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 like green roofs and such. Have since exchanged emails with each one.
From Kevin, I learned about Prarie Onion Co-Housing and their upcoming event in Ravenswood, near his house, and he’s going to list them at Chicago Coop Wiki, a site I started.
With Julie, we’re planning a dinner at her place to help her house become a co-op. I’ll invite friends from my co-op as well.
…also learned about the Green Roof Grant Program that’s ongoing (I’ve since downloaded the flyer and application and have an orientation meeting on my calender).
It was very inspiring to be with people that think some of the same things are important that I do, and so great that just a simple connection leads to immediate action.
These guys haven’t taken the course yet, only the orientation, but already things are happening! This is exactly the kind of organic action we want to actively invite. Two more Orientation Meetings to go!
[...] A couple of weeks ago I went to the Chicago Conservation Corps leadership training orientation and met some cool people. Tonight I had dinner with Julie and some of her friends connected with Beyond Today in the North Center neighborhood. Beyond Today is a really cool local environmental group. Here are some of my take-aways from our dinner: [...]
How to dissappear…
Last night we continued a conversation with Ted Ernst, whom Kevin and I met at a C3 meeting. (a program with the city’s Dept of Environment). My friends and I invited Ted to dinner to learn about how the HUB co-op works and to discuss what we might…
BIOREMEDIATION
Bioremediation can be defined as any process that uses microorganisms (Microorganisms – a tiny organism such as a virus, or protozoan, or bacterium that ca only be seen under a microscope), fungi, green plants or their enzymes to return the environment altered by contaminants to its original condition. Bioremediation may be employed to attack specific soil contaminants, such as chlorinated hydrocarbons that are degraded by bacteria, or a more general approach may be taken, such as oil spills that are broken down by multiple techniques including the addition of nitrate and/or sulfate fertilizers to facilitate the decomposition of crude oil by indigenous or exogenous bacteria.