Running for Clean Water
Who’s who, and who’s backing them, in the race for the once (and still?) ethically murky Metropolitan Water Reclamation District board of commissioners
Experts at Play
Nature playspaces allow kids to build, and rebuild, their worlds every day
To and From the Common Brick
Slow-motion disaster on the South Side
River Reflections
Celebrating the natural and unnatural waterway at the heart of the city
Sunflower City
An acre of beauty in Washington Park
Rewilding the City
A new collection of essays argues for a land ethic for the city
Scavenging the South Lakefront
A researcher writes about how data is informing the development of the Burnham Wildlife Corridor
Avian Oasis
Restoration at Indian Ridge Marsh has turned a wasteland into an important home for wildlife
A Study in South Works
A summerlong installation explores the anthropocene in artifacts from South Works
Soil and Sovereignty
A Pullman resident uses mushrooms to heal a formerly toxic site in the neighborhood