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Great Website About Home Rain Water Solutions

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) the […]

Why community gardens are called “shared gardens” in Paris

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 a […]

Recycle Our Water Bottles

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 […]

Wind Power to Provide 30% of Columbia College’s Energy

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, Inc. to purchase 4,410 megawatt […]

Convenient Truths: A Green Video Contest

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 film […]

C3 help for a “Cool Globe”

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 […]