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July 01st, 2011
Summer Internships are available to CIMBY students who want build their leadership skills.
May 17th, 2011
Most of the 470-million-year history of plants on land belongs to bryophytes, pteridophytes (ferns) and gymnosperms. Find out about a recent pilot project to database and digitize pteridophyte fossils from the Mazon Creek assemblage of Illinois (i.e. 315 mya) as well as extant fern specimens from the Great Lakes Region.
March 31st, 2011
ECCo embarks on a collaboration with the Chicago Park District to install a colorful native plant garden on the Museum's north side.
March 31st, 2011
ECCo collaborated with three Energy Action Network sites in Roseland to identify what “green” means to residents and to become demonstration sites for climate action.
March 11th, 2011
ECCo anthropologists advise development of regional climate action strategy.
February 23rd, 2011
ECCo is working with our partners to implement two powerful and inspiring plans: the Chicago Climate Action Plan (CCAP) focusing on the City and people, and the Climate Action Plan for Nature (CAPN) focusing on the natural environment and actions that will help important species in the 9-county region adapt to anticipated changes.
January 17th, 2011
ECCo trains 60 Illinois librarians to develop Green Action Plans.
January 17th, 2011
Maijuna receive firsthand the results of their region’s inventory.
January 17th, 2011
For our 23rd Rapid Inventory we explored the little known, sparsely populated watersheds of the Yaguas and Cotuhe rivers in northeastern Peru, near the border with Colombia.