change adaptation and mitigation opportunities are the biggest moment of our time. A series of events this April and May are...
Press Release: Go Solar SI! Solar Discussion April 14
April 8, 2021, Southern Illinois – Clean energy and climate change adaptation and mitigation opportunities are the biggest moment of our time. A series of events this April and May are kicking off a concerted #AllTogetherNowSI effort to organize our communities...
April Event Schedule
Lots going on in April! Check out the Earth Month event schedule.
This President’s Day, Celebrating President Biden’s Aggressive Climate and Jobs Agenda
First of all, can I just say how nice it is to have a president who is clearly super excited and proud to be our president and to be out there and working to protect lives and improve things for all Americans using science and compassion? There’s my hopefulness,...
Aur’s Next Solar Training Coming Up Feb 20
Aur Beck’s spring solar training started January 23. If you missed it, it’s OK! The next class is Feb. 20, Saturday, 9am-3pm. It is one Saturday a month. The goal is to pass the NABCEP Associate test and do a hands on installation the last Saturday of the...
How We Win The Battle: By Working Together
In the first post of the year, I pointed out that 2021 is the battle year. It’s the turning point, the crux, the pivot, where everything changes. That’s a tough battle. How do we win? By working together. Yep, that’s right: we fight and win by working together. Every...
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 many challenges ahead. Never before has it been more clear that if you haven’t got your health, you...
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 equity and just transitions are a key...
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 for southern Illinois, October 19 2020 For this webinar we’ll be learning about local...
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 in local self-sufficiency, supporting local businesses, new business forms and...