- 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...