Recent Green Stories
- Electronic recycling program gives veterans work, hope
- Blue Island residents turn storm water into resource
- Allegory Pens made of reclaimed wood
- Christening dresses made from wedding gowns
- Want to smell like Chicago? Perfumer creates scent
- Catherine Cook School students grow up green
- Door-to-Door Organics, grocery delivery service, specializes in organic, healthy food
- Evanston-based Collective Resource makes composting easier
- Students help whole community get healthy
- Youngsters on mission to spread 'gospel of green'
- Gently used, high quality clothes for children
- Group teaches urban youth to protect the planet
- Young artists turn trash into treasures
- Budding scientists explore at Camp CBG
- Snakes, turtles, frogs and more at Sand Ridge Nature Center
- Tree houses tell tales at Morton Arboretum
- Goats graze on farm family's 'green' roof
- Students research, advance alternative fuels
- Chicago Department of Aviation plan makes it easier to travel 'green'
- Local, sustainable honey wine creates a buzz
- Local, sustainable honey wine creates a buzz
- Kids growing, enjoying healthy foods
- Imagine Englewood If: Group grows community through garden
- 'The Green Adventures of R-Man': Play designed to get kids excited about protecting Mother Earth
- Got old clothes? Company reuses textiles
- Bikes! exhibit at Chicago's Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
- Peek inside Chicago's new 'Green Exchange'
- Local plumbers promote small steps to save water
- Exhibit gets shoppers to think about their habits
- Chicago produce firm runs earth-friendly operation
- City kids learn sustainable, urban farming
- Kids learn to save the planet at Bronzeville museum
- Home-grown farm becomes commercial supplier
- Who wants a kumquat? Non-profit exposes kids to seasonal food
- Chicago Blue Plate Catering certified 'green'
- Seamstress 'upcycles,' turns trash into gold
- West Side restaurant uses solar hot water system
- Neighborwood turns local timber into 'green' kitchen essentials
- Cafe Chicago promotes sustainably, job training
- Old materials transformed into new furniture
- Game show offers plenty of eco-friendly toys
- Museum teaches kids about nature's power
- Dunes center teaches kids about environment
- Local man turning warehouse into vertical farm
- Science dads teaching kids to appreciate the planet
- O'Hare building home to city's largest green roof
- Home tour gives close-up look at renewable energy
- Gift wrap that doesn't end up in the trash
- Urban gardening taking off at O'Hare
- Company gives new life to scratched CDs
- Ravenswood Remix showcases recycled art
- Company offers affordable reusable products
- Wind, solar energy not just for wealthy, woman says
- CPS students get hands-on lessons in urban ecology
- Local business turns junk into gems
- Students spruce up West Side school grounds
- Luvabull shares dance with underprivileged youth
- 'Fishin' Buddies' hooks children on nature, green living
- Old tires get second chance at North Side company
- Business turns unwanted glass into 'green' countertops
- Inmates learn how to grow food, garden
- Recycled accessories: From hardware to Hard Wear
- Mobile market brings healthy food to communities
- Scientist farms in 'concept lab' with water-based mixture
- Initiative protects planet, teaches kids
- Urban farms crop up in Chicago
- Eco-tours on Chicago's Southeast Side
- Goose Island pale ale is green from factory to glass
- 'Truck Farm' teaches kids about food
- Researchers test biochar on Chicago trees
- Green Metropolis Fair turns every day into Earth Day
- Natural beauty products rooted in history
- Granite repurposing good for business, environment
- Merchandise Mart home to huge recycling center
- Company buys, fixes used cell phones
- Next crop of environmentalists grow at Prieto Academy
- Columbia College teaches sustainable fashion
- Volunteers keep prairies, wetlands in check
- Company helps people tap into sun's resources
- Urban students learn to farm at school
- Bank offers 'green' option to customers
- 'Green' sailing showcased at Navy Pier
- Less is more for green business
- Students create renewable energy
- Earth-friendly company recycles Christmas trees
- Local developer shows off 'green' home
- Suburban woodworker turns fallen trees into art
- Firm uses natural materials in its mattresses
- Green gifts benefit the earth, people in need
- Ineeka tea grown in India, shipped in Chicago
- Earth-friendly toys at new Logan Square store
- Green Depot: Sustainable cleaning, building products
- Healthy, green alternatives for your home
- West Loop sculptor creates artwork from nature
- Eco-friendly one-stop online shopping
- ReStores sell reclaimed materials for home improvement
- 'Green' race cars speed into focus at Argonne
- Edgewater Soaps uses natural ingredients
- Turning vacant lots into city farms
- 'Co-op' teaches kids green business