In Fall 2015, after a series of policy roundtable discussion with Chicago’s Chief Sustainability Officer Karen Weigert, members of the CSLN gathered to discuss the network’s perspective on the next City of Chicago Sustainability Plan. Network members had many practical and implementable ideas on how the city can play a larger role in promoting sustainability at the community level throughout Chicago. CSLN determined that the following set of principles, if applied to city sustainability programs, partnerships, and policies, would result in successful and catalytic change with buy-in and support from local community organizations and residents.
