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Our emphasis has been on educating about ecological solutions and on engaging communities to make a positive difference using innovative technologies.

The Coral Reef Regeneration (CR2) project describes a community science effort to collect coral reef data, with international implications for how reefs are mapped and measured using ReefCheck technology and GIS mapping. The HEATChicago app highlights green spaces and art installations throughout Chicago neighborhoods and within communities and was launched through a fellowship with UIUC’s SDOH and Place lab, funded in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Mapping North Pond illustrates a local Chicago initiative to observe and document the shifting plant and animal life of North Pond, situated behind the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Pollinator plants here serve as resting sites for monarch butterflies migrating from as far north as Canada, traveling through the United States to Mexico each winter

Coral Reef Regeneration (CR2)

Click CR2 to go to the site.

HEATChicago app

Try out the HEATChicago app

Mapping North Pond

Click on Mapping North Pond to see the map we created during a recent visit.

Hope, Environment and ArT initiatives

Our Hope, Environment, and ArT initiatives, Butterflies Rising and Creating a Buzz, are amplifying efforts to promote green spaces and art across neighborhoods and communities. The Technology Alliance collaborates with partner organizations such as Mujeres Por Espacios Verdes and the Irish American Heritage Center to encourage planting pollinator-friendly plants and raise awareness of the importance of green spaces for our health.

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beth beyer
executive director
beth@tecalliance.org
(773) 231-7536 (office)
(773) 425-8660 (cell)

Feel free to give us a call if you’re working on projects involving green spaces, art, or creating innovative maps or visualizations. We’d love to amplify and share in ways that assist in bringing ideas to life.