Critical Lands Added to Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest
Greenleaf Advisors is pleased to announce the Swimming Bear Company successful sale of its land holdings to the United States Forest Service for addition to the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Wisconsin. The transaction enables the Forest Service to further promote landscape connectivity, maintain and create refugia, maintain and enhance species and structural diversity, and preserve […]
Continue reading→Resources for the Future releases Water Roundtable Report – Facing The Nation’s Water Challenges
Today, Resources for the Future released “Facing the Nation’s Water Challenges: Results from Resources for the Future’s Roundtable Series” to advance research and policy related to water resources and gain insight into participant interests of water access, affordability, and equity; watershed protection and resilience; agricultural water use; green, distributed, and source watershed infrastructure; water markets, […]
Continue reading→An Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on the Great Lakes released today
An Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on the Great Lakes released today March 21, 2019 Today Greenleaf Board member, Dr. Don Wuebbles, released “An Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on the Great Lakes,” which he led with many Scientists and Experts from Universities and Institutions in the Great Lakes Region, sponsored […]
Continue reading→Partner News: Gypsum as a soil amendment to enhance water quality by reducing soluble phosphorus concentrations
Greenleaf board member, Dr. Warren Dick and his colleagues, Dr. David Kost and Joe Nester, published this article in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation on reducing phosphorus runoff in the Western Lake Erie Basin with gypsum as a soil amendment. In addition to water quality benefits, gypsum provides calcium and sulfur to plants. […]
Continue reading→Intelligent Generation demonstrates commercial-scale Value Stack approach with solar and energy storage
Intelligent Generation manages the energy services at Abt Electronics in Glenview, IL to optimize the economic and operational benefits of a 508 kW solar PV system with a 500 kW TESLA battery.
Continue reading→We Believe in a Healthy and Sustainable World
Bridging enterprises in innovative ways and across disciplines to the markets, resources, and partners needed for the sustainable use of land, water, energy, and material resources.
Continue reading→Future Value Wealth Symposium – DePaul University Conference on ESG Impact Investing
On November 1st, DePaul University hosted a wealth management conference on building portfolio values through investments that address the pressing issues of our time, such as energy and water.
Continue reading→The University of Illinois launches CURES to become the go-to place for helping cities achieve resiliency and environmental sustainability
The Center for Urban Resilience and Environmental Sustainability (CURES) in association with the University of Illinois has been established under the leadership of Dr. Don Wuebbles, Professor of Atmospheric Science and Greenleaf Board member. CURES combines the unique research capabilities of the University with applied learning, education, and public engagement to help cities of all […]
Continue reading→Resources for the Future initiates its economic research platform on water
Greenleaf co-hosted a Chicago roundtable on September 27th (one of five nationally) to aid Resources for the Future, an independent research institution in Washington, DC, in establishing its new water resources research initiative. We convened experts from the Midwest on urban water infrastructure needs, prioritizing the availability of safe, affordable water, and the mitigation of […]
Continue reading→Protecting Land, Water, and Atmospheric Resources
On August 30th, John Andersen presented with Greenleaf board members, Dr. Don Wuebbles of the University of Illinois and Dr. Sabina Shaikh of the University of Chicago, in Lake Forest on “Protecting Land, Water, and Atmospheric Resources for Human Health.”
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