…the best round yet,” said Pogge. “Through galvanizing business leadership in sustainability, the Challenge reduces our collective impact on the environment through reductions in energy, waste and water, while increasing…
Delta Institute and partners win funding to advance climate-smart agriculture strategies
…for the first time, trades of “stacked” ecosystem services for water quality and greenhouse gas emissions reduction credits. Delta will be participating in the implementation team for the Ohio River…
Our Team
…Water and Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund (SRF) projects. The Specialist will work directly with communities and provide drinking water and wastewater infrastructure technical assistance. There are currently no…
Waukegan Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Project
Why Our Work Is Needed Recreational beaches around the Great Lakes have experienced significant erosion due to high water levels, more intense storms, and other conditions. The U.S. Army Corps…
Woodlawn Community Juneteenth Celebration and BioBlitz
Residents of Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood have identified a need to reduce stormwater flooding and the number of vacant parcels in their community. Green Infrastructure (GI) can be installed on vacant…
Commemorating freedom, assessing local environmental conditions: Woodlawn BioBlitz & Juneteenth
…Green (BIG) that will have “green infrastructure” installed on them to capture rainwater, promote greenspace, and curb heat-island effect. Local nonprofits including Delta Institute (Delta), BIG, and Emerald South Economic…
What We Do
…water quality. We also think that all these efforts must be inclusive to engage and benefit as many Midwesterners as possible—since all of us have a piece of the puzzle….
Green Soapbox 2020
…is already impacting the Chicago shoreline and throughout the Great Lakes States. What is the City of Chicago doing to mitigate the effect of rising water levels? Can we look…
Illinois Soil Health Incentive Program (SHIP)
Brief Overview of What We’re Doing The Conservation Fund, Delta Institute, and Champaign County Soil and Water Conservation District (CCSWCD) collaborated to develop and test a framework for an…
Phytoremediating Vacant Industrial Land in Gary, Indiana
…for future reuse. The planted trees will take up significant amounts of water, reducing polluted, toxic stormwater run-off into Lake Michigan while returning this vacant industrial site to productive use….
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