Wild Mile’s learning platform brings students from different backgrounds together to learn about the Chicago River
CHICAGO -- Behind a row of industrial buildings and down a small path of stairs, a wooden platform skirts the rusting river wall, surrounded by floating gardens, sunken logs and quietly emerging microhabitats. With pops of color from its blue chairs and encroaching plant life, the platform sits at the North Branch canal of the Chicago River and regularly hosts eager students.
This learning platform is one of the latest additions to the Wild Mile, a 17-acre floating park that will stretch from North Avenue to Chicago Avenue. The project is spearheaded by environmental nonprofit Urban Rivers.
Nick Wesley, Urban Rivers co-founder, said he wants to make the project accessible to students ofsuch projects.
