Category Archives: Restoration

Burn, Baby, Burn! Prescribed Fire at RU’s Schaumburg Campus Encourages Native Plant Communities to Flourish

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Suburban Sustainability

Yesterday, instead of worrying over their taxes, an enthusiastic burn crew did a prescribed burn of the detention pond at RU’s Schaumburg Campus. This was the 3rd time this artificial wetland has been burned since 2011 in an effort to … Continue reading →

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Highland Park High School’s Positive Environmental Impact

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Suburban Sustainability

By Jann Armenta for SUST 210 online From turning cafeteria grease into biodiesel fuel, to building a habitat for endangered turtles, to keeping 90,000 plastic water bottles from going into the landfill, the students of Highland Park High school have … Continue reading →

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Recycling in Oak Park, IL

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Suburban Sustainability

By Arielle Starling for SUST 210* Chicago Wilderness is a program that specializes in these four areas: restoring nature, climate action, nature-based experiences and education for children, and promoting green infrastructure, according to the organization’s website. The restoring nature part … Continue reading →

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RU Sustainable Campus Tour on Feb 12

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Suburban Sustainability

Please join members of Prof. Mike Bryson’s SUST 210 The Sustainable Future class next Tuesday, Feb. 12th, at 5pm as we take a Sustainable Schaumburg Campus walking tour with RU environmental sustainability associate Tom Shelton. We’ll explore the campus inside … Continue reading →

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Schaumburg’s Parklands and Nearby Forest Preserves

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Suburban Sustainability

This week we have another substantial update to our website, courtesy of the Parklands research team in Prof. Mike Bryson’s SUST 210 online class from the Spring 2012 semester. Undergraduate scholars Cheryl Green, Colleen Husted, and Pete LaHaie discuss several key … Continue reading →

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Visiting the Shack: Aldo Leopold, Ethics, and Sustainability

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Suburban Sustainability

This website and blog, Schaumburg’s Sustainable Future, started in the spring of 2011 as a class project in the inaugural SUST 210 The Sustainable Future course at RU’s Schaumburg Campus. But its philosophical roots go back many decades, to the … Continue reading →

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Deer Grove East Holds Conservation Kick-off Event October 8th

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Suburban Sustainability

Saturday, October 8th, 10am, marks the start of a major conservation event at the Deer Grove East forest preserve in northwestern Cook County. Friends of Deer Grove East, in collaboration with conservation volunteers and professionals from the Cook County Forest … Continue reading →

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Replacing Turfgrass at RU’s Schaumburg Campus

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Suburban Sustainability

After April’s prescribed burn of the detention pond wetland, more changes in the Robin Campus landscape are in progress this May. The following update is from landscape architect Bill Bedrossian, of Bedrock Earthscapes, who is heading the campus redesign project in Schaumburg: … Continue reading →

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A Green Fire in Schaumburg (post-Earth Day Reflections)

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Suburban Sustainability

Normally Friday nights are pretty quiet at RU’s Schaumburg Campus. But not last night. Despite pounding rain and a brief hailstorm, around 60 people converged on Alumni Hall for the special Earth Day screening of the new Aldo Leopold documentary … Continue reading →

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