Hello friends & climate advocates,

We wanted to remind you of 4 important events that 350 Chicago will be holding in the next 2 weeks:

1.
CEJA Forum Webinar
on Thursday April 8
2.
Submit a CEJA Witness Slip
prior to Thursday April 8
3.
Monthly Meeting - Greenline Homes
on Saturday April 10
4.
Illinois Community Solar
on Wednesday April 14

CEJA Forum Webinar

Reminder that we’re hosting a CEJA Webinar this Thursday night on April 8 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm CST.

Illinois 102nd General Assembly Witness Slip

In advance of the meeting, we would love to have as many people as possible filing a witness slip for the Illinois General Assembly. There is a subcommittee meeting scheduled for April 8 at 10:00am CST to discuss CEJA. Show your lawmakers you support this legislation by following the below instructions.

Bill Status of SB1718 - 102nd General Assembly

Instructions On How To File A Witness Slip

1. Before beginning, you are able to click the "log on" button on the very top right to create an account. While you don't have to do this, it will enable you to view or edit any slips you enter at a later time.
2. Under Section I. Identification, input your address or information. If you are filing as an individual, put your home address. If you are affiliated with an organization, but not authorized to represent it, you might include the information under "Firm/Business."
3. Under Section II. Representation, it is recommended that you enter "self" or NA, unless you are authorized to represent an organization.
4. Under Section III. Position, be sure to click "Proponent" for support or "Opponent" for opposed as instructed.
5. Under Section IV. Testimony, click "Record of Appearance Only."
6. Then agree to the terms, fill out the Captcha, if applicable, and then click "Create Slip.

350 Chicago Monthly Meeting – Greenline Homes

Next up, we will have our monthly meeting with guest speaker Benjamin Van Horne, founder of Greenline Homes on April 10 at 10:00am CST.

Greenline Homes of Chicago builds high-performance urban homes that are well-designed, sustainable, highly energy-efficient, ultra-comfortable, simple to maintain, and beautiful. They are building without displacement in former "redlined" and disinvested areas, mainly in Bronzeville and Woodlawn. They build net zero energy homes that produce more energy than they consume — through solar energy, high levels of insulation, air sealing, and carefully selected mechanicals and appliances — to deliver a better quality of life and at lower cost for homeowners and communities.

Join us to hear more about the structure of their homes and Greenline’s mission in Chicago.

Website: https://www.greenlinehomes.com/

Impact Team presentation on Illinois Community Solar

We have a bonus monthly meeting in April! On Wednesday, April 14 at 7:00pm CST. Andrew from the Impact Team at Common Energy will be presenting to us about Illinois Community Solar.

The Impact Team is a collective of young people working to promote community solar. Community solar is a state-sponsored program that helps replace fossil fuels in the electrical grid with solar energy. The way the program works is that individuals sign up to support a solar farm, and then this solar farm sends solar energy into the grid. The program is completely free. It is a great way to divest from fossil fuels in our electrical grid!

While the presentation will be purely educational about community solar, the Impact Team are part of Common Energy (https://www.commonenergy.us/), which is a community solar provider and are able to sign people up to support community solar! They are registered as a community solar provider in Illinois here: https://illinoisshines.com/approved-vendor-info/

Here is a quick description of how community solar works from the Citizens Utility Board: https://www.citizensutilityboard.org/community-solar-illinois/