Shawnee Group, Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club, Newsletter Jane Cogie of the Shawnee Group Sierra Club, Wade Halva of Faith in Place, and Marilyn Tipton of Carbondale Food Autonomy came together through the Tree Equity Group of the Downstate Caucus of the Clean Jobs Coalition with the intention of improving tree equity in southern […]
Trees Forever has a new tree canopy grant available for eligible communities! All of the areas that are shaded green on the map are eligible (NOTE: it goes by census tract rather than municipality. The area where the trees will be planted needs to be shaded green). You can determine eligibility here. More info about eligibility […]
Conversations happen all the time. Sometimes they go some place, sometimes they go no place, and sometimes it takes a while for them to come to fruition. Conversations in the Downstate Caucus of the ICJC led to the formation of a Natural Solutions working group, whose conversations then landed on tree planting. Much discussion followed, […]
