Environment Illinois

With Environment Illinois, you protect the places that all of us love and promote core environmental values, such as clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and clean energy to power our lives. We focus on timely, targeted action that wins tangible improvements in the quality of our environment and our lives. Every day, we see more heartbreakin... g evidence of the damage being done to our planet: climate change, plastic pollution, wildlife disappearing forever. But we also see the solutions all around us, practically begging us to adopt them: solar and wind power, electric cars and buses, more walkable and bikeable cities, reusing and repairing stuff instead of throwing it away, and on and on. Environment Illinoiss mission is to transform the power of our imaginations and our ideas into change that makes our world a greener and healthier place for all. Funded by supporters like you, we research the challenges confronting our environment and advocate for solutions. Through research reports, news conferences, interviews with reporters, op-ed pieces, letters to the editor and more, we educate the public about whats at stake and what can be done. Our canvassers and organizers meet people where they arein public places,door to door or onlineraising awareness, recruiting new supporters and activists, and securing funds to support our work. We make the case for our environment and help people like you make an impactthrough petitions, emails, letters, phone calls and more, all delivered to the right people, just when it matters most. You make it all possible. Our staff work together for clean air, clean water, clean energy, wildlife and open spaces, and a livable climate. Our members put grassroots support behind our research and advocacy. We stand up for the environment. You make it all possible. Each of our campaigns aims to move us toward a cleaner, greener Illinois in a particular way. But they share a common approach. Each campaign strives to: Put the environment first. A clean environment is not a by-product ...Read More