Green City Summer Institute

Chicago, Ill. — Northwestern University is pleased to present the second annual Green City summer institute, a three-day program that explores Chicago as one of America's greenest cities. Chicago's Environmental Action Agenda commits the city to reducing its use of natural resources, improving the quality of life in Chicago as a whole, and saving taxpayer dollars through wise energy and resource-conserving policies. By building green, improving energy efficiency, promoting alternative fuels, recycling waste, and conserving and improving water quality, Chicago has pledged to lead the nation in the urban environmental movement.
The Green City summer institute offers an opportunity to get out into the city and see how the agenda is moving forward - through architecture, landscaping, urban farming, transportation, walkable communities, and infield redevelopment - and to evaluate how far Chicago has come and how far it has to go. Through a combination of lectures, group project work, and visits to key sites in Chicago, this institute will introduce you to the important issues surrounding sustainable development in an urban environment.