Six Bold Climate Ideas for Chicago's Future — A Digital Panel
The lakefront. The boulevard system. Millennium Park. The Riverwalk. Chicago has never been a city that thinks small.
Our greatest leaps have come when we treated challenges as opportunities. And today, climate change poses the next great city-building challenge.
As it reshapes cities around the world, we have a chance to write a new chapter — one that is greener, more resilient and more connected, and yet still distinctly Chicago.
What if we reimagined urban agriculture? Found a way to reuse 75% of what we currently discard? Created a citywide system of interconnected tree-focused landscapes designed by local communities? Harnessed the renewable energy of Lake Michigan, or turned our historic boulevards in a new network of climate commons?
In this discussion, we’ll bring together designers, planners and dreamers behind some of the compelling climate ideas submitted to World Business Chicago’s Horizon Lines: Visions for Chicago 2050. We’ll discuss why they matter, how they can become reality and what they reveal about how we can build a stronger, healthier and more equitable city.
Featuring:
Murphy Westwood, Green City Rising, expanding tree collections in Chicago neighborhoods with the greatest need for green spaces
Garr Punnett, Re-Loop: The Living Mile
Kristen Youngman, River Rhythms
MKSK, Wonderways!
The discussion will be moderated by Dina Cappiello, former Chief Communications and Marketing Officer at RMI, and Melissa Harris, CEO of M. Harris & Kern.
More panelists and Zoom link to come.