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Paddling the Chicago River�A Good Way To Think about Science, Art, Ethics,�
and the Sustainability of Cities
Mike Bryson Sustainability Studies Program at RU Augustana College Winter Symposium 23 January 2013
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Cultivating a Sense of Place
Context Urban Nature in Chicago Science Exploring the Chicago River (and beyond) Art Representing the river Sustainability and Ethics Thinking like a watershed
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Chicago in 1857
Chicago's Urban Nature
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Jardine Water Filtration Plant on Chicago's downtown lakefront
Chicago's Urban Nature
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North Branch of the Chicago River (Spring 2010)
Chicago's Urban Nature
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Chicago's Urban Nature
WMRD's Racine Avenue Pumping Station, Bubbly Creek, Chicago (May 2009)
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Chicago's Urban Nature
The Stickney Wastewater Treatment Plant, SW of Chicago (courtesy MWRD)
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Chicago Area Waterway System: rivers, canals, locks, and
controlling structures
Chicago's Urban Nature
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Science, Nature, and a Sense of Place
Understanding the river as a modified natural ecosystem (natural sciences) Developing policies regarding water quality, river use, sewage treatment
(social and natural sciences) Representing the river as a cultural resource (arts and humanities) Restoring the river: water quality, biodiversity, riparian zone vegetation,
citizen access and recreation (all disciplines)
Exploring the Chicago River
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Cultivating a Sense of Place
Context Urban Nature in Chicago Science Exploring the Chicago River Art Representations of the river Sustainability and Ethics Thinking like a watershed
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Canoeing the North Branch
Heading south into the Loop where the branches meet; Wolf Point in the background (October 2011)
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Canoeing the North Branch
Paddling the West Fork of the Upper North Branch: here we portage around a fallen tree, within the greenway of the Cook County Forest Preserve (October 2012)
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Canoe trip down Bubbly Creek, an industrialized tributary of the South Branch of the Chicago River (May 2009)
Canoeing the South Branch
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Assessing Water Quality
Temperature pH Turbidity Dissolved oxygen (DO) Nutrients (nitrate / phosphate Bacterial indicators (coliform) Metals and organic contaminants (lead, copper, benzene, PCBs, hexavalent chromium) Emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals, synthetic hormones, flame retardants)
Combined Sewage Outfall Confluence of the
North and South Branches (October 2011)
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Sampling macro-invertebrate benthos in the Chicago River's North Branch (May 2010)
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Identifying macro-invertebrates from the Chicago River's North Branch (May 2010)
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Cultivating a Sense of Place
Context Urban Nature in Chicago Science Exploring the Chicago River
Art Representations of the river Sustainability and Ethics Thinking like a watershed
Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee
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Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee
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Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee
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Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee
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Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee
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Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee
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Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee
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Sustainability and Ethics
Context Urban Nature in Chicago Science Exploring the Chicago River Art Representations of the river Sustainability and Ethics Thinking like a watershed
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In a Sustainable Future:
Environmental resources are conserved for both future human generations as well as non-human biota. Economic development occurs not at the expense of the natural environment, but in a way to mitigate ecological costs and impacts. Equity – social, economic, and environmental justice – governs the process of sustainable development.
Debris floating in Bubbly Creek, a tributary of the South Branch of the Chicago River
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Salt Creek Watershed
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Suburban Hardscape
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Green Infrastructure
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Wastewater Treatment
MWRDGC's John Egan Wastewater Treatment Plant, Schaumburg IL / Busse Woods
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The Farm & the River
Growing Power's Iron Street Farm, on the west bank of Bubbly Creek (2012)
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Iron Street Farm
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Iron Street Farm
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Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee