Aug 8, 2019
Exploring Mycorrhizal Fungi
This summer, two of Plant Chicago’s interns are working on a project that can potentially benefit all farmers and gardeners in Chicago,...
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...
Dec 19, 2018
Local Circular Economy Principles
With our focus on local, Plant Chicago thinks about circular economies from a unique angle. In 2017, Plant Chicago hosted a portion of...
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...
Jul 3, 2018
Plant Chicago Summer Interns
Help us welcome our new Plant Chicago summer interns! We are excited to have such a diverse group of college and high school students...
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...
Jan 5, 2018
What Does it Mean to “Scale” Reuse?
What does it mean to “scale” reuse? What are the metrics for success? These were two questions posed to a group of building material...
Oct 26, 2017
Measuring Food, Energy and Water Flows at The Plant
Article by Eva Chancé, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) (This research was led by Eva in partnership with Plant...
Aug 23, 2017
How to Transition Chicago to a Circular Economy
Article by Jaycie Weathers and Dr. Nancy E. Landrum, at Loyola University Chicago, summarizing circular economy research, conducted in...