2016

2016 Eco-Tours

We had to cut our tour season short, so you won’t want to miss our most popular tour – Energy Today and Tomorrow   Energy Today and Tomorrow Bus Tour Saturday, August 20, 2016 9:30 am – 2:30 pm Cost:  $35.00 per person   Bus departs from the Cultural Center in downtown Chicago.  Meet in

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Wrapped in Steel

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Wrapped In Steel is the documentary story of the neighborhoods of South East Chicago. Produced and Directed by James R (Jim) Martin. Cinematography Michael Goi. Wrapped In Steel looks at this ethnically and racially diverse area composed of four neighborhoods situated next the the steel mills that have begun to be shut down by corporate

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The Evolving Calumet A Journey

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 2006, the Calumet Ecological Park Association (CEPA) produced a DVD about the evolution of the Calumet Region, chronicling the prehistoric wetland’s progresion from hunters’ paradise, to mega-industrial powerhouse, to abandioned brownfield, to resurgent environmental proving ground. Given the evolution of communication media, CEPA decided to make that video available via internet social media channels.

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Toxic to Treasures

Our Toxics to Treasures tour is a 3 hour tour of the natural areas, restoration work and industrial sites found on the  Southeast side of Chicago.   Tour sites: OBrien Locks Hegewisch Marsh MWRD Property CID Landfills Land & Lakes Composting Harborside Golf Course Paxton Landfills Cluster sites Ford Supplier Park Indian Ridge Marshes Wolf Lake

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History

The Southeast Environmental Task Force (SETF) was formed in 1989 by Marian Byrnes as a coalition of 30 grassroots organizations working together to oppose a garbage incinerator proposed for the former Wisconsin Steel site at 106th Street and Torrence Avenue. The organization continues to be vitally important in the perpetual struggles necessary to strike a balance between economic life, human welfare, and the

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Ban Petcoke

[vc_row type=”0″][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_gallery type=”flexslider_fade” interval=”5″ images=”1273,1261,1262,1271,1272,1268,1269,1238,1239,1256,1172″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self” img_size=”large”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Southeast Side Coalition to Ban Petcoke   Residents of the South East Side of Chicago who have come together to rid the neighborhood from the fugitive dust from Petcoke stored in their neighborhood. Petcoke: the fine dust produced as a byproduct of oil refining, currently sits in

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Jemez Principles

Meeting hosted by Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice (SNEEJ), Jemez, New Mexico, Dec. 1996 Activists meet on Globalization On December 6-8, 1996, forty people of color and European-American representatives met in Jemez, New Mexico, for the “Working Group Meeting on Globalization and Trade.” The Jemez meeting was hosted by the Southwest Network for

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