resources for students
Environmental justice in the Chicago Wilderness region
(a small number of) Environmental justice experts, scholars, practitioners
Hazel Johnson Robert Ballard
Olga Bautista Dorceta Taylor
Kim Wasserman Carolyn Finney
Cheryl Johnson David Naguib Pellow
Gina Ramirez Kyle Powys Whyte
Marian Byrnes Kandi White
Habitat restoration volunteer and employment opportunities in the Chicago Wilderness region
Volunteer with
FPDCC - Forest Preserve District of Cook County
FOTFP - Friends of the Forest Preserves
Audubon Great Lakes (esp at Indian Ridge Marsh)
Groups with local parks/restoration-related events and info: Calumet Outdoors, Habitat 2030, Out in Nature (and IG here), Outdoor Afro (chicago)
Check Chicago Environmental Network job board, Greencorps Chicago, Chicago Wilderness job board, or employment at any of the orgs above, for on-the-ground restoration work!
Environmental resources on UChicago campus
Committee on Environment, Geography and Urbanization
LinkedIn group for ENST majors and alums (great for networking!)
Career resources for ENST students
Society for Ecological Restoration job + internship board
Chicagoland Environmental Network job, internship, volunteering board
Chicago Wilderness career resources with 1 million links and a job board with current openings
LinkedIn group for Program on the Global Environment where you can network with alums and see cool jobs posted
Citizen science opportunities
I do this one from Mohonk Preserve
The Chicago wildlife camera traps can be exciting
Plants of Concern (hosted by Chicago Botanic Garden and executed on your favorite Chicago Wilderness public land)
Project Budburst (hosted by Chicago Botanic Garden and executed anywhere)
Lists of more programs:
at Field Museum
in Illinois