Pam and Lan Richart from Eco-Justice Collaborative, and John Edel from The Plant preview the The Great Lakes Bioneers Chicago event The Living City, which will be held from November 2 to 4 at UIC in Chicago. Daphne Mitchell from the Illinois River Coordinating Council, Tracy Yang from the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club and LaSalle County land owner Susan Dodd Calhoun report on the battle to keep an open pit sand mine from being dug next to Starved Rock State Park and report on a rally to be held next week to save the park from environmental degradation.