The Environment & Energy Commission has partnered with local organizations to present the ninth annual Green Tuesday environmental lecture series scheduled for 7 to 8:30 p.m. each Tuesday in April at the Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake St.
Green Campuses: Taking the Lead as Green Communities
Presenter: Cynthia Klein-Banai, Associate Chancellor for Sustainability at University of Illinois at Chicago
As institutions seek ways to become more sustainable they have used a variety of metrics, ranking systems, and indicators to evaluate their baseline and progress towards those goals. This session will examine two metrics being used at the University of Illinois at Chicago.Greenhouse gas inventories are becoming a common measure of environmental impact and sustainability for institutions. Ecological footprint analysis has been used since the early 1990s as a measure of sustainability for geographical regions, products, and activities.
For more information, call 708.358.5700 or email publicworks@oak-park.us.