To respond to the growing threat of climate change, the village of Oak Park developed an ambitious plan to make the village more sustainable. Residents gathered Sept. 4 at the Oak Park Main Library to see how the Climate Ready Oak Park plan is going.
“This is your future. We messed it up. We’re trying to fix it. But we also would love your help too,” said longtime climate advocate Laurie Casey.
In 2022, Casey founded Climate Ready Community Outreach to Oak Park, or COOP, to give local activists and residents a voice in shaping Oak Park’s sustainability initiatives and to support the work of Climate Ready Oak Park…