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Hello EEC friends and environmental stewards! If you're interested in seed saving, check out our handout that overviews the process. Seed saving is a fun, hands-on and sustainable way to contribute to the spread of native plants! See previous blog posts about native plants and how to be a native seed steward for even more information!

For the past few months, journalist Kyle Mucerino has been attending EEC events and reporting on them in a variety of articles. We much appreciate the awareness and involvement he has been bringing to the organization, and we wish him luck in his last year of school! See his bio and a few samples of his stories below. Kyle Mucerino is a reporter for the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where he is pursuing his master’s degree as part of the class of 202

Hello EEC friends, community members, and environmental stewards!    Get information about our upcoming seed saving and sharing event , 48th Ward participatory budgeting ,  and community solar funding  below!   In our last meeting, we discussed the establishment of a new community garden and food forest, the Lakefront coalition's efforts to protect North Lakeshore Drive in the midst of potential expansion, and end-of-the-year events . Meeting Highlights Help Park 559  close t

LEARN ABOUT SEED SAVING AND HELP US PROCESS, ORGANIZE, AND SAVE SEEDS FOR THE PARKWAYS FOR POLLINATORS PROJECT!

We had a great time biking around and seed collecting from Parkways for Pollinator sites on November 1! Thanks to all who volunteered their beautiful gardens. We're looking forward to another year of cultivating pollinator parkways in 2026!

In partnership with and located at Edgewater's Chicago Public Library Branch, we are excited to announce a new free seed library in the...