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Sierra Club May 2007 SIERRA CLUB, ILLINOIS CHAPTER • THIRD QUARTER 200 7 • VOLUME 48, NO. 3 In this issue: New campaign seeks to use nature to help Connect, Engage, Act: kids get healthier P A G E 3 Lusk Creek Wilder- help make a difference! ness inholding saved, thanks to Club staffer Reorganization creates plenty provide teamwork for the new committee struc- P A G E 3 ture. A national Sierra Club study showed that of new opportunities to opening more leadership roles activates grass- Hickory Creek ruling volunteer for the Club roots efforts. Illinois Chapter will help waterways ▷Information is building on that research on the new throughout Illinois By JOYCE BLUMENSHINE and now has issue-focused Committee committees ready for your P A G E 3 o you have a passion for prairies? Does structure, and involvement. contacts for What’s new in the fighting for forests fit your priorities? The new Conservation Is global warming uppermost in your volunteers can Committee structure is world of science? mind? Maybe clean cars turn you on? be found on intended to make it easier P A G E 7 DWhatever your environmental zest, you can page 4 for volunteers get connect- Experience the great find your niche in the new Chapter Conser- ed with Chapter efforts. vation Committee reorganization. Connect, You can contact the Committee Chairs for more outdoors on a Sierra engage, and get into action with the multitude information. The issue focus is also intended to Club Outing P A G E 8 of opportunities to plug into your personal yen. help in fundraising efforts, as conservation work It’s easy to coordinate with others who share needs to find like-minded donors. your interests. So, turn to page four, find your focus and get Newsletters Nimble and responsive action committees involved today! included inside: Chicago Group’s The Wild Onion P A G E 1 2 Corn-based ethanol: North West Cook County Group’s The gold mine, or fool’s gold? Leaf P A G E 1 6 By ALANNA GORDON second nationwide in corn pro- Prairie Group’s Prairie duction, and prices have nearly s proposals for corn-based doubled in the last year. Flyer P A G E 2 0 ethanol refineries sprout But with nearly 50 plant pro- River Prairie Group’s Alike dandelions across Illi- posals pending in Illinois, ques- DuPage Sierran nois, concerns about environ- tions abound about how a bum- P A G E 2 4 mental impacts are spreading per crop of ethanol refineries will just as fast. affect pollution, water supplies, Woods & Wetlands Ethanol is an alcohol-based erosion and habitats. Even etha- Group’s Woods & Wet- gasoline additive gaining wide- nol’s impact on global warming lands News P A G E 2 8 spread political support as a may be marginal at best, because home-grown, renewable production is energy-intensive, Valley of the Fox alternative to dependence relying heavily on fossil fuels. Group’s 21st Century on foreign oil. As a result, members like Fox P A G E 3 2 The boom is great for Verena Owen, Illinois Sierra corn growers. Illinois ranks CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 Volume 47, Number 4 | 3rd Quarter 2007 Hot enough for you? Lake & Prairie is published quarterly by the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club The bad news: It’s going to get worse. The good news: The ISSN# 1536-4372 Sierra Club is fighting to save the planet — and you can help PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION: fullline printing, inc. Chicago, IL he dog days of summer just ain’t rush” that threatens to PRODUCTION COORDINATION: Sue Lannin, Douglas Chien what they used to be. Sure, there spew new bunches of MANAGING EDITOR: have always been hot days and heat carbon into our over- Douglas Chien waves, and who’s to say whether loaded atmosphere. COPY EDITOR: Tthis summer’s hot spots are in part our Lonnie Morris of Lom- Peg Flynn own making, or a natural variation. We do bard has found her LAYOUT AND DESIGN: know, however, that what we remember niche working with Gregg Runburg, Douglas Chien as unusual is forecast to become com- mayors and city coun- CONTRIBUTIONS: monplace. NASA recently projected that cils that want to go Send all contributions to: Editor@Illinois. SierraClub.org. by the 2080’s, average daily highs in July green by becoming a All articles receive equal consideration based and August in Chicago could be between Cool City, and cutting upon merit. Photo submissions are strongly 100 and 110. Iced tea anyone? greenhouse gases at encouraged with articles. Imagining that sweltering future makes THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR the local level. EDITORIAL POLICY: our work to make Illinois a leader in the So save yourself! Sierra Club policy and the Executive Committee By Jack Darin, decisions set the overall philosophy of the fight against global warming seem as We have room and we Chapter and the newsletter tone. We welcome Chapter director articles and letters from members and other con- much about saving our own lives as sav- have the need for your cerned environmentalists. Opinions expressed in ing the planet. Maybe that’s one reason why brains, your brawn and your financial sup- Lake & Prairie are not necessarily those of Sierra so many wonderful people are coming out port for our clean energy campaigns. If you Club or the Illinois Chapter. However, L&P will not advocate positions directly opposed to adopted of the woodwork to get involved in our Illi- need to get out of your hot house, come join Sierra Club policy positions. Contributing authors nois Clean Energy Campaign - help or else! us this summer at one of the many concerts, may review their edited story prior to publica- tion. We reserve the right to condense or revise Our Clean Car campaign, led by Will Reyn- fairs, festivals and other events where we’ll articles for space, clarity, or libel. Knowledgeable olds of Springfield, is aimed at getting Illi- be helping people cool the planet. local environmentalists may be consulted for fact checking. nois to require the same clean cars sold in If you want to make a difference while SUBSCRIPTIONS: 12 west coast and northeast states (Illinois you’re holed up with your air condition- Lake & Prairie is sent free to all IL Chapter EPA estimates this would mean 18,259,000 er, help us write the decisionmakers who members. One dollar of annual dues is for Lake fewer tons of greenhouse gases every year will decide whether Illinois leads the nation & Prairie. A non-member subscription is avail- able for eight dollars ($8). Send requests for by 2030). Tom Borchard, from Des Plaines, toward smart energy solutions. Make a gift non-member subscriptions to editor@illinois. is taking the lead in educating consumers to our Clean Energy Campaign at www.illi- sierraclub.org. about how saving energy and using renew- nois.sierraclub.org, click “Donate.” ADVERTISING: For information about advertising rates and ables cuts costs at home, and decreases air Have a great summer. Enjoy the long deadlines contact Sue Lannin at 312-251-1680 x0 pollution. Verena Owen of Winthrop Harbor days, a cool drink, the slower pace, and let’s or [email protected] has made it her mission to stem the “coal work together to keep Illinois cool. ILLINOIS CHAPTER STAFF: Jack Darin, Director Douglas Chien, Conservation Field Representative Jennifer Hensley, Grassroots Organizer Terri Treacy, Conservation Field Representative Naturally healthy (Central & South) Dr. Cindy Skrukrud, Clean Water Advocate New campaign stresses importance Christine Favilla, Three Rivers Project Coordinator Sue Lannin, Administrative Assistant of nature to children’s health All Sierra Club staff can be contacted directly via e-mail by: [email protected] By LUCY HUTCHERSON MAIN OFFICE: Sierra Club, Illinois Chapter n the past 30 years, there have been dramatic 70 East Lake Street, Suite 1500 changes in how children play, reversing centuries- Chicago, IL 60601 old traditions of going outside. With television, the Phone: 312-251-1680 I Internet, video games, green space lost to develop- Fax: 312-251-1780 http://illinois.sieraclub.org ment, and parents’ concerns for their children’s safety, ALTON AREA OFFICE: unstructured play time outdoors has virtually disap- Sierra Club, Piasa Palisades Group peared, resulting in a generation of children accus- 223 Market Street tomed to staying inside, away from nature. Alton, IL 62002-2631 phone: 618-462-6802 This shift in how children spend their free time has fax: 618-462-0282 serious – and scary – implications for our society, many NEXT ISSUE: 4TH QUARTER 2007 of which were outlined in Richard Louv’s 2006 book Copy receipt deadline: Aug. 17, 2007 “Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Photo: Fermi National Accelerator Lab Send copy by e-mail to [email protected]. Nature Deficit Disorder.” According to Louv and a relat- “Nature-play” in the form of col- org. ed national movement aim- | CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 lecting prairie seed. Printed on 90% Post-Consumer Recycled Paper LAKE & PRAIRIE 2 3RD QUARTER 2007 Preserved in perpetuity Lusk Creek Wilderness tuary. Not only is the Inholding saved via property situat- Audubon land trust ed in the middle of the Wilderness By TERRI TREACY Area, Lusk Creek itself, considered eing in the right place at the right to be one of the time has led to preserving an most biologi- important place at a critical time. cally significant Back in August, at a meeting streams in Illinois, Bwith the Forest Service Lands Program runs vertically Manager, Barb McKasson and I learned through the mid- that a Forest Service proposed land swap dle of the proper- deal for a 56.8-acre parcel of land had col- ty.
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