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Connecting with Trees in Our Neighborhoods
When you’re walking around the city and through your neighborhood, how often do you notice the trees around you? Do you notice the...
May 22, 2018
Black History Month Winter Farmers Market
February 3rd was an exciting day to kick off Black History Month with special events at Stone Temple Missionary Baptist Church,...
Mar 7, 2018
Four Houses of Worship Collaborating for Black History Month Celebration & Winter Farmers Market
Press Release - January 23, 2018 Four congregations in the East Garfield Park and North Lawndale neighborhoods are organizing a Black...
Jan 23, 2018
The Power of a Green Team: Reflections from New Deliverance Church
My name is Cheri Wilson Chappelle, and I am a Green Team leader at New Deliverance Church in Chicago. I am honored to share what Faith in...
Dec 29, 2017
The Power of the Monarch Butterfly
The Monarch Butterfly, the Illinois State insect, is a powerful and important pollinator, whose habitat has been threatened. The...
Sep 28, 2017
St. Mark's Episcopal Church: Community Voices for Sustainable Change
The process of building a community's regard for values of sustainability and Earth Care begins with a voice of advocacy for those...
Sep 5, 2017
Migration & Me Honored as Force of Nature Award Winner
Faith in Place's innovative Migration & Me Program was honored yesterday as a recipient of the Force of Nature Award presented by Chicago...
Jul 28, 2017
A Groundbreaking Garden
More than 40 giant fabric bins filled with soil are the home of a unique new garden at Wesley United Methodist Church (UMC) in Urbana....
Jun 2, 2017
A Green Haven at Trinity United Church of Christ
It’s happening on the south side of Chicago! Strawberries, blueberries, black raspberries, plum and cherry tomatoes, peppers, kale,...
Mar 9, 2017
Migration Celebration at Beaubien Woods
Although temperatures were in the 90’s on Saturday, June 11th, over 500 adults and children attended the Forest Preserves of Cook...
Jun 22, 2016
Meet Cyndy Ash of Jubilee Farms
Farmer Cyndy Ash greeted me as I turned off the road near Clinton, at the base of a gentle hill, "Welcome to Jubilee Farms!" I parked the...
Jun 7, 2016
March Brings Chances to Celebrate Good Local Food
Dazzling and drool-worthy are two words that come to mind as I survey the food and information prospects at the forthcoming Good Food...
Mar 10, 2016
Food for Thought: Workshops at Food Justice & Sustainability Weekend
This week we welcome a guest blog post from Marcia Z. Nelson, who is studying for her Masters of Divinity degree from the Earlham School...
Jan 26, 2016
Leading the Way with LEED Synagogue
The Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation (JRC) in Evanston is a remarkable congregation serving the Earth and its people. In 1998, the...
Sep 28, 2015
From Growing Pains to Growing Produce
Vernon Park Church of God (Lynwood, IL) Vernon Park Church of God was experiencing growing pains. Through hard work, a commitment to...
Aug 17, 2015
Growing Grace
St. Matthew Lutheran Church (Urbana, IL) St. Matthew Lutheran Church of Urbana has always felt like part of its mission is to feed the...
Aug 10, 2015