![COD students paint water bottle interiors for Phase I of the Repurpose Water Bottle Art Project.](https://codcourier.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DSC08451-1200x850.jpg)
From Unwanted to Upcycled: COD Cares Hosts Water Bottle Art Project
COD Cares is currently facilitating a fun, collaborative public art project as a way of promoting sustainability and environmental awareness.
![Photos from Naperville Environment and Sustainability Taskforce YouTube channel](https://codcourier.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NEST-Youth-Team-2.png)
Teen Activists Urge Eco-Friendly Changes in Naperville and Aurora Schools
Five high schoolers spoke to the Naperville-Aurora District 204 school board about implementing sustainable actions in school, with support from almost 1,100 respondents of a community survey.
![By SCARCE for Cantigny Park’s CAREcrow display](https://codcourier.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1-900x675.jpg)
This Nonprofit Sees Would-Be Waste as Resources
SCARCE elongates the life of materials—or gives them a second life.
![Volta electric vehicle charging station in a Kohls parking lot | Photo by Khadijah Rashid](https://codcourier.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_8660-596x900.png)
Electric Does Not Equal Renewable
Super Bowl commercials and the Biden administration are making electrical vehicles more appealing—but are they the environmental heroes some make them out to be?
![The Gerard T. Donnelly
Grand Garden](https://codcourier.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_7288-900x583.jpg)
The Morton Arboretum Unveils New Grand Garden
As fall weather begins, a new intricately designed garden is open at The Morton Arboretum.
![Bioplastic toys can be made as simple objects that can still be enjoyed, to even more elaborate toys with more material.](https://codcourier.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Bioplastic-toy-900x683.jpg)
Can Old Toys Become Sustainable?
Biotech club creates bioplastic toys and gifts for STEMCON as alternatives for plastic.