Join Chicago Family Biking & Sam Balto for a bike bus training! RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📍 Butcher's Tap (3533 N Southport) ⏰ March 12th, 6-8p

Can’t promise coyotes, but we’re spending an afternoon at Big Marsh next month 🌳 sign up here: act.sierraclub.org/events/detai...

Hazy long-distance view of a coyote at Big Marsh Park

Divvy just upgraded another busy station in West Loop to a densified charging stations. Riders travelling to/from Fulton Market, Randolph St and the CTA Morgan Station will now have an even more reliable Divvy experience!

Tonight!

On Wednesdays we phone bank! Make calls with us on behalf of Sierra Club-endorsed candidates. Sign up for this week's shift:

@sierraclubchicago.bsky.social RSVP: Join Our Data Centers Action Hour Expensive, polluting data centers are on the rise. Join Sierra Club's Action Hour tomorrow to learn what we can do: act.sierraclub.org/events/details

It’s been an incredible month of canvassing to support our endorsed candidates! Want to help? We still have some days of action on our calendar ➡️ www.sierraclub.org/illinois/chi...

"Best foot forward: Plans discussed at Moving Archer Forward meeting emphasize creating a pedestrian-friendly main street" by Austin Busch. @stevevance.net @sidestreets.bsky.social @atalliance.bsky.social @rideillinois.bsky.social @chicritmass.bsky.social @swcollectivechi.bsky.social

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How to use our Cook County judicial election guide in four simple steps: 1️⃣ Enter your address to find your judicial subcircuit 2️⃣ Review the candidates 3️⃣ Make your selections 4️⃣ Vote! 2026primary.injusticewatch.org

Saturday’s Moving Archer Forward open house was a big success, with more than 100 neighbors sharing their thoughts with city officials. If you didn’t get a chance to swing by McKinley Park this past weekend, you can still get involved. Sign up here: cloud.citynews.chicago.gov/archer

⭐️ Early voting in wards across Chicago is NOW OPEN! ⭐️ #chicago #illinois #vote #election #politics

Things are really dark right now so it's important to find joy where you can. Chicago's Lunar New Year Parade was a really good choice today.

Chicago! We have a LIFE AFTER CARS tour update with dates, including one event that's already on sale. We're looking forward to spending time in one of the best cities in the United States. www.patreon.com/posts/tour-u...

Peoples Gas filed yet another rate-hike request with the ICC in January, which would increase the average Chicago home-heating bill by $10 per month if approved by the commission. https://bit.ly/3ZNZQjJ

Don’t forget to participate in the @bikegridnow.org ride!!!! blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/26/p...

✴️ After many months of research, convenings, public town hall meetings, priority-setting, and bill drafting, we have proposed policy solutions to many critical environmental issues in our 2026 legislative agenda. Our top priorities?

Ride with us to CDOT's Portage Park in support of the new neighborhood network. We're taking off at 5:30 sharp from the Logan Square Monument to the PP Senior Center OR meet up with our friends at Cosmic Bikes for a quick jaunt over at 5:50. ⏰ Wedenesday 3/5 @ 5:30p 📍 Logan Square Monument

One of the best parts about living in a world-class city like Chicago is being able to do so car-free, but there is still much work to do to improve our infrastructure and public transit system. 🚊 🚲 🚍

Climate and transit day of action this Saturday! Join us in Logan Square/Humboldt Park to canvass for Jessica Vazquez and Rep. Lilian Jimenez:

Free tomorrow night? Come hang with Sierra Club organizers and volunteers and some of our endorsed candidates! Sign up below ⬇️

High Speed Rail Alliance: "Transportation backers urge hourly train service throughout Midwest." ⏲️ 🚉 ✊ @hsrail.bsky.social

“If asset owners want to protect their investments from climate impacts, they must stop asset managers from financing the companies fueling the crisis. Too many still aren’t acting," write Sierra Club & Reclaim Finance in @climateandcap.bsky.social.

Whether it’s canvassing with @abundanthousingil.bsky.social, @sierraclubchicago.bsky.social, and @voteleni.bsky.social or joining us at the polls, this is a huge week to volunteer! Don’t miss your chance - join us! www.mobilize.us/drakefor10/ #chicago #illinois #urbanism #vote #election

The Water Team had a great day volunteering in Forest Glen Woods last month! Even in the winter, there's lots we can do to help keep our forests healthy 🌳

I know data centers use a lot of electricity, but holy cow. 1.7 billion kBTU is equivalent to 499 million kWh, and with the average US home consuming ~10,500 kWh annually, these 7 buildings use electricity equivalent to 46 THOUSAND homes!

Data Centers in Chicago use a LOT of electricity, and we're adding some stats to show you just how much - in this case, 7 data centers use as much energy as 480 median large Chicago buildings! More data coming soon to electrifychicago.net/property-typ...

Crow content will continue until forever. My crow-bud Swoops on the railing of Belmont Harbor, Chicago. We've been friends for about 7 years now. #Birds #Crows #Corvids

ended up on the executive committee of @sierraclubchicago.bsky.social! my big thing is connecting people to our natural environment, which exists in wondrous ways even in a dense city (and we should build a dense city to protect it!). come hang at my first event: act.sierraclub.org/events/detai...

you can go to two urbanist happy hours this week: @abundanthousingil.bsky.social on Wednesday and the SCC one on Thursday Wednesday details: www.eventbrite.com/e/abundant-h...

Let's help our endorsed candidates win their primaries! Phone bank with us on Wednesday night. Sign up here:

Chicago local #BirdLinks . I got to see this fella in person. news.wttw.com/2026/02/18/c...

let’s win this and get a *full time* commissioner who’s ready to help us reduce the local housing shortage

Last week, CDOT installed 8 new Divvy stations on the South and Southwest sides! Maplewood Ave & 59th St Kenneth Ave & 50th St Lavergne Ave & 46th St Hamlin Ave & 62nd Pl Homan Ave & 65th St Kedzie Ave & 104th St Aberdeen St & 106th St Wentworth Ave & 111th St

THURSDAY -- come hang with Sierra Club members and some of our endorsed candidates at District Brew Yards!

New week, new (and repeat) bills to slip for. By 4pm, Tuesday 2/24 at 3:30pm: - Please sign as "Self" in the firms/business field; - "Proponent; (unless noted)" and - "Record of Appearance only" See below on how to file a wtiness slips. Bills and links follow in this thread. (1/8)

Here's a closer look at why an ordinance to allow citizens to report commercial vehicles blocking bus & bike lanes didn't pass. Most alders prioritized driver convenience over saving lives. @aldermanlaspata.bsky.social @atalliance.bsky.social @rideillinois.bsky.social @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social

Common goldeneyes in Montrose Harbor this morning. The males are bending their heads back in a courtship display.

Electrification of delivery vehicles is a minor mitigation. Major traffic safety risks to Amazon facility in Gage Park. Site adjacent to Orange Line and could be something much more beneficial to the majority Latine community. Non-union jobs & most third-party blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/18/a...

Chicago voter turnout in this midterm primary election is bananas. 10,163 ballots received as of last night. By contrast at this stage in 2022: 438 ballots received 2018: 186 ballots received

Going to this event to meet candidates and sign up to knock doors for them would be an excellent use of that energy bsky.app/profile/sier...

Come to this if you're cool

We love to see it, @govpritzker.illinois.gov!

Join me there next Thursday, friends! Sign up here: act.sierraclub.org/events/detai...

The Sierra Club is suing the Environmental Protection Agency over its rollback of key climate protections, arguing the move is illegal, unscientific, and harmful to public health.

Join myself, the team, @sierraclubchicago.bsky.social, and @abundanthousingil.bsky.social on Sunday, March 1 for a Day of Action Canvassing in Lakeview! RSVP now! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

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Evanston’s Bike Plan update is about more than safer streets and better biking… it’s about climate action too! Send a letter to your council member and drop pins on the interactive map by visiting the @runonclimate.bsky.social call to action below! runonclimate.advocacyai.com/action/pXN2l...