Plant Chicago NFP
Plant Chicago's mission is to cultivate local circular economies. We envision a paradigm shift of production, consumption and waste driven at the local level, generating equity and economic opportunity for all residents. Plant Chicago equips people and businesses with the tools to live more sustainably through community-driven, hands-on programs and innovative research projects. We run a circular economy network for small businesses, farmers market, provide free education programming to schools and community organizations located in our local Chicago neighborhood of Back of the Yards, and are establishing an indoor victory garden project in an old firehouse on the southwest side of Chicago.
Alliance For The Great Lakes
To protect, conserve and restore the Great Lakes ensuring healthy water in the lakes and in our communities for all generations of people and wildlife. We advance our mission as advocates for policies that support the lakes and communities, by building the research, analysis and partnerships that motivate action, and by educating and uniting people as a voice for the Great Lakes.
Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest
The Environmental Law & Policy Center (ELPC) is the Midwest’s leading public interest environmental legal advocacy organization. We develop and lead successful strategic environmental advocacy campaigns to protect our natural resources and improve environmental quality. Our multi-disciplinary staff employs a teamwork approach using legal, economic analysis, public policy advocacy and research, and communications tools to produce successes that improve both our environment and our economy.
Delta Institute
Delta Institute collaborates with communities to solve complex environmental challenges throughout the Midwest. We create and implement solutions to Midwestern environmental, economic, and climate challenges today, so that our home and region are more resilient, equitable, and innovative tomorrow.Delta exists because environmental, economic, and climate issues hit communities—urban and rural—through disinvestment, systemic inequity, and policy decisions. We collaborate at the community level to solve our home region’s new and legacy issues, by focusing on the self-defined goals and needs of our partners. It’s quite likely that you—or someone you know—lives, works, or passes through a community that Delta has helped since our founding in 1998.