Dallas Goldtooth, an activist with the Indigenous Environmental Network who helped stop the Keystone XL pipeline, is still advocating for sustained demonstrations and non-violent actions.

“We need a story of change…of resistance,” he told a gathering of close to 1,500 civic leaders, community members, and representatives from 70 civic and environmental organizations that attended the Chicago Community Climate Forum, held Dec. 3 at The Field Museum.

Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is host to the Chicago Conservation Corps (C3), a network that empowers Chicagoans to complete neighborhood sustainability and environmental projects that impact and engage communities across the city.