Feb 14, 2020
Circular Economy Leaders Network Meeting Review
This past week, Plant Chicago welcomed sixteen local small businesses to their first Circular Economy (CE) Leaders Network meeting. First...
May 29, 2019
Scoby Textiles part 2
If you’ve been following our social media, you’ve seen periodic updates of Eva’s SCOBY textile project. Below is her summary, the final...
Mar 9, 2019
A first look at SCOBY textiles
Introducing Plant Chicago’s newest intern, Eva Durance, who is experimenting with SCOBYs as a means of textile production. For this...
Jul 5, 2018
What I Learned from Standing Next to a Trash Bin
By Dana Greene, Materials Management Intern As an intern with Plant Chicago, I have been able to work on a variety of unique projects...
Feb 13, 2018
Systems Thinking for Sustainability: BarnRaise 2017
Blog Post by Andre Nogueira (PhD Candidate, Illinois Institute of Technology, Institute of Design). This post is about BarnRaise 2017, a...
Feb 12, 2018
Decision making for the Circular Economy: Life Cycle Assessment
Post by Shauhrat Chopra (Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong, formerly a Post-Doctoral Researcher at University of Illinois...