Who We Are
Sustain DuPage is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizing opportunities to learn and live DuPage sustainability culture.
Local economies are suffering, democracy is at stake, and scientists are telling us that our ecosystem might collapse.
This is because our entire society has been designed to perpetuate radical consumption.
What we need now is a complete metamorphosis.
We need to design a completely new way of life.
We need a sustainability culture.
That’s why we created Sustain DuPage.
Our nonprofit is a local platform for transformative action.
We’re building a new culture: a DuPage sustainability culture.
We are strengthening our regional economy, taking back our government, and preparing our communities for the dangers of climate change.
What We Do
But seriously though, what do you actually “Du?”
We build sustainability culture through five focus areas:art, ecoliteracy, food, policy, and restoration.
The Sustain DuPage Creators: We are restoring our relationship with making. We are artists and artisans practicing sustainability within our art and artisanry, and we are using that art and artisanry to communicate environmental values and philosophy. Join our Creators facebook group here!
The Sustain DuPage Gardeners: We are restoring our relationship with food. We grow food communally (all responsibility and abundance is shared equitably) in Wheaton, Illinois with regular hosting of cooking nights. Join our Gardeners facebook group for updates! We also share food and flowers with residents of DuPage County through our Saturday markets days. We enrich our soil from our DIY composting system using garden scraps, shredded leaves and shrubbery.
The Sustain DuPage Protectors: We are restoring our relationship with the ecosystem. We are transforming seven acres of mostly buckthorn (a plant species out of balance with our local ecosystem) into an oak woodland planting which will provide maximum native biodiversity and food for humans and other lifeforms. Join our Protectors facebook group for updates!
The Sustain DuPage Reformers: We are restoring our relationship with Democracy. We support grassroots community organizers, Environmental Commissioners, and Environmental Committee Members in creating DuPage County sustainable policy reform. Join our DuPagers Organized for Sustainability group here!
The Sustain DuPage Turners: We are restoring our relationship with storytelling. We host regular reading group discussions focused on sustainability literature like books, articles, essays, and poetry. We hope to hone our critical dialogue skills to strengthen our community understanding and progress. Join our Turners facebook group for updates!
Details
| (630) 306-8734 | |
| stasiak@sustaindupage.com | |
| Stasia Kahn | |
| Board Member | |
| http://www.sustaindupage.com |
