The mission of the Climate Action Museum is to activate a tipping point on climate mitigation in the Chicago region through education, stimulating critical thought, and to inspire and facilitate direct action. 

The Chicago Community Climate Action Toolkit was created by The Field Museum in collaboration with partner organizations in four Chicago neighborhoods—Pilsen, Forest Glen, South Chicago, and Bronzeville—to develop and carry out local climate action projects.  The toolkit now functions to aid Chicago community members learn about how climate change is impacting the Chicago region and what can be done to help, design and carry out community-led climate action projects that improve local quality of life at the same time, and explore a place-based approach to climate change and models for community-led climate action.

The Chicagoland Environmental Network (CEN), a group of more than 240 environmental and natural resource organizations, can get you connected. CEN is a resource for anyone interested in nature or conservation-related activities in northeastern Illinois and surrounding areas. CEN organizations are involved in important work, including habitat restoration; wetland, prairie, and watershed projects; urban gardening; energy conservation; composting, wildlife conservation; and recycling.

For nearly 30 years, Energy Foundation has supported grantees to help educate policymakers and the general public about the benefits of a clean energy economy that benefits everyone. We cultivate networks of diverse allies who work to deliver long-term results, making progress where others have not. Our grantees include business, health, environmental, labor, equity, community, faith, and consumer groups, as well as policy experts, think tanks, universities, and more.

The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation supports innovative and inclusive organizations and programs that advance land conservation across the greater Chicago region, with emphasis on four key themes: protection and stewardship of natural and working lands; climate resiliency; advocacy; and benefits to diverse communities throughout the region.

Greencorps Chicago is the City of Chicago’s green-industry employment program with on-the-job training for individuals with barriers to employment. Greencorps Chicago promotes environmental stewardship and improves the quality of life in Chicago by establishing, maintaining and restoring natural and public spaces that are safe, healthy, and sustainable through hands-on involvement with program participants.

For more than two decades, the Joyce Foundation has been a leading foundation funder of policy work related to the Great Lakes. They are working to address three of the region’s critical long-term environmental challenges: climate change, the safety and accessibility of the water we drink and the health of the Great Lakes. 

Since 2010, One Earth Collective has harnessed the power of people through vibrant, year-round, environment and social justice programming that inspires action, facilitates learning, and fosters inclusion to create safer communities and a healthier planet.

One Earth Youth Voices programs develop leadership skills among youth. One Earth Local/Green Community Connections is a grassroots sustainability program in Oak Park, IL. 

Sustain Chicago was put together by the City of Chicago to be a resource to all Chicagoans interested in learning more about sustainability. From current projects being pursued by the city and local organizations to sustainability-related jobs, the website and corresponding Twitter page compile opportunities from around the area to help citizens be well informed.

The Walder Foundation champions Chicago and invests in science innovation, environmental sustainability, the performing arts, migration and immigrant communities, and Jewish life to uplift local communities and elevate our region's contributions to the world.