Saving a Drowning Town: Fighting Flooding in De Soto with Susan Liley and Citizens' Committee for Flood Relief

House Warming Podcast, Episode 023: Entwining Greenspace: Community Action To Counter Urban Heat Island Effect with Jimmy Kern of Network 49. In this episode, Sarah talks with Jimmy Kern about Network 49's Environmental Justice Committee, the committee's plan and the way that vine trellises can mitigate the urban heat island effect. Jimmy is chair of Network 49’s Environmental Justice Committee. He has also had these experiences: 1976-80: Botany minor, University of Pennsylvania...

House Warming Podcast, Episode 022: Human Composting: A Cleaner, Greener End with Iyana Simba of the Illinois Environmental Council. In this episode, Sarah talks with Iyana Simba about the Chicago Department of Environment (spoiler: it is up and running)! Iyana currently serves as the City Programs Director at the Illinois Environmental Council where she oversees advocacy, coalition building, aldermanic relationships and organizing related to environmental issues before the City ...

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House Warming Podcast, Episode 020: Human Composting: A Cleaner, Greener End with Illinois State Representative Kelly Cassidy. In this episode, Sarah talks with Rep. Kelly Cassidy about her bill to bring human composting to Illinois and an update on what to expect on environmental bills in the near future! As an organizer, a legislative director and a mom, Kelly Cassidy has spent the past 20 years living her values. Whether fighting for the rights of women and the LGBT community as an ...

House Warming Podcast, Episode 019: Chicago Environmentalists and Cleanup Club Chicago with Katherine Tellock and Miranda Carrico, Co-Founders of Chicago Environmentalists and Cleanup Club Chicago. In this episode, Sarah talks with Katherine and Miranda about founding their group Chicago Environmentalists and Cleanup Club Chicago. Katherine Tellock is a citizen activist who wants to dedicate her life to fighting climate change. She strongly believes that an environmentally sust...