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168 Elm Ave. – One Drop at a Time This Web page describes the principles of innovative and responsible treatment of rain water in and around the home garden. The treatments are organized into seven subjects or stations: 1) the green roof, 2) the rain barrels, 3) the porous pavement, 4) the rain gardens, 5) . . . → Read More: Great Website About Home Rain Water Solutions OnTheCommons.org: Paris’ (France) City Council has recently developed a policy in favour of shared gardens (jardins partagés) in the city. A charter has been produced that sets some conditions on governance and the balance between public access and the specific rights of the group that cares for the garden. Like many European countries we had . . . → Read More: Why community gardens are called “shared gardens” in Paris 2006 was an outstanding year for M. Grace Designs, highlighted by being featured in the Chicago HOME magazine, Chicago Luxury Home and Condo, StyleChicago, Garden Design magazine, and Spectacular HOMES. In addition to our business endeavors, we are actively involved with the Chicago Conservation Corp, and the Chicago Department of Environment leader training. As a . . . → Read More: Recycle Our Water Bottles I wanted to pass along this great news I just read about Columbia College Chicago: ColumbiaONLINE: Your source for news and information on the Columbia College and community. February 22, 2007 VOLUME 4, NUMBER 9 Wind Power to Provide 30 Percent of Columbia’s Energy The college has entered into a two-year agreement with Community Energy, . . . → Read More: Wind Power to Provide 30% of Columbia College’s Energy Channel your inner eco-critic. Seventh Generation, Inc. and TreeHugger.com asked citizens to share their solutions to climate change. Help out our expert judges by watching and rating the submissions. I submitted two videos to the Convenient Truths: a green video contest. My first film asks “What can regular people do about global warming? This . . . → Read More: Convenient Truths: A Green Video Contest If you would like images or text about your project immortalized in a Cool Globe to be shown on the lakefront this summer, please forward any photos,copies of photos, text etc to me at tkr454(at)yahoo.com or mail to 2127 W.114th Pl Chicago Il 60643. My globe will be about C3′s community effort to combat issues . . . → Read More: C3 help for a “Cool Globe” |
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