As millions celebrate Earth Day this weekend, these Chicago businesses are part of an emerging trend of eco-friendly stores owned by people of color that embrace sustainable practices their families have employed for generations.
Sisters Aidee, left, and Monica San Miguel sort through products for their sustainable e-business VOLVERde in Pilsen on April 17, 2023.
“The sustainability practices that migrants have practiced in their countries of origin — that are much more sustainable than city populations — are a very positive contribution to the contamination and pollution of big-city centers like Chicago and New York,” said Nejamkis, whose research focuses on gender, migration and climate change.
Sisters Aidee, left, and Monica San Miguel in their workspace for their sustainable e-business VOLVERde in Pilsen on April 17, 2023.
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