Chicago Conservation Corps Blog » Invitations http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog You Care. Do Something. We'll Help. Thu, 03 May 2012 21:45:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Spring Public Workshop for the Milwaukee Avenue Green Development Corridor Grant Program, 3/13, 7PM http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2012/03/07/spring-public-workshop-for-the-milwaukee-avenue-green-development-corridor-grant-program-313-7pm/ http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2012/03/07/spring-public-workshop-for-the-milwaukee-avenue-green-development-corridor-grant-program-313-7pm/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:46:20 +0000 Sameera http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/?p=4671 Want to help manage stormwater and prevent flooding in Logan Square? Interested in making green improvements to your property, no matter where you live?  Join us at the first public workshop for the Milwaukee Avenue Green Development Corridor grant program!

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March 13, 2012, 7–9 pm Hairpin Lofts, Logan Square Arts Center 2800 N. Milwaukee . . . → Read More: Spring Public Workshop for the Milwaukee Avenue Green Development Corridor Grant Program, 3/13, 7PM]]> Want to help manage stormwater and prevent flooding in Logan Square? Interested in making green improvements to your property, no matter where you live?  Join us at the first public workshop for the Milwaukee Avenue Green Development Corridor grant program!

DETAILS

March 13, 2012, 7–9 pm
Hairpin Lofts, Logan Square Arts Center 2800 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago

Learn how the grant program works and get free consultation from design professionals on the kinds of projects – a green roof, rain garden, permeable paving – that make sense for your home or business.  Check to see if your property is in the corridor at www.logansquareh2o.org.

Why should you come?

  • Learn about the Milwaukee Avenue Green Development Corridor grant program
  • Learn about stormwater management and green infrastructure
  • Learn about other City of Chicago programs you can use
  • Get free design ideas for green infrastructure projects on your property
  • Have fun and meet your neighbors!

What should you bring?

Please bring aerial photos, blueprints or other schematics of your property to discuss with our designers.  Aerial images printed from Google Earth, Google Maps, or something comparable are sufficient.

Questions? Contact Josh Ellis at jellis@metroplanning.org

This workshop is free and open to the public, and no matter where your property is, you can benefit from attending.  Please note, however, only properties within the designated corridor are eligible for grant funding through this program. To be eligible for a grant, applicants must attend a program workshop, which will take place every three months, or until all grant funds have been awarded.  Additional workshops will occur at the same time and place on June 12 and Sept. 11.

The event is free, but please register.

]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2012/03/07/spring-public-workshop-for-the-milwaukee-avenue-green-development-corridor-grant-program-313-7pm/feed/ 0 C3 Leader Tameka Flowers: Getting 2 Know Green 101- Clean Up and Workshop, July 30 http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2011/07/18/c3-leader-tameka-flowers-getting-2-know-green-101-clean-up-and-workshop-july-30/ http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2011/07/18/c3-leader-tameka-flowers-getting-2-know-green-101-clean-up-and-workshop-july-30/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:12:35 +0000 Britt http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/?p=3678 Getting 2 Know Green Saturday, July 30 Meet at 13th and Homan 11:00-3:00 RSVP required: paperwerx4you@gmail.com Join neighbors and organizations from the North Lawndale Community for Getting 2 Know Green 101. Provide a clean up to the area near the Douglass Branch Library, 13th Street Play Lot, CYC Community Center, and Village West Housing Development. . . . → Read More: C3 Leader Tameka Flowers: Getting 2 Know Green 101- Clean Up and Workshop, July 30]]> Getting 2 Know Green
Saturday, July 30
Meet at 13th and Homan
11:00-3:00
RSVP required: paperwerx4you@gmail.com













































Join neighbors and organizations from the North Lawndale Community for Getting 2 Know Green 101.
Provide a clean up to the area near the Douglass Branch Library, 13th
Street Play Lot, CYC Community Center, and Village West Housing
Development. Win a free paper recycling bin designed by artists from Paperwerx Inc. and Neuro Kitchen Arts Collaborative.
Free Lunch and Discussion….All Ages Welcome!!!
Find us on Facebook

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]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2011/07/18/c3-leader-eya-louis-local-sustainable-food-workshop-saturday-august-6/feed/ 0 Treat Yourself to a Rain Barrel and Compost Bin at the next Sustainable Backyard Workshop, July 26 http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2011/07/15/treat-yourself-to-a-rain-barrel-and-compost-bin-the-next-sustainable-backyard-workshop-july-26/ http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2011/07/15/treat-yourself-to-a-rain-barrel-and-compost-bin-the-next-sustainable-backyard-workshop-july-26/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:26:54 +0000 Britt http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/?p=3654 Sustainable Backyard Workshop Tuesday, July 26 Chicago Center for Green Technology 445 N. Sacramento RSVP: rainbarrel@cityofchicago.org or 312-743-9283

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 . . . → Read More: Treat Yourself to a Rain Barrel and Compost Bin at the next Sustainable Backyard Workshop, July 26]]> Sustainable Backyard Workshop
Tuesday, July 26
Chicago Center for Green Technology
445 N. Sacramento
RSVP: rainbarrel@cityofchicago.org or 312-743-9283

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 gardening blogger, Mr. Brown Thumb

The Sustainable Backyard Program provides rebates on resources and tools that will help you transform your back, front and side yard into a sustainable and ecologically diverse landscape. So go ahead and treat yourself to that rain barrel or compost bin you have been meaning to install. The Department of Environmental will reimburse you up to 50% for your effort.

While you’re at your local garden center, check out the lovely range of native plants that will attract a range of beneficial critters to your yard, creating a diverse habitat and sustainable ecosystem-right in your backyard!

Rebate forms are available to Chicago residents for up to 50% off their next local purchase of:

TREES (up to $100 back)

NATIVE PLANTS (up to $60 back)

COMPOST BINS (up to $50 back)

RAIN BARRELS (up to $40 back)

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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 . . . → 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]]>

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 of our beaches. Clean-ups will occur on Saturday, July 23rd, August 13th, and September 10th. Attend one or all events from 9:00-11:00 am at North Avenue Beach.

If you would like to participate, please RSVP at with Catherine Game at catherine.game@gmail.com. For more information visit www.globalallianceartists.org.

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]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2011/07/05/explore-environmental-service-check-out-julys-featured-events/feed/ 0 Make Your Conservation Efforts Count! Document Your Work With STEW-MAP http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2011/06/20/make-your-conservation-efforts-count-document-your-work-with-stew-map/ http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2011/06/20/make-your-conservation-efforts-count-document-your-work-with-stew-map/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:10:16 +0000 Britt http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/?p=3583 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 . . . → Read More: Make Your Conservation Efforts Count! Document Your Work With STEW-MAP]]>

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 or organization. We will create a region-wide map that shows who is working where.


Why participate in Chicago Stew-MAP?

Ø Promote your stewardship work by putting your group’s website/contact info on the stewardship map for potential volunteers, funders, and others to see;
Ø Make sure your group or organization gets credit for the environmental stewardship work you are doing;
Ø See where stewardship is occurring—and where it isn’t;
Ø Find out about and connect with other stewards;
Ø Help us understand the groups and organizations that are doing environmental stewardship in our region.


]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2011/06/20/make-your-conservation-efforts-count-document-your-work-with-stew-map/feed/ 0 Sign Up for the Youth Farm Training Opportunity with Uncommon Ground http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2011/06/17/sign-up-for-the-youth-farm-training-opportunity-with-uncommon-ground/ http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2011/06/17/sign-up-for-the-youth-farm-training-opportunity-with-uncommon-ground/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:37:32 +0000 Britt http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/?p=3575

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]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2011/06/17/sign-up-for-the-youth-farm-training-opportunity-with-uncommon-ground/feed/ 0 Rain Barrels, Compost Bins, Native Plants -Oh my! Sustainable Backyard Workshop, June 14 http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2011/06/07/rain-barrels-compost-bins-native-plants-oh-my-sustainable-backyard-workshop-june-14/ http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2011/06/07/rain-barrels-compost-bins-native-plants-oh-my-sustainable-backyard-workshop-june-14/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:23:50 +0000 Britt http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/?p=3507 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 28 E. Jackson, Suite 1800 6:00-8:00 pm RSVP: 312-743-9283 or rainbarrel@cityofchicago.org

Learn more about the program . . . → Read More: Rain Barrels, Compost Bins, Native Plants -Oh my! Sustainable Backyard Workshop, June 14]]> 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
28 E. Jackson, Suite 1800
6:00-8:00 pm
RSVP: 312-743-9283 or rainbarrel@cityofchicago.org

Learn more about the program at chicagorainharvesting

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