Resources:
Wastewater management practices
Sheaffer International LLC,
800 Roosevelt Road, Bldg. B, #214
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
630-446-4080
www.sheafferinternational.com
Ecological consulting and restoration
Applied Ecological Services, Inc.
120 West Main Street
West Dundee, IL 60118
847-844-9385
www.appliedeco.com
Environmentally friendly community planning
Delta Institute
53 West Jackson Boulevard Suite 230
Chicago, IL 60604
312-554-0900 ext. 25
www.delta-institute.org
Assistance in protecting soil and water
Illinois Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
4285 North Walnut St. Rd, Springfield, IL 62702
217-744-3414
www.aiswcd.org
Wind energy
Illinois Wind, 800-526-9943
http://www.illinoiswind.org/
Ecological restoration services
Pizzo & Associates, Ltd.
10729 Pine Road, Lealand, IL 60531
815-495-2300
www.pizzo.info/index.php
Midwest Renewable Energy Association
7558 Deer Road - Custer, WI 54423
715-592-6595
http://www.the-mrea.org
DeKalb County Farmland Foundation
P.O. Box 375, DeKalb, IL 60115,
815-756-2580
http://members.rhizome.net/delray/dcff/index.htm
Kishwaukee Solduc Group of the Sierra Club
P.O. Box 582, DeKalb, IL 60115
http://illinois.sierraclub.org/groups/kishwaukee.htm
Living Lands & Waters
17624 Route 84 North, East Moline, IL 61244
309-496-9848
http://www.livinglandsandwaters.org/
Chicago Wilderness, U.S.E.P.A
http://www.chicagowilderness.org/
Prairie Rivers Network
809 South Fifth Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820
217-344-2371
http://www.prairierivers.org/
Salt Creek Watershed Network
526 N. Edgewood Ave., LaGrange Park, IL 60526
http://www.saltcreekwatershed.org/
Fox River Ecosystem Partnership
http://www.foxriverecosystem.org/
Chicagoland Environmental Network
http://www.chicagoenvironment.org/
The Wetlands Initiative
53 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 1015
Chicago, Illinois 60604
312-922-0777
http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/
Natural Land Institute
320 South Third Street, Rockford, IL 61104
815-964-6666
http://www.naturalland.org/
Kishwaukee River Ecosystem Partnership
http://krep.bios.niu.edu/
DeKalb County Soil & Water Conservation District
1350 W. Prairie Drive, Sycamore, IL 60178
815-756-3237 Ext. 3
http://www.dekalbilswcd.org/
Organic Farmer Training & Urban Farming:
Angelic Organics; Caledonia, IL 61011
Hazards of using plastic bags:
What happens to all of those plastic bags?
Beyond Pesticides:
National Coalition for Pesticide-Free Lawns
Learn about Vermicomposting:
Vermicomposting Document
Calculate your personal greenhouse gas emissions:
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/calculator/
ind_calculator.html
Find energy efficient products:
http://energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.
Learn about saving water:
http://www.h2ouse.org/
Learn about alternative recycling options:
http://earth911.org/static.html
Learn how to live sustainably:
http://eartheasy.com/homepage.htm
Learn about renewable energy choices:
http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/
Compare fuel efficiency:
http://fueleconomy.gov/
Learn about public transportation:
http://publictransportation.org/
Help reduce your carbon footprint:
http://terrapass.com/
Learn about eliminating carbon dioxide emissions:
http://www.conservationfund.org/gozero
Reduce the amount of office bulk mail:
http://ecologicalmail.org/
Find a carpool:
http://erideshare.com/
More recycling information:
http://eiae.org/
Compare the environmental standards of electronics:
http://epeat.net/
Learn about what cities are doing to reduce global warming:
http://www.coolcities.us/
Learn about Al Gore's work against global warming:
http://theclimateproject.org/
Find organic foods:
http://www.localharvest.org/