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The Chicago Climate Action Plan (CCAP) focuses on how to sustain a high quality
of life for the people of Chicago. CCAP will allow city departments to see how their
green activities fit into a broader agenda and provide a roadmap for what businesses
and individuals can do. CCAP offers a way to quantify, track, and publicly share
progress. Its objectives include improving public health and the resilience of natural
areas; lowering energy costs and creating jobs in emerging high technology sectors;
and broadening transportation choices.
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Reach the World is an educational non-profit that empowers socio-economically isolated
inner-city students with the global perspective and technology skills essential
for success. Through its interactive website, Reach the World connects at-risk youth
with volunteer travelers on real-world journeys who develop and post engaging, age-appropriate
educational materials about countries, cultures, and environments from around the
world that teachers then integrate into their classrooms. Reach the World also provides
in-school presentations, interns, teacher professional development, field trips,
and interactive collaborative projects, all at no charge to the schools.
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Chicago Fair Trade strives to expand the fair trade movement in the Chicago metropolitan
area by increasing awareness of fair trade products through educational and advocacy
efforts. The group also works to increase the accessibility of fair trade products,
and its members help achieve the group’s goal of helping to sustain communities
around the world. Visit this site to learn more about the fair trade movement in
Chicago.
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Since Chicago’s first Sister Cities agreement in 1960, the city has continued to
forge these international relationships, and today has 28 sister cities. The Chicago
Sister Cities International Program works to foster international exchange with
these cities on topics ranging from trade to social services and education. Visit
this site to learn more about Chicago’s sister cities and the programs the Chicago
Sister Cities International Program coordinates.
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The Burnham Plan Centennial celebrates the Bold Plans and Big Dreams that shaped
metropolitan Chicago for the past century and challenges the region's communities,
leaders, and institutions to build on the success of the Burnham Plan and act boldly
together to shape the future. Visit this site to learn more about the 2009 Centennial
celebration and its programs and plans throughout the region.
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