Sustainability is…

“creating a culture of care.”

-Chris Patterson, ONE Northside

“The responses both during and after the

[CSLN GreenTown Chicago] session are a

testament of how vital and powerful the

CSLN voice is to sustainability in Chicago.”

-Toni Anderson, Sacred Keepers Sustainability Lab

Chicago Sustainability Leaders Network (CSLN) A Year in Review, October 2013-2014

Our Vision Of Sustainability We envision inclusive and just communities of civically engaged residents working together to address social disparities and promote environmental health, human well-being, and community vitality for present and future generations.

Who We Are The CSLN connects grassroots leaders from communities across Chicago to share resources, support each other’s work, collaborate, build a stronger collective voice, and nurture equitable and impactful relationships with policy makers.

CSLN By the Numbers

130 people participate, representing 95 organizations

16 network gatherings held at 12 spaces across the city

8 CSLN members trained in ICA facilitation methods

7 public events held, collectively drawing over 100 participants

1 collaborative grant proposal submitted to Illinois Science and Energy Innovation Foundation (ISEIF)

9 student interns placed with 4 CSLN members

Year One Highlights

Aug 2013 - Boeing grant received to launch Chicago Sustainability Leaders Network (CSLN) Oct 2013 - Network launched at The Institute of Cultural Affairs with 47 people Mar 2014 - 1st iteration of network vision, mission, and guidelines collaborative developed May 2014 - Panel Discussion facilitated at GreenTown Chicago Conference with 8 members Aug 2014 - Greater Chicago Dialogue and Deliberation Community of Practice grant received for summer network gathering Oct 2014 - “Is It Just Space?” interactive event held with Center for Humans and Nature, launching justice and space series Sept-Nov 2014 - ICA GreenRise launches CSLN hub activities with three events planned with other network members

Sponsored By:

What members have to say about the CSLN:

I appreciate “the respectfulness towards individuals as they share thoughts and perspectives.”

I value “learning about this creativity that’s occurring in

different local places...collectively we have insight.”

Animalia Project

Center for Humans and Nature

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Center for Urban Transformation

Centers for New Horizons

Chicago Cooperative

Chicago Food Cooperative

Chicago Time Exchange

Citta Partnership

The Dobbins Group Inc.

eco-Andersonville

Ecotelligent Design

Friends of Cuneo

Gingko Organic Garden

The CSLN is part of the accelerate77 program, facilitated by

The Institute of Cultural Affairs.

Learn more at http://www.accelerate77.net/csln or emailaccelerate77@gmail.com

Facilitated By:

“I'm part of something exciting

and big.”

-CSLN Member about the network’s impact

Year Two Emerging Initiatives and Focus Areas

CSLN Crowd-resourcing Training & Campaign with Partner ioby (ioby.org/CSLN)

Sustainable Summer - CSLN activities in neighborhoods across Chicago

Justice & Space Discussion Series

Faith and Sustainability Forum

Neighborhood Energy/Sustainability Hubs

Sustainable Economies

Art & Sustainability

Strengthening Partnerships with City and Other Planning Agencies

Youth Engagement and Education

Year One Collaborative Partnerships

Greater Chicago Dialogue and Deliberation CoP

Greenlawn Landscaping

Institute of Cultural Affairs

Interfaith Green Network

Landmarks Illinois

Mutual Aid Network

Neighborhood Business Development Centers (NBDC) Sustainability Training Program

New Community Vision

ONE Northside

Sacred Keepers Sustainability Lab

WeFarm America

“[CSLN] provides a space for meaningful

conversations, with the right amount of

synergy to develop partnerships that

lead to innovative initiatives & projects.”

-CSLN member on why they participate in the network

CSLN By the Numbers

200 core and ally members, representing 174 organizations

6 full network gatherings held at spaces across the city

4 CSLN members trained in ICA facilitation methods

20 public events, collectively drawing over 700 participants

150 people engaged by the Faith & Sustainability Forum and 4 geographically dispersed pre-forum discussions.

$5,532 dollars raised from small grants and crowdfunding towards collaboratively designed and implemented projects

Year Two Highlights

Jan 2015 - 4 CSLN members are awarded a grant for Culturally-Inspired Smart Grid Education in 3 Chicago Communities Feb 2015 - CSLN gets a logo! Mar 2015 - Round table #1: 17 CSLN members and Chief Sustainability Officer Karen Weigert discuss ways to form collaborative partnerships. April—Oct 2015 - ‘Is It Just Space?’ multidisciplinary 10 event series with 26 partners April 2015 - CSLN partners with crowdfunding platform ioby to fund 4 collaborative projects featuring 26 partners. April 2015 - CSLN members present at the Integrated Network for Social Sustainability (INSS) International conference from the Michigan site. June 2015 - Northside Sustainability Hub location launches July 2015 - Round table #2: CSLN members, Karen Weigert & Chicago Parks Dept met to discuss access and use of public parks and community space. Sept 2015 - 300 people attend Sustainable September Ride Series through 5 neighborhoods. October 2015 - Faith & Sustainability Forum: Part of the CSLN outreach strategy to engage faith-based institutions. P

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Our Vision Of Sustainability We envision inclusive and just communities of civically engaged residents working together to address social disparities and promote environmental health, human well-being, and community vitality for present and future generations.

Who We Are The CSLN connects grassroots leaders from communities across Chicago to share resources, support each other’s work, collaborate, build a stronger collective voice, and nurture equitable and impactful relationships with policy makers.

‘Is It Just Space’: Sustainable September Ride Series

YEAR TWO October 2014October 2014--20152015

Sponsored By:

Year Three Initiatives and Focus Areas

The CSLN is part of the accelerate77 program,

facilitated by The Institute of Cultural Affairs.

Learn more at http://www.accelerate77.net/csln

or email accelerate77@gmail.com

Facilitated By:

Year Two Collaborative Partnerships

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Northside Sustainability Hub DayNorthside Sustainability Hub Day

CSLN Members touring MSU campus CSLN Members touring MSU campus

ISEIF Cross Community EventISEIF Cross Community Event

Sharing community historycommunity history - Animalia Project

- Black Ecology

- Black United Fund of Illinois

- Blacks In Green

- BUILD, Inc.

- Center for Humans and

Nature

- Center for Neighborhood

Technology

- Center for Urban

Transformation

- Centers for New Horizons

- Chicago Conservation Corps

- Chicago Cultural Alliance

- Chicago Eco House

- Chicago Food Cooperative

- Chicago Market

- Chicago Time Exchange

- Chinese American Service

League

- Citta Partnership

- Consortium to Lower

Obesity in Chicago Children

- eco-Andersonville

- Ecotelligent Design

- Edgewater Environmental

Sustainability Project

- Edgewater Workbench

- ENLACE

- Friends of Cuneo

- Gaia Movement

- Garden Resources of

Woodlawn

- Gingko Organic Garden

- Go Edgewater

- Goodcity

- Greater Chicago Dialogue

and Deliberation CoP

- Grow Greater Englewood

- Growing Power

- Institute of Cultural Affairs

- Integrated Network for

Social Sustainability (INSS)

- Interfaith Green Network

- ioby (in our back yard)

- Majani Catering

- Mutual Aid Network

- New Community Vision

- ONE Northside

- Openlands

- Prairie Onion Cohousing

- Sacred Keepers

Sustainability Lab

- Slow Roll Chicago

- Southeast Chicago

Commission

- Southside Roots

- STAC (Safety & Transit

Action Council)

- Swedish American Museum

- The Audubon Society

- The Dobbins Group Inc.

- The Plant/Treeocracy

- Universidad Popular

- Urban Prep Englewood

- William Hill Gallery

CSLN & City Roundtable

* Sustainable Economies

* Youth Engagement

* Sustainability Hubs

* Energy Education

* City Policy Engagement

* Faith & Sustainability

“Everyone is in the same book but on different pages - when you get all the pages together you get a beautiful book.”

- Terry Edlin, New Community Vision

YEAR THREE December 2015—2016

Year Three Highlights

Feb 2016 - 3 members appointed as shared network leaders

representing North, South, and Southwest regions

June 2016—Integrated Network for Social Sustainability Chicago host

site bridges conversation across community leaders, policymakers,

and academics

Sep 2016 - Sustainable September Bike Ride Series with Slow Roll

Chicago

Oct 2016 - Shared leaders roll out official membership guidelines

Nov—Dec 2016 - Let’s Talk Trash: CSLN hosts three regional

community recycling meetings to deliver community-driven

recommendations to the City of Chicago

“I love the idea of bridging the geographic and

cultural divides of the city to learn more about

what others were working on and how we could

all collectively work toward our shared goals.”

-CSLN member on why they are a part of the network

Our Vision Of Sustainability

We envision inclusive and just communities of civically

engaged residents working together to address social

disparities and promote environmental health, human well-

being, and community vitality for present and future

generations.

Who We Are

The CSLN connects grassroots leaders from communities

across Chicago to share resources, support each other’s work,

collaborate, build a stronger collective voice, and nurture

equitable and impactful relationships with policy makers.

CSLN by the Numbers

251 core and ally members representing 173

organizations

5 network gatherings held at community spaces

across the city

2,700 residents engaged in Bronzeville, Chinatown,

and Chicago Lawn during the second year of a

collaborative Smart Grid education project funded by

Illinois Science and Energy Innovation Foundation

4 recycling-focused meetings to engage residents

and sustainability leaders about ideas to improve

Chicago’s recycling program

80+ sustainability enthusiasts share expertise and

insights on social sustainability at national Integrated

Network for Social Sustainability (INSS) conference

3 Shared Leaders join the network organizing team

ISEIF Cross-Community Events

INSS CSLN Cross-Site Panel

Year Three Collaborative Partnerships

Advocates for Urban Agriculture

Alliance for the Great Lakes

American Indian Center

Animalia Project

BAM Youth Guidance

Blacks in Green

Centers for New Horizons

Chicago Community Gardeners

Association

Chicago Conservation Corps

Chicago Eco House

Chicago Recycling Coalition

Chicago Urban Agriculture

Mapping Project

Chinese American Service

League

CiTTA Partnership

City of Chicago

DePaul University– Steans

Center

Dill Pickle & Sol House

The Dobbins Group Inc.

Ecotelligent Design

Eden Place Nature Center

Edgewater Environmental

Sustainability Project

Faith in Place

Friends of Cuneo

Friends of the Parks

Green Community Connections

IDEO design firm

Illinois Institute of Technology

Illinois Science & Energy

Innovation Foundation

Michigan State University

Neighborhood Housing Services

Openlands

Roosevelt University

Sustainability Studies Program

Ross Barney Architects

Sacred Keepers Sustainability

Lab

Slow Roll Chicago

Southeast Chicago Commission

UIC Office of Sustainability

UIC African-American Cultural

Center

Urban Canopy

Wayne State University

Windsor Park Lutheran Church

Youth Empowerment

Performance Project—YEPP

Social Sustainability

Climate Advocacy

Recycling Initiatives

Sustainable Transportation

Creating shared network leadership

Developing membership structure

Year Three Initiatives and Focus Areas

Small groups at November recycling meetings

The CSLN is part of the accelerate77 program, facilitated

by The Institute of Cultural Affairs.

Learn more at http://www.accelerate77.net/csln or email

accelerate77@gmail.com

Facilitated By:

July network meeting

Slow Roll Sustainable September

ISEIF Cross-Community Events

Regional recycling sessions

YEAR FOUR December 2016—2017

CSLN by the Numbers

5 Network gatherings

held at community

spaces across the city

engaged 127

participants.

Over 500 hours

volunteered to the

Network.

53 Network

members engaged in

working groups.

7 Network members hosted or facilitated screenings for One

Earth Film Festival.

Our Vision of Sustainability

We envision inclusive and just communities of civically engaged

residents working together to address social disparities and promote

environmental health, human well-being, and community vitality for

present and future generations.

Who We Are

The CSLN connects grassroots leaders from communities across

Chicago to share resources, support each other’s work, collaborate,

build a stronger collective voice, and nurture equitable and impactful

relationships with policy makers.

Year Four Highlights

Apr 2017 - Submitted final Recycling Recommendations

to City of Chicago.

July 2017 - Members mapped Network and community

events into Permaculture Flower Framework.

Sept 2017 - First cross-network mixer with Chicago

Conservation Corps (C3)

Nov 2017 - Policy Roundtable with Chief Sustainability

Officer

Dec 2017 - CSLN members represent the Network at

Chicago Community Climate Forum (CCCF)

Dec 2017 - Policy Roundtable with Chief Sustainability

Faith in Place June Meeting

Getting an after-hours tour of the

Peggy Notebaert Nature

Year Five Emerging Initiatives and Focus Areas

Fifth Year Anniversary of CSLN launch in October 2018

Nourish (comm)Unity collaborative event series, featuring: Chicago’s coastal region, biking, intergenerational connection, and civic tech.

Launch of collaborative publication for CSLN members to highlight their sustainability work and our network impact.

The Policy working group identified the following top areas of interest to focus on in 2018: (1) Economic Development and Job Creation, (2)Sustainability in Planning and Development, and (3) Schools and Sustainability.

Prioritize intergenerational learning and youth engagement.

One Earth Film Festival

Sacred Keepers Sustainability Lab

Chinese American Service League

Faith in Place

The Resurrection Project

Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

Chicago Conservation Corps

Chicago Community Climate Forum

International Dark Sky Association

Year Four Collaborative Partnerships

The CSLN is part of the accelerate77 program, facilitated

by The Institute of Cultural Affairs.

Learn more at http://www.accelerate77.net/csln or email

accelerate77@gmail.com

Facilitated By:

C3 Cross-Network Mixer CASL May Meeting

“What I like about CSLN is that, as someone new to the

sustainability world, I get to connect and collaborate with

veterans in the field who I look up to!”

-Danielle Russell, Public Ally at Openlands

Our Shared Leaders

Toni Anderson

South Side Liaison

Sacred Keepers

Sustainability Lab

Toni Anderson is Founding Executive Director of Sacred

Keepers Sustainability Lab. She facilitates workshops

on sustainability, consumer economy, monarch and

urban ecology.

Melanie Eckner

North Side Liaison

Uptown Coastal Initiative

Melanie is an editor who specializes in multilingual

projects. She also works with the Uptown Coastal

Initiative, where she combines her profound

knowledge of Uptown’s history with her passion for

sustainability.

Lorena Lopez

Southwest Liaison

Faith in Place

Lorena coordinates the outreach support staff at Faith

in Place as they connect with and educate faith

communities throughout the state around energy

efficiency. She has been married for over 13 years and

is the proud mother of three children.