Happy Earth Day!
Category: Close to Nature, Green Idea
Do you love our Earth?I do! I love our Earth because it is an endless, unlimited sources of knowledge and awesomeness! Our holy book, Al-Quran has many verses that remind
URGENT: Support a Comprehensive Climate and Equitable Jobs Bill in Illinois! On Sept. 1, the Illinois Senate passed an energy bill, SB18 that would put the state on a path
Last December 2020, WTTW reported that Rose was spotted in Florida with her offspring named Nish. The other two, Hazel and Esperanza, turned up on the islands off the Georgia
Welcome our new CEO!
Category: CMGT News
The Chicago Muslims Green Team is excited to announce and welcome Dr. Rohany Nayan as our new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Dr. Nayan has over two decades of experience as
Greetings and Salaam to Everyone! We at the Chicago Muslims Green Team (CMGT) are looking forward to two special celebrations during the month of April: Ramadan and Earth Day. As many
On earth day today ( and all month long!) my family and I are pulling dandelions out. We decided to maintain a clover/grass lawn to reduce watering. Alhamdulillah we never need to water it and we use an electric lawnmower to mow it ourselves so we can control how often to cut it depending on the rain. Not that we hate dandelions but as Muslims we want to respect our neighbors who all have manicured lawns MashaAllah. So we kept the clover but take out the dandelions instead of spraying chemicals. I read that traditionally, American lawns used to be clover and that this practice was overtaken when chemical sprays began to be used. https://news.wttw.com/2021/05/01/clover-lawns-went-mainstream-maligned-now-they-re-making-comeback So I’m hoping to instill in my kids a culture of willingness to do some hard work instead of being accountable for putting more chemicals in the land we have responsibility over. There’s often an easy solution, but you end up paying a price later…