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The Evanston Township High School District 202 Board of Education unanimously passed a new sustainability policy at its joint meeting with Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Monday.  The sustainability policy, nicknamed the “Green New Deal for ETHS,” lays out goals for the school related to teaching about climate change in classrooms, conserving water and reducing energy...

When Helen von den Steinen, adjunct professor at the Segal Design Institute, first moved to the U.S. in 2016, she was in “complete shock.” Von den Steinen had left Germany, where she said sustainability has “been part of the DNA since the 60s.” U.S. sustainability was disappointing in comparison, she said. When she left a...

When Jessy Bradish, a board member for Climate Action Evanston, took out her ukelele and played a song about climate action for a crowd of community members at Sunday’s Climate Hope event, the audience applauded her witty lyrics.  Bradish’s performance was one of many testimonies during the event’s open mic, where residents and organizers discussed...

Senior Night is typically an occasion for high school athletic programs to celebrate those who have endured and excelled through the grind of practices

In a year marked by school safety concerns, national debates over books and curriculum and questions over town-gown relations between Evanston and

Good Friday morning, Evanston. Here are the top news and feature stories from around the city.

Last April, students at Evanston Township High School walked out of class to demand their school hire a full-time sustainability coordinator.  Four months later, the school announced John Crawford as the new director of operations and sustainability coordinator.  Before he started as the sustainability coordinator, Crawford worked at the district for 25 years as an...