Woodchips over lawns: an urban homesteader fights for her right to grow food

The Gary Department of Environmental Affairs gave Aja Yasir a citation for her nontraditional yard. She has wood chips instead of lawn and was told that her wood chips are debris Continue Reading

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March Against Monsanto Valparaiso

On Saturday, October 12, 2013 about 100 people gathered outside the Porter County Courthouse to “March Against Monsanto”. Whitney Hibbitts was the local organizer and George Smolka addressed the crowd. Continue Reading

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Meetings to Address Issues Facing Wolf Lake Watershed

Stormwater runoff and discharges to the Wolf Lake watershed will be among issues to be discussed at a series of public meetings beginning next month. Sponsored by the Association for Continue Reading

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Pipelines and Borderlines: People Can't Drink Oil

219GreenConnect podcast host Kathy Sipple speaks with David Mueller of Paul Henry’s Art Gallery in Hammond about their current exhibit: “Pipelines and Borderlines: People Can’t Drink Oil!” Listen to the Continue Reading

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Webinar: Enbridge 6b Pipeline Risks & Solutions

This is the recorded video taken from today’s webinar presented by Nathan Pavlovic and Nicole Barker from Save the Dunes. Webinar Link: Enbridge Pipeline 6b Risks and Solutions Resources mentioned Continue Reading

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Sustainable Business: Values Based Leadership Interview with Elizabeth Gingerich

Host Kathy Sipple speaks with Elizabeth Gingerich, a Business Law Associate Professor at Valparaiso University and Editor of The Journal of Values Based Leadership. Listen to the interview If you Continue Reading

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Northwest Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC)

NIRPC is a regional council of local governments serving the citizens of Lake, Porter, and LaPorte counties in Northwest Indiana. The Northwest Indiana region is part of the U.S. Census Continue Reading

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Save the Dunes

The mission of Save the Dunes, a 501(c)3 charitable organization, is to preserve, protect and restore the Indiana Dunes and all natural resources in Northwest Indiana’s Lake Michigan Watershed for Continue Reading

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Hoosier Environmental Council

Hoosier Environmental Council is devoted to identifying the biggest environmental challenges facing Indiana, and uniting people toward a solution. We use a combination of education, advocacy, and sometimes, litigation, to Continue Reading

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Friends of the Little Calumet River

Raising awareness about the Little Calumet River and helping the Little Calumet River and all of its issues.

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