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It was the last tour of the season, and it couldn’t have been a more perfect fall day. Our tour focused on energy production in the Calumet Region for as far back as the 1800’s, when Standard Oil located it’s kerosene refinery in Whiting Indiana, energy has been produced in our area.  Today, within a 10 mile […]

Katy Regalado, a youth leader with Faith in place along with fourteen students ages 8-13 were given a Toxic to Treasures tour of the Southeast side by SETF. Member Tom Shepherd along with our Noyce Scholarship Intern, Beatriz Diaz, guided the group through through the wetland complex pointing out areas like Indian Ridge Marsh and

About ten years ago, South Chicago resident Karen Roothaan founded Trees R Beautiful in her economically and ecologically distressed neighborhood. Karen, a self-described environmental activist who teaches math to pay the bills, had successfully co-founded an award winning community vegetable garden, the Bush Community Garden of Hope, before going on to start the urban forestry

Our final Toxic Tour of the season is scheduled for Saturday, November 12, 2011, the theme of which is Energy Production in the Calumet Region. If you ever wondered where the energy comes from when you flick on a light switch or turn your key in the ignition, this tour is for you.  We will take

Its been a very busy couple of weeks for SETF. We started things off by co-hosting the Environmental Justice forum at the Zone on Sept. 21st. The Environmental Justice forum was born from the collaboration of SETF, the Sierra Club, the 10th Ward Community Service organization and People for Community Recovery, and was attended by

SETF has joined forces with People for Community Recovery, Sierra Club, the New 10ward Community Service Organization, Juan Deigo Community Center, and Eastside United Methodist Church, to form the Environmental Justice Alliance of Greater Southeast Chicago in order to combat a rising tide of environmental injustices coming to the community. Environmental justice groups fight pollution

JOIN SETF FOR THIS END-OF-THE-SUMMER BOAT CRUISE ALONG “CHICAGO’S OTHER RIVER”. THE 2 1/2 HOUR CRUISE WILL TAKE YOU DOWN THE THE CALUMET AS IT WINDS PAST GRITTY INDUSTRIAL SITES TO THE MOUTH OF LAKE MICHIGAN. WE’LL GLIDE PAST HISTORICAL BRIDGES AND SEE OLD MILL SITES WHERE ONCE TONS OF STEEL WAS PRODUCED. ON THE

New Industry to Bring Jobs, Soot to Southeast Side – Chicago News Cooperative

REPRESENTATIVES FROM LUECADIA WILL BE ON HAND TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THEIR COAL GASIFICATION PROJECT AND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 20116:00 PM – 8:00 PMST. SIMEON SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH3737 E 114TH STREETCHICAGO, IL 60617

The Hegewisch Marsh, an oasis of nature on the Southeast side of Chicago, is home to endangered species, beavers, and a host of other flora and fauna. Since being identified in the Calumet Open Space Reserve Plan as an important natural area to preserve as well as the targeted home for the proposed Ford Calumet