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Volunteers are needed to help restore a 1-acre pond and wetland at Humboldt Park in the summer of 2008. Meet new friends and neighbors while you help enhance and beautify this nature area.
Saturdays, August 9th, September 13th - 9am - noon
· August 9: Come out […]
Jason Hernandez sends this, about a web telecast tomorrow, called Seeing the Green: Bolstering Economic Development Strategies with Environmental Responsibility.
I just wanted to let you know about this telecast being organized by the Economic Development Association, which is part of the US Commerce Department.
Ted Wysocki is President and CEO of Chicago’s Local Economic and Development […]
From Shelli Carol, a student at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago:
This quarter, a group of entrepreneurial students, including myself, are working on a business that would allow average homeowners to cleanly, quietly, and easily keep organic, egg-laying chickens in their backyards.
I believe that CCC may be […]
DePaul University’s Institute for Nature and Culture is hosting an Earth Day event featuring artist Frances Whitehead, architect P.K. “Trish” VanderBeke and artist John Arndt. These three Chicagoans will present their provocative, creative work at the intersection of nature and culture. For more information, contact: Lauren Umek at 773-325-4639 or mailto:lumek@depaul.edu
Thursday, April 24th […]
Kevin Walsh of Chicago Peak Oil recommends The Story of Stuff, calling it “a great animated movie, which can be downloaded for free, that shows the story of resources from extraction, production, distribution, consumption to disposal.”
Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council will host it’s third annual Summit on March 18th at the Chicago Cultural Center. Expect a full day of expert panels, working groups, networking, and a delicious lunch using local and organic ingredients. Discussion areas include: food access, economic and environmental sustainability, local foods procurement, fitness and community […]
Bill Wilson of Midwest Permaculture says Permaculture is a creative and artful way of living, where people and nature are both preserved and enhanced by thoughtful planning, the careful use of resources, mimicking the patterns found in nature (bio-mimicry) and a respectful approach to life. Thus embraced, these attributes create an environment where all may […]
Judy MacDonald sent this along this week…
I just completed my C3 Leadership training yesterday. I’ll sure miss seeing all those motivated people every week. How to keep my inner fires burning is already a concern, so I guess that was the motivation when I suddenly found myself driving off course earlier today. I was driving […]
C3 Leader Ellen Jurczak is a volunteer with the Bowmanville Community Garden (just south of Rosehill Cemetery). They are inviting volunteers to help them with two gardens on the second Wednesday and fourth Saturday of every month. Contact Ellen for details.
Justin Lotak sent this about a recent trip he made to Costa Rica’s Rancho Mastatal, for a Renewable Energy in the Developing World workshop:
The workshop was through Solar Energy International (SEI), if anyone’s interested in attending, and they have several other topics besides renewable energy. Over the course of a week, we installed a […]
Elaine Lemieux posted this comment on an older post, but it certainly merits more attention than that:
Almost every day, I walk with my daughter to her elementary school. Personally, I am grateful to take time and walk this short distance with her. Unfortunately on our way to school we see on […]
Emily Rothenberg posted this in an earlier comment thread about taking action on food safety:
Worked on a campaign called BioETHICS2006 last year, all about food policy around GMO’s and genetically-engineered meats and dairy. It’s so scary that they’ve done that - what a step backwards, gosh. Feel free to visit www.genewise.org if you are interested […]
You recycle bottles and cans. And paper. But what about windows? 2×4s? Countertops and cabinets? Gary Zuckerman does it all. He can help you move it, too. Here’s how he describes his business:
Recycle Plus offers resedential, commercial, and industrial recycling services for the public. In addition to this […]
Nancy Johnson invites…
Hi All,
I am a member of my local neighborhood association (HNPCA), and we are sponsoring a Conservation Fair in June, in conjunction with the City Wilds Festival at the North Park Village Nature Center.
There are a few spaces open for exhibitors (exhibit space is free) and If you are looking for a good […]
C3 Leader Elizabeth Wyman says:
Whether you eat meat or not, here’s a little something you may want to read this from the Consumers Union (Consumer Reports).
In late December, the FDA decided that milk and meat from cloned animals and their offspring are safe to eat. This means that within a few months, FDA […]
Ted Ernst’s Marshall Square Parkway Garden Club project is blooming in some pleasantly surprising ways. Check out how he’s turning a toilet paper question into a community garden answer.
Bridget Carey sends this today…
Are you interested in a summer internship with RtE? This summer we will once again tour the country! Our goal is to educate music fans and environmentalists about our mission and the environmental issues on which we are working. We will be signing up new members and volunteers, as well as […]
Carla Winterbottom sends this book recommendation…
The End of Economic Growth, by Charles Siegel
Many people have become disillusioned with economic growth during the last few decades, not only because growth causes environmental problems but also because the rising standard of living brings diminishing satisfaction.
Using historical and international comparisons, this book shows that the United States reached […]
C3 Leader Grace Sielaff is looking for volunteers to help recycle water bottles at this year’s Air and Water Show, August 2007.
She is also a professional designer. Her M. Grace Designs business website shows how gorgeous design and green building can come together. Props for featuring LEED and other green building […]
This from MoneyWeek recently…
“A typical meat-eating, milk-guzzling Westerner consumes as much as a hundred times their own weight in water every day,” says Fred Pearce, former New Scientist news editor and author of When The Rivers Run Dry.
That’s because it takes between 2,000 and 5,000 litres of water to grow one kilogram of rice, 11,000 […]