Happy New Year's Day! Here's some climate inspiration from around the world--six continents, six stories, and many reasons for hope in 2026, from Katherine Hayhoe. Visit substack.com/home/post/p-...

Learn why Fossil Fuel Divestment is a Win-Win-Win for IL, its pensioners & its residents. On 1/7/26. Hosted by the IL Environmental Council & featuring IL legislative lead sponsors, members of the Climate Safe Pensions Illinois coalition will explain why. Protect IL Pensions, Protect Our Planet!

Learn why Fossil Fuel Divestment is a Win-Win-Win for IL, its pensioners & its residents. On 1.7.26. Hosted by the IL Environmental Council & featuring IL legislative lead sponsors, members of the Climate Safe Pensions Illinois coalition will explain why. Protect Pensions, Protect the Planet!

Today Governor Pritzker signed the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act into law. It invests in our future & delivers the transit system Illinoisans deserve. Big thanks to Illinois Third Actors who supported the bill, signed petitions, attended Lobby Days, went to events, worked with IL CleanJobs

Great Robert F. Kennedy quote for Standing Strong and Acting Strong. "Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope." DAY OF AFFIRMATION ADDRESS, CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, 6/6/66.

62 faith institutions announced their divestment from fossil fuel companies, sending a strong signal at the UN climate summit in Brazil on the urgent need for fossil fuel phase out. Seize the moment-pass the Illinois Fossil Fuel Divestment Act! ACT NOW: www.climatesafepensionsillinois.org/act-now

@thirdactillinois.bsky.social Mixed bag on climate progress since the Paris agreement 10 years ago with solar energy’s growth the big “bright spot”. #thirdact #350chicago #climaterealitychicago #sunday www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

After long negotiations, the IL General Assembly passed the Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA) Act, which includes an investment of >$1.5 billion in transit & critical reforms to ensure transit agencies deliver a coordinated, cost-efficient regional transit service. bit.ly/transitpassage

The Clean & Reliable Grid Affordability Act has passed both the House & Senate, and is now headed to Governor JB Pritzker’s desk! The CRGA Act will help lower energy bills across the state, while doubling the clean energy investment made in CEJA. Once again, Illinois is leading. bit.ly/crgapassage

One of the highlights of the Chicago No Kings event was the Third Act Illinois Rise and Resist Flash-Mob Dancers, who even made it onto The Daily Show!! They certainly brought Joy and Fun to many, maybe millions, across America.

Tomorrow is the BIG day when we share how we feel about our country and express our right to FREE SPEECH. NO KINGS Day will be monumental in showing OUR POWER to share HOPE and CONCERN. If you can't make the Chicago event, there are other events in Illinois: www.mobilize.us/nokings/?tag...

We are an endorsing partner of the No Kings Rally & March in Chicago 10.18.25. Sign up here: tinyurl.com/33az4zb4. To take part in a special “Adopt-a-Block” during the march, sign up here: tinyurl.com/3x4cyrz2, Prefer to attend the rally & march, meet at the Petrillo Music Shell @11:45 AM.

In Chicago we don’t put up with wannabe kings or tyrants. Let’s come together to say: Hands Off Chicago & NO KINGS! Find an event www.mobilize.us/nokings/ 10.18.25, 12PM Butler Field, Grant Park, Chicago 3rd Act Illinois is an endorsing partner for the Hands Off Chicago/No Kings Rally & March.

Join us at the Sun Day Solar Fest on 9/21 to celebrate solar energy. The event will be MC’d by longtime WBEZ host Jerome McDonnell and Rev. Abby Mohaupt with a number of expert speakers on solar energy, instant permitting, building electrification & more! RSVP: bit.ly/SunDaySolarF...

Join us for the Sun Day Solar Fest on September 21st for family friendly fun like a puppet parade, games, sing along’s, musical performances & flashmob dancing! We will have helpful resources & experts showing how you can join the solar energy revolution. RSVP: bit.ly/SunDaySolarF...

Wonderful interview yesterday with Third Actor Jean Bryan on the Live from the Heartland show as she shared the origin and details of Chicago's Sun Day Solar Fest. Sunday, 9/21, from 12-4PM, just west of the Montrose Beach dog park. Register: bit.ly/SunDaySolarF... youtu.be/yWioOTgS2H8?...

Join us at the Sun Day Solar Fest on 9/21 to celebrate solar energy with our 24 partner organizations including solar installers, community solar, faith, climate, environmental & social justice orgs at the event. Join us & learn all about clean energy. #SunDay RSVP: bit.ly/SunDaySolarF...

Join us for the Sun Day Solar Fest & have fun with all sorts of activities. Be part of a national movement of people moving to clean energy & enjoy a wide variety of entertainment: music, kids' activities, sing-alongs, engaging speakers, & flash mob dancing. RSVP: bit.ly/SunDaySolarF...

Rise up for a ☀️powered 🌎on Sun Day! Join us: bit.ly/SunDaySolarF... Bill McKibben: “Americans have long thought of solar/wind as alt. energy, ‘the Whole Foods of energy—nice but pricey.’ Now, think of it as the Costco of energy: cheap, on the shelf, and available in bulk, ready to go.” #thirdact

Rise up for a ☀️powered 🌎on Sun Day! Join us: bit.ly/SunDaySolarF... Bill McKibben said “Americans have long thought of solar/wind as alt. energy, ‘the Whole Foods of energy—nice but pricey.’ Now, think of it as the Costco of energy: cheap, on the shelf, and available in bulk, ready to go.”

Neil Young is in Chicago this Wednesday and Third Act Illinois was asked to participate in his Love Earth Village, a “hometown-square approach to showcasing not-for-profit organizations and their passionate volunteers, working on the frontlines to preserve the Earth and protect our freedoms.”

The Sun Day Solar Fest is 9/21 at Montrose Beach in Chicago to celebrate the clean energy revolution! If you want to save money on energy bills, support local jobs or are just curious about clean energy, this fun event’s for you! Learn more & RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/chica...

Get excited! The Sun Day Solar Fest is coming to Chicago to celebrate solar energy. Join the kickoff with 3rd Act Illinois, 350 Chicago, event partners & special guest Bill McKibben on 8/13/25 at 6:50 pm Central to learn about the Sun Day event 9/21/25. To register: forms.gle/u9av3oDwLnv9...

Get ready for the Sun Day Solar Fest to celebrate solar energy. Join the kickoff with 3rd Act Illinois, 350 Chicago, event partners & special guest Bill McKibben on 8/13/25 at 6:50 pm Central to learn about the Sun Day event 9/21/25. To attend the kickoff, register forms.gle/u9av3oDwLnv9...

Sun Day is coming to Chicago to celebrate solar power. Join the kickoff for Sun Day Solar Fest with 3rd Act Illinois, 350 Chicago, event partners & Bill McKibben on 8/13/25 at 6:50 pm central to learn about the Sun Day event 9/21/25. To attend the kickoff, RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The Sierra Club will fight this every step of the way. Our communities, our health, and our future must come before polluters’ profits. bit.ly/3ITHoRj

Bill McKibben on Trump, Zeldin and the EPA's proposal to rescind the Endangerment Finding: "This is precisely what science looks like when it’s perverted away from the search for truth." billmckibben.substack.com/p/how-the-gr...

“The good news is that the data proves that the most effective message is love." Last week, public relations expert @dfenton.bsky.social joined us for a conversation about the importance of crafting a compelling narrative to promote social change. Visit thirdact.org/resources to watch more.

#EPA is vital to our health and future. We can't be silent. Contact your representatives today.

A cheap and accessible form of energy lies in a large ball of burning gas 93 million miles up in the sky: the sun. So why haven’t we adopted solar energy more widely? “How We Survive” host Amy Scott recently talked with longtime climate writer and activist Bill McKibben #thirdact

I’ve switched to Climate First Bank & am delighted with their values & online customer service. #climate #divest www.climatefirstbank.com

At Third Act, older Americans are coming together to protect our climate and safeguard democracy—and there’s a place for you! 📅 Join our Welcome Call tonight at 7:30 PM ET to hear from fellow volunteers about how you can get involved. 🎟️ Register to attend here: thirdact.org/events/welco...

For over three decades, @bioneers.bsky.social has brought together visionary leaders to build a more sustainable world. The 36th conference, held from March 27-29, will be no exception—featuring our own @billmckibben.bsky.social alongside many others. Learn more: conference.bioneers.org #Bioneers

Learn how the Clean Air Act gives states authority to regulate vehicle emissions when federal standards don't go far enough, current state programs, and the role of federal oversight in enforcing these standards. 🎟️ act.ilenviro.org/a/clean-tran...