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Archive for September, 2006

Getting Started in Calumet

( Land and Projects and Action and Youth/School )

Joann Podkul and Kevin Murphy are not fully certified (technically, because they still have one class to complete in October) but they are already busy on something.
Their project is the beautification of 100th Street between Avenues G and J on the Far South Side down the street from where they live. It […]

Now Showing: An Inconvenient Truth

C3 partner organization, Faith in Place has just released the list of more than 140 congregations that will host screenings of An Inconvenient Truth, many of them for free. If you haven’t seen the flick, this would be a good time. Most of them happen in early October, but some later in the […]

David Korten Speaking in Chicago

Author of When Corporations Rule the World and most recently The Great Turning, David Korten will speak in several places in Chicago this Saturday and Sunday, Sept 30th and Oct 1st.
Here is more about who he is and where he is speaking. You might also listen to him live from the Heartland […]

Register as a Good Neighbor?

In the C3 classes, we learn about Asset-Based Community Development. At a conference this week, I met Cheryl Honey, the creator of Community Weaving and the Family Support Network, an international implementation of ABCD that we can use right here in Chicago.
Anyone can Register as a Good Neighbor there and add your […]

It’s Working!

I invited my friend and colleague Ted Ernst to a C3 Orientation Meeting. He went to one of those meetings last week and reported this:
…the best part was talking wtih folks afterwards. Talked with 2 people about co-ops and critical mass and BeyondYes and food buying co-ops and bulk purchasing of environmental goodness […]

Fall into Service!

( General )

Looking to expand on your C3 experience? Fall into Service with the Chicago Conservation Corps Explorer Track this autumn. We’ve lined up more than 50 environmental service opportunities in September and October, ranging from garden workdays to river cleanups and energy conservation projects.
Explore the list of Fall into Service events and activities on the C3 […]

Fall Leadership Training Announced

Tell your friends! The next round of Chicago Conservation Corps Leadership Training is taking place on five Saturdays in October and November. We’d love to see your friends, colleagues, volunteers, family, pets . . . well, no, not pets . . . at one of our upcoming orientations:
Tuesday, September 12 - 7:00 - 8:00pm
Center for […]