Northwestern Events Calendar

Oct
29
2024

It’s Getting Hotter: Let’s Beat the Heat Together! Community Meeting

When: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT

Where: Community Christian Alternative Academy, 1231 S. Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60623

Audience: Public

Contact: Defusing Disasters  

Group: Defusing Disasters Working Group

Category: Global & Civic Engagement, Lectures & Meetings, Environment & Sustainability

Description:

It’s Getting Hotter: Let’s Beat the Heat Together!

Share your knowledge of how rising temperatures impact you, your family and community through small group discussions.
Contribute to the creation of a Heat Vulnerability Index (HVI) to identify the neighborhoods and people most vulnerable to high temperatures. This tool is a collaboration between community residents, researchers and representatives from the City of Chicago.
Tour PermaPark, an example of how landscaping can reduce heat exposures.

This meeting is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Please register by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, October 28 to confirm your place.

Parking is available at the Community Christian Alternative Academy (1231 S. Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL).

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