DeKalb resident Joyce Marten calls her tenth-of-an-acre Straw Bale garden her latest “experiment.” She says, “I try different things, different plants. It’s the same way I cook. It’s like ‘Aw Jeez, who wants to eat the same thing all the time,’ so I’m always looking for recipes.” Marten cultivates more than 25 kinds of vegetables (More...)

On Tuesday, Oct. 20, Music Box Theatre in Chicago, Ill. was sold out for the nationwide release of “This Changes Everything,” a film based off of Naomi Klein’s book by the same title, and narrated by her. The film was shown that night in over 50 cities across the U.S., and Klein and Avi Lewis, (More...)

‪ People s Climate Movement National Day of Action in DeKalb. Our #‎peoplesclimate‬ Movement Teach-In included fracking facts by NIU students Breanna Cooper and Johna Pishko, poetry by Ricardo Amesquita, music by “DK” Kolars, comments by Representative Bob Pritchard, ‪#‎climatecrisis‬ and ‪#‎renewableenergy‬ facts by the350Kishwaukee team, and featured Josef Appell presenting his ‪#‎DIY‬electric powered bicycle. The sound and light (More...)