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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


A brown bag with a green recycling symbol stands with two cans, one with a blue label and one with a brown label, as well as a tomato. There are cucumbers and celery in the bag, which casts a shadow on the green background of the illustration.

Evanston organizations work to fight food insecurity, foster community during pandemic

February 23, 2022

As inflation rises and the pandemic continues to heighten health inequities, Jean Fies is working to make a four dollar head of lettuce more accessible for Evanston residents. Fies leads Evanston Grows,...

Activists convened at an EPL panel to discuss the action Evanston must take to meet the climate and environmental goals set out in CARP and the Environmental Justice Resolution.

Evanston activists convene to discuss the climate crisis and local action

January 14, 2021

Local environmental leaders discussed climate action and environmental justice at “Climate Crisis: Here and Now,” a virtual Wednesday panel hosted by the Evanston Public Library. On the panel, representatives...

Hal Sprague, the president of Citizens’ Greener Evanston. Sprague spoke at the Tuesday meeting of Evanston’s City-School Liaison Committee in favor of more committed climate-conscious actions from the city and school districts.

Evanston residents call for climate action at City-School Liaison Committee meeting

November 19, 2019

Evanston community members on Tuesday called on the city and school district to make sustainability and climate education an integral part of their agenda in the coming years. Residents said they saw...

Two students from Students for Ecological and Environmental Development bail water out of a hole in order to plant a plum tree. The Brady Scholars' project drew volunteers from all over campus and throughout the Evanston community Sunday.

Northwestern’s Brady Scholars Program plants orchard in west Evanston

April 28, 2013

As Northwestern student groups promoted green initiatives on campus for Earth Week, students in the Brady Scholars Program spent time off campus this weekend planting an orchard in west Evanston that will...

Evanston nonprofit’s plans disrupted by city’s attempt to sell property

October 14, 2012

Evanston is in the process of selling the Harley Clarke Mansion, a move that could be bad news for Edible Evanston, a farming nonprofit that recently won a grant to renovate and utilize a greenhouse...

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