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Saving the Lakes, one beach at a time

Saving the Lakes, one beach at a time

Kai Konyha hopped off a yellow school bus at the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve in Highland Park on a hot sunny Friday afternoon for Great Lakes Action Day. The Shedd Aquarium partnered with Openlands Lakeshore Preserve, one of the oldest metropolitan conservation organizations. The partnership is designed toprotect and conserve the Great Lakes. “We started last […]

Puff, Puff, Pass

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Puff, Puff, Pass

Rodney Mayhan took a drag on a cigarette on Monday afternoon, then threw his butt across the sidewalk in front of a plaza near several bus lines and the Harold Washington Library CTA stop in downtown Chicago. Like other residents interviewed on Monday, Mayhan said a recent decision to allow e-cigarettes at Chicago bus stops […]

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