This is opportunity knocking! Summer jobs for 2025. Park Guide and Park Ranger positions at Pullman National Historical Park in Chicago, IL. Please share! Links to apply… usajobs.gov/job/812938500 usajobs.gov/job/812909300

Tickets are now available for this year’s Illinois Clean Energy Champion Awards! Buy your ticket or reserve a table to join us and celebrate the incredible businesses, organizations, and governmental units that are leading on clean energy in our state. bit.ly/cleanenergycha…

Join us for an Old Time Mississippi Fish Fry community event on Nov. 15th from 4-9pm. Enjoy food/drinks, learn about resources available to you through BIG’s programs in the neighborhood as part of our Sustainable Square Mile & connect with your neighbors! bit.ly/BIGFishFry

Chicago residents would have to pay $12.8 *billion* to finish the Peoples Gas pipe-replacement plan. And it would take 75 years for customers to pay it off! We need a better way. Read more: PeoplesGasBoondoggle.org

Reminder to RSVP for our Old Time Mississippi Fish Fry event on Nov. 15th from 4-9pm. Enjoy food/drinks, learn about resources available to you through BIG’s programs in the neighborhood as part of our Sustainable Square Mile & meet fellow neighbors! bit.ly/BIGFishFry

Join us at the Illinois Commerce Commission's meeting on November 7th to support safer, cleaner energy and urge the ICC to hold Peoples Gas accountable! bit.ly/safecleanenergy

📩 Our October newsletter is out! Check out BIG’s announcements, upcoming events, news, and resources at the link: conta.cc/3YW1bFD

Don't forget to RSVP for our Old Time Mississippi Fish Fry community event on Nov 15 from 4-9pm. Enjoy food, learn about resources available to you through BIG’s programs in the neighborhood as part of our Sustainable Square Mile & meet fellow neighbors! bit.ly/BIGFishFry

Our upcoming community event - Old Time Mississippi Fish Fry - is a wonderful opportunity to connect with fellow neighbors and community leaders to brainstorm new ideas and continue our path forward, especially in light of this week's developments. Join us bit.ly/BIGFishFry

The 3rd Annual Illinois Clean Energy Champion Awards seek to celebrate job creation by companies, nonprofits & gov't units across Illinois that have seized the chance to make our state a leader in the clean energy future. Know someone doing good work? Nominate them by Nov. 15!

Here comes winter! Read our "Tips for staying safe, warm and energy-efficient during Illinois winters" citizensutilityboard.org/blog/2023/01/0…

Tickets are available for this year’s Illinois Clean Energy Champion Awards! Buy your ticket or reserve a table to join us on 12/10 and celebrate the incredible businesses, organizations, & governmental units that are leading on #cleanenergy in our state. bit.ly/cleanenergycha…

316 million lbs. of food will be wasted in the U.S. this Thanksgiving, according to ReFED. Help reduce waste by buying only what you need, freezing leftovers, & composting your scraps. Find your nearest Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation Food Scrap Drop-Off location: chicago.gov/city/en/sites/…

This #GivingTuesday, we hope you’ll support our work in the West Woodlawn community to build sustainable communities, advance clean energy, and create climate change solutions, all to increase our communities’ wealth and well-being. Give now at blacksingreen.org/donate

Prepare for the cold! 🌬️ Chicago urges residents to take precautions as temps drop and wind chills hit below zero overnight (Dec 11-12). Check on loved ones, neighbors, and those in need. DFSS expands outreach for the unhoused. Stay updated @chifamsupport & Chicago OEMC.

Double your impact, donate now to support BIG! blacksingreen.org/donate #BIGimpact

NEWS: Blacks in Green is 1 of 5 communities selected by U.S. Department of Energy's Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) Community Geothermal Heating and Cooling initiative to install geothermal heating and cooling systems in the second phase of the initiative. Learn more: lnkd.in/gqKGfzHa

Blacks in Green serves as the lead for a coalition which was awarded $9.9 million for its Sustainable Chicago Geothermal pilot. Read the full story: energynews.us/2024/12/20/dep…

We're grateful for your support this year and look forward to continuing our work of building thriving Black communities. There’s still time to make your year-end, tax-deductible donation to help invest in equity and hope for future generations! blacksingreen.org/donate