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On October 28th the City of Chicago opened its permanent facility to collect HHW items, computers, and cell phones on a year-round basis. Located at 1150 N. North Branch, the facility is accessible from the Kennedy Expressway at the Division Street (east) exit. The facility accepts oil-based paints and aerosol paint cans, solvents . . . → Read More: Household Chemicals and Electronics Recycling Join Faith in Place and Interfaith Worker Justice for a co-sponsored workshop on building or remodeling as a congregation. The workshop on Sunday, November 12 will cover topics including: Green building for congregations Register by . . . → Read More: Contracting in Good Faith From theChicagoland Bicycle Federation: Armed in August with a $150, 2-by-5-foot aluminum sign, Lynn Romanek pitched the anti-idling suggestion to Glencoe District 35, where she carpools her 6th grader to Central School. Officials quickly warmed to the idea, and Romanek produced and donated a sign for each of the three buildings in the small kindergarten through 8th-grade . . . → Read More: individual action on car idling VISIONARIES WANTED Do you have an incredible idea that could change your community, country, or world? If so, apply for an Echoing Green Fellowship. You could receive up to $90,000 in seed funding and support to launch a new organization that turns your idea into action. Apply online by Dec 1st at http://www.echoinggreen.org/. Questions? Contact Jeremy Schifeling . . . → Read More: Echoing Green Fellowship The more we are in the habit of walking, the less likely we are to use more destructive forms of transportation. Exercise your walking muscles! WHERE: Meet at Fireman’s Park, northeast corner of Milwaukee and Diversey sponsored by Logan Square . . . → Read More: Wed. Oct. 25 with Logan Square Walks Gapers Block reports an expansion of the pilot Blue Cart recycling pilot into seven wards over the next year. The program involves blue garbage carts to sit in the alley next to standard black ones. Recycleables go in the blue one, all mixed together, no need to wash or bag them. The blue carts are picked . . . → Read More: Expansion of Blue Cart recycling pilot AUTUMN SWAP N’ SHARE with harvest chili! November 01 – Wednesday 6-9pm at The SEED ARCHIVE – a public archive of seeds 2446 south sawyer avenue Chicago ??? contact : jane@salvationjane.com . . . → Read More: The Seed Archive Swap N’ Share Nov 1 Thanks Payton for the link to the Sun Times urban heat island . . . → Read More: Urban Heat Island map Here are some links to resources mentioned during class Saturday or during breaks: Members of the HUB Housing Cooperative in Little Village started the 24th/Marshall Neighbors Community Garden on Sunday with plants from the City’s Perennial Divide, including two rose bushes, two hydrangias, a half dozen day lillies, a couple of purple coneflowers, and much, much more. There’s still time to sign your community group up for the . . . → Read More: housing co-op plants community garden The safer pedestrians and bicyclists feel, the less they’ll resort to cars. From the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation comes good news in that regard: The Complete Streets Policy is part of the city’s Safe Streets for Chicago program, which calls for stepped-up traffic enforcement, crosswalk awareness campaigns for motorists, new crosswalk safety technologies, researching and identifying trouble . . . → Read More: Great news for pedestrians From Julie Peterson: Would you dump sewage in the river? Of course you wouldn’t. But that’s what we do with our sewage in Chicago when it rains. Each homeowner can stop 55-100 gallons or more and protect the river by installing a rainbarrel. BeyondToday has arranged for a servich which will deliver and install the rainbarrel for . . . → Read More: Rainbarrel delivery and installation Events : River Summit : River Summit The Chicagoland Environmental Network offers a directory of green jobs and internships, volunteer organizations, and a calendar of events. . . . → Read More: Green Jobs, Volunteer Opps and Events Eden Place is hosting a Fall celebration of Fuller Park’s food, crafts, and family — bringing together a wide range of artisans, vendors, and entertainment. A good time for all! Come for seasonal food, a flea market, agricultural exhibits, wagon rides, music, storytelling, and the only urban pumpkin patch for miles around. Admission . . . → Read More: Celebrate Fall at Eden Place The Chicago Tribune did a nice story last week on Shelly Herman (no relation) and Irv Cernauskas, owners of FreshPicks, local organic delivery. They live in the city and have connected with a number of local farmers. They deliver $15, $25 and $40 boxes of fresh, organic, in-season produce weekly or every other week, . . . → Read More: Fresh Picks: Local Organic Delivery
As her first C3 project, Carla Winterbottom built the box she’s showing off in this picture. It has one standard bulb and one new cool fluorescent bulb, with a switch and an electric meter. You can switch between the bulbs and SEE the difference in the speed of the meter. She was . . . → Read More: Cool Demo, Cool Lighting, Cool Savings Here’s a collection of interesting local, organic, community, and/or green websites I’ve found recently: Beyond Today – an organization (and a blog!) for Chicagoans who want to do more about the Environment and Social Justice. Interesting because they link to us (yay!) have great local and national links, innovative actions, and because somebody from their group is . . . → Read More: Green Chicago Linkage Chicago will host a giant Green Festival, as one of a series happening nationally for several years now. There might be a way to convene C3 conversations or otherwise be prominently present at this big event. Email me if you’d like to help organize something for this. Save the Date! More about The Green . . . → Read More: Green Festival Chicago – Save the Date I saw An Inconvenient Truth this weekend — and had a devilishly exciting idea afterward: Somewhere between 1000 and 1500 copies of this film will hit video stores all over Chicago on November 21st. The website displayed at the end of the film has almost no links to Chicago. But I want to talk with . . . → Read More: A Convenient Way to Make a Difference |
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