USDA Conservation Innovation Grant will provide $700,000 in funding to accelerate investment in agricultural practices that restore soil and water health Press contact: Katie Musisi, 312-651-4344, kmusisi@delta-institute.org CHICAGO, IL -- In the dynamic agricultural...
Statement from Bill Schleizer on President Trump’s call to leave Paris climate agreement
UPDATE: We sent this letter to our followers on Friday, June 2, 2017, the day after President Trump announced that the U.S. will exit the Paris climate agreement. With climate change impacts, threats, and strained resources, we can no longer deny the urgent need to...
HOW THE MIDWEST HAS BECOME A NATIONAL LEADER IN SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN
Delta's Eve Pytel is quoted in this blog post from Control Solutions. She explains why large scale, urban greening projects are attracting significant attention and funding from government agencies, private investors and nonprofits.
Compost Facility Gets OK from Cook County
This Daily Herald article quotes Delta's support for a recently approved 25-acre composting facility in Cook County. Read and watch Eve Pytel's full testimony here.
Delta Institute Testimony before Cook County Board regarding Patriot Acres LLC Compost Facility
Delta Institute presented the below statement before the Cook County Board with regard to the Patriot Acres LLC special use permit request. Good morning, my name is Eve Pytel, and I’m a director at Chicago-based environmental nonprofit Delta Institute. Delta Institute...
Driven Doer: Samuel Corona
This month, we are thrilled to continue our Driven Doer series with another passionate person committed to making the Great Lakes region environmentally sustainable and economically resilient! For May, Samuel Corona is our Driven Doer. Samuel is an activist for the...
From Scraps to Soil – Reducing Food Waste in Lansing’s Foodservice Industry
By Eric Lombardo Delta Institute Communications Intern Restaurants, grocery stores, and other consumer-facing businesses in the United States send 25 million tons of food waste to landfills annually according to ReFED, a food data group. This represents almost half of...
Diverting Food Waste from Landfills to Compost in Lansing
The Greater Lansing Business Monthly recently published an article highlighting Scraps to Soil, Delta's partnership with the city of Lansing and Hammond Farms to enlist food service businesses to compost their waste rather than dispose of it. The article highlights a...
Gary Spotlight group sets plans for downtown
This Post-Tribune article shares highlights from the Downtown Gary-Emerson Neighborhood Spotlight Quality of Life Report Celebration. Delta Institute and our partner, Alliance for the Great Lakes, were in attendance.
Rain gardens, bioswales planned for Hobart sites
This Post-Tribune article quotes Delta's Ben Shorofsky on a recent decision of the Hobart Board of Public Works and Safety to approve four green infrastructure sites in Hobart, Indiana. Delta is working in collaboration with Alliance for the Great Lakes on the project.