Checking out this inverted microscope at the Field Museum! This special microscope was used in the 50s and 60s to create detailed scientific illustrations of specimens by hand.

We wrapped up our first climate conversations book club at Humboldt Park Library, where community members shared personal stories & visions for a city built on reciprocity. I'm grateful for the diverse group of neighbors who joined us today. Moments like these cultivate hope!

If you’re looking for a book club and reading community to process all that is happening in the environmental world, join us! This space is for you! Bring a friend or share with your network to anyone who may find this of interest 🌎💚

May her work, legacy, and words carry with all of us I am speechless. We just saw her speak a few weeks ago

Chicago environmental community, I am excited to announce this new 3-part Climate Conversation Book Club Series in partnership with the Chicago Public Library. Join us for our 1st community discussion focusing on The Serviceberry. All are welcome! Registration 🔗 below 🌳📚✨

Chicago 🤝 The Serviceberry

Chicago environmental community, I am excited to announce this new 3-part Climate Conversation Book Club Series in partnership with the Chicago Public Library. Join us for our 1st community discussion focusing on The Serviceberry. All are welcome! Registration 🔗 below 🌳📚✨

So grateful for the beautiful weather & turnout this morning during our first educator’s biodiversity workshop on Chicago’s floating gardens in partnership with Urban Rivers 🌳🩵 Connecting to our local waterways is so important

We saw a bald eagle! Surreal to see it fly low & directly above us (probably just curious) while we did pollinator surveys. The wingspan was as wide as the path we were on. For many of us, this was our first time seeing one on the north side. So grateful to witness this magical moment outdoors 🦅✨

A lifelong dream came true today. Seeing Jane Goodall 💚 I wiped away many good tears. "We have the tools to change the world. We know what to do.” - Dr. Jane Goodall at Lincoln Park Zoo

Chicago opportunity for educators!

Educators planning activities to teach biodiversity, join us for this free workshop on the beautiful floating gardens at the Wild Mile Learn about our local biodiversity & accessible tools for students to use outdoors. Space is limited. RSVP here: tinyurl.com/3r296s6z @urbanrivers.bsky.social

Beautiful weather today for AP environmental science students to practice tools to study biodiversity together, such as transects & quadrats! Happy Friday 🌳

This couple is having a picnic in the median of Lake Shore Drive

The reward of a sunrise Bike the Drive ride is that the views are stunning the entire time ✨ @atalliance.bsky.social #BikeTheDrive

Update on Day 13 of the AP Env Science hydroponic system: most of the 30 pods have produced emerged sprouts! 🌱✨

Moved into a temporary lakefront beach house this weekend on the southeast side🏕️✨ So grateful for accessible, rich outdoor Chicago community programming to connect with nature

The joy of AP environmental science students birding for the first time together 🦆✨ Happy Friday!

I saw a bunch in south chicago today. So cool! bsky.app/profile/bria...

Day 1 of Hydroponic System 🌱

So excited to finish building our first hydroponic system in AP Environmental Science, where students will be using this year to monitor plant growth using nutrient-rich water 🌱

It was an honor to take part in this 2-day immersive Water in Earth Systems workshop exploring aquatic science through the lens of the Great Lakes at Indiana Dunes Learning Center with remarkable environmental educators, museum educators, & interagency leaders

Saying hello to Chicago’s colony of living green dinosaurs 💚 #MonkParakeets #SouthEastSide

Young piping plovers checking out the South Side.

Literary Lolla??? Say less 🔥🔥🔥

Check out @climatecentral.org's new interactive tools for monitoring ocean heat around the world: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... Using the Ocean CSI system, you can find the influence of human-caused climate change on daily sea surface temperatures and around the paths of tropical cyclones.

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“For every 10 µg/m³ of PM2.5, an individual’s relative risk of dementia would increase by 17%” We’re currently at 97 µg/m³ in Chicago.

"ChatGPT is great for brainstorming!" Actually we have a tool for that already! It's called thinking. We use our brain. It's called brainstorming! Clue is in the name.

Along the Chicago River, the mallows are in full bloom on the Wild Mile - Chicago’s floating gardens. A beautiful experience I highly recommend checking out before peak blooming draws to a close 🌺✨

Reading this news with such a heavy heart. Where is the humanity? How is this pro-life? Devastating crimes against humanity

Are you a teacher passionate about healthier learning environments? Join us on July 31st for a hybrid workshop to explore how electric school buses can improve student health & academic success @elpcenter.bsky.social #EducatorWorkshop #CleanAir #EnvironmentalHealth Register: tinyurl.com/4mrn9cjv

This is a man-made disaster. Enough is enough. The United Nations must be allowed to deliver aid of all types at scale to families in Gaza, wherever they are.

What brings me joy each morning when I step outside is witnessing how our landlord’s decision to replace the grass with a pollinator garden attracts many pollinators. This strip has also done an excellent job handling stormwater runoff! Our streets can look like this with investments and care 🌳🐝✨

Forgive me new CTA stations, I wasn't familiar with your game

Receiving an extreme heat watch email from Chicago Public Schools, advising all activities to be indoors, highlights the need for fully funded public schools. Updating HVAC systems to handle heatwaves requires investments & why we are asking leaders in Springfield to step up @ctulocal1.bsky.social

🎉 Today, CTA made history as it unveiled 4 brand new 100% accessible stations on the Red Line: ✅ Lawrence ✅ Argyle ✅ Berwyn ✅ Bryn Mawr

Rainy conditions are the perfect conditions for reading & journaling

Today, we are calling on @govpritzker.illinois.gov to address the 40% cuts that will impact thousands of CTA, Metra, & Pace riders, including students, elders, & people with disabilities. We are demanding a special session in Springfield to address the budget crisis and fully fund public services.

Check out the newly published ecosystem range maps 🌳 geohub-natureserve.opendata.arcgis.com/maps/Natures... + geohub-natureserve.opendata.arcgis.com/maps/66c1361...

"I can't live in my home with half of my home functioning and no water," Ms Morris says. "I can't drink the water." She believes the construction of the centre, which is owned by Meta (the parent company of Facebook), disrupted her private well, causing an excessive build-up of sediment.

Now that its traffic-banishing shuttle system has gone electric, Zion Canyon is quieter, cleaner and a more welcoming home for wildlife. ❤️❤️❤️ reasonstobecheerful.world/zion-electri...

Imagine how we would react if edu leaders signed multimillion-dollar deals to partner with Exxon & BP to create safeguards to address the climate crisis. This type of partnership is happening with edu leaders & AI companies. Where is the public teacher input on this? Students? Community members?

Even the NYT knows this is a bad idea. Partnering with these companies to ruin an entire generation of children is shameful.

OK, so... I'm an expert on tech policy (it's my job) and one of the areas that I work on is AI and education. Since I don't work for any of the companies in this deal, I can tell you what I think. It's very, very bad. A 🧵

Embracing that exhilarating feeling when it’s about to rain while riding a bike. Bronzeville to Andersonville in 1.5 hours (14 miles) with just a few sprinkles along the way 🚴🏻‍♀️

Due to the LSD closures bc of NASCAR, this is now an ideal environment for anyone who wants to bike around the museum campus safely. Checking out the new Reptiles Alive exhibit + our living dinosaur, the great blue heron, at Northerly Island 🦎🩵✨

Climbing Chicago’s concrete walls with Brian & Chuck 🤘🏽- at Steelworker’s Park