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Content Creator, including photographs: C3 Blogger Tom from www.letUbeU.com Working Bikes Cooperative is a non-profit organization in Chicago devoted to the motto: Reduce Reuse Recycle. They collect neglected bikes and tune them up to reuse & sell. The revenue is used to ship the remaining bikes to different corners of planet earth so that a poor person in . . . → Read More: Dirty Hands at Working Bikes Cooperative
Explore Energy Savings C3 Leader, Amy Talbot leads a Winter Wonderland Energy Savings Workshop Saturday, February 25th 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy (IHSCA), Community Room 2520 S. Western Ave. Contact winterenergyc3@gmail.com to register. Join Amy and her . . . → Read More: C3 Leader, Amy Talbot leads a Winter Wonderland Energy Savings Workshop, February 25th, 12PM
Explore Green Cleaning C3 Leader, Stephanie Douglass leads Adventures in Green Cleaning Wednesday, February 22nd 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. Uncommon Ground 1401 W. Devon Ave For more information, contact 260-ALL-GROW. Indoor air can be two to five times more polluted than outdoor air. Come learn the best ways to prepare non-toxic cleaning solutions for . . . → Read More: C3 Leader, Stephanie Douglass leads Adventures in Green Cleaning, February 22nd, 5PM We are in the heart of winter, and most likely, your windows are closed and fresh air is at a premium. So don’t pollute the air in your home with cleaning products that contain hazardous chemicals and volatile organic compounds. We will make it easy for you to find another option. Here is a recipe for . . . → Read More: How To Make Air-friendly Cleaning Products
Explore Bike Maintenance Tuesday, January 31st 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. Working Bikes, 2434 S. Western Ave No registration necessary. For more information, contact volunteer@workingbikes.org. Come out and learn about bike maintenance at Working Bikes, a local non-profit that diverts bicycles from the waste stream by . . . → Read More: Working Bikes Cooperative Volunteer Night, Jan 31st, 5PM Explore Outdoor Stewardship Monday, January 16th Whistler Woods, S Halsted St & W 134th St. 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. RSVP to Mary Eileen Sullivan at sullivanme@fotp.org. Join Friends of the Parks and Calumet Is My Backyard (C.I.M.B.Y.) at Whistler Woods to celebrate Martin Luther King Day by providing . . . → Read More: Featured Event! Friends of the Parks MLK Jr. Service Day at Whistler Woods, Jan 16th, 9AM . . . → Read More: Happy New Year! Check Out Our January Featured Events Content Creator: C3 Trainee Tom from www.letUbeU.com Chicagoans are fortunate to have a large source of fresh water as our neighbor. Over 5.4 million people—44% of the Illinois population—depend on the Chicago Department of Water Management to provide a reliable supply of drinking water from Lake Michigan. Chicago is working hard to avoid situations similar to what is . . . → Read More: How To Save Water & Save Money Most of us are guilty of leaving our car running while we sit and wait, and wait, and wait. Sometimes we’re waiting for a friend while parked in front of their apartment, other times we quickly run into a bank or coffee shop. What you may not know is that idling your car engine wastes fuel, . . . → Read More: How To Promote Healthy Lungs & Clean Air – Turn Off Your Car Getting 2 Know Green Join neighbors and organizations from the North Lawndale Community for Getting 2 Know Green 101. . . . → Read More: C3 Leader Eya Louis: Local Sustainable Food Workshop, Saturday, August 6 Sustainable Backyard Workshop The Chicago Sustainable Backyard Program has received a lot of great attention, and more importantly, participation this summer. We are happy to share with you that the program was recently featured in Gapers Block, thanks to a great article by Chicago’s favorite . . . → Read More: Treat Yourself to a Rain Barrel and Compost Bin at the next Sustainable Backyard Workshop, July 26 Saturday July 23, August13, and September 10, 2011 What We Worry About: Chicago Writers on Protecting Our Beaches Beach pollution caused 18,682 closings and swimming advisory days at ocean, bay and Great Lakes beaches in 2009. You can help! Take action through these beach clean-up events and hear the inspirational readings of Chicago writers about the importance . . . → Read More: Volunteer at the North Avenue Beach Clean Up and Join Forces with Alliance for the Great Lakes and the Global Alliance of Artists, Saturday, July 23, 9:00-11:00 am Download the . . . → Read More: Join C3 Leader Moriam Williams for the West Englewood Green Fest; Sunday, July 17, 1:00-5:00 pm Photo credit: Chicago Wilderness Saturday, July 9 Join Friends of the Parks and neighbors from the Dunning area for an exciting stewardship event in this beautiful nature oasis located in the heart of Chicago’s northwest side. Be prepared to remove . . . → Read More: Explore the Dunning Read Conservation Area, Saturday, July 9 Download the flyer for . . . → Read More: Explore Environmental Service! Check Out July’s Featured Events! The United States Forest Service is reaching out to environmental stewardship groups (formal and informal) throughout the region to find out about them and where they are working. There is a long history of stewardship in the greater Chicago region but this is the first effort to try to pull together information on every environmental group . . . → Read More: Make Your Conservation Efforts Count! Document Your Work With STEW-MAP . . . → Read More: Sign Up for the Youth Farm Training Opportunity with Uncommon Ground
Joann Podkul of CSI Check out this great coverage of C3 and Calumet Stewardship Initiative volunteers working in vernal pools at Hegewisch Marsh over the weekend. Michael Puente from WBEZ joined us to help uncover the great restoration and open space preservation work happening in the area. Greencorps Calumet This work would not be possible . . . → Read More: C3 and CSI talk with WBEZ about Hegewisch Marsh Join the City of Chicago Department of Environment for the first installment of the Sustainable Backyard Workshop series highlighting the many ways residents can create more environmentally-friendly landscapes in their back, front, and side yards. June 14, 2011 Learn more about the program . . . → Read More: Rain Barrels, Compost Bins, Native Plants -Oh my! Sustainable Backyard Workshop, June 14 |
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