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Do you want to clean up your neighborhood but feel like it is too much to tackle by yourself? If the answer is yes, then register for the Fall 2010 . . . → Read More: Environmental Leadership Training Orientations begin this week! Are you registered? Join C3 Leader Sharon Pincham for a very special event filled with fun games, prizes and loads of quality environmental education. Attend this workshop and become the lucky winner of a rain barrel, an I-GO care sharing gift certificate and many more. The incentives are endless so what are you waiting for? Share the Drop . . . → Read More: C3 Leader Sharon Pincham Spare the Drop Water Conservation Workshop Attention C3 leaders and trainees: Event Details Today we celebrate the 2010 Summer Solstice as the official start of summer. As you are packing in all your outdoor activities into the three most beautiful months of Chicago’s seasonal transformation, be sure to take advantage of these three great opportunities to enjoy beauty of the season and make a positive impact on the environment. Illinois . . . → Read More: Illinois Native Seed Bank, Sustainable Backyards and Mayor Daley’s Landscape Awards Friday, June 11 The 4th Annual Chicago Virtual Charter School Field Day Event will be a lot greener this year as students incorporate green games with track and field events. Yvonne will coordinate the addition of a Green Resource Center designed . . . → Read More: Green Field Day June 11 9:30-12:30 at IIT How will you contribute to Earth Day this year? ________________________________________________________ Attend C3 Leader, Morgan Conlon’s Rain Barrel Installation workshop C3 is now a member of the Environmental Education Association of Illinois. As a result, this issue will be dedicated to the very special work of C3′s Student Clubs. Not familiar with C3′s after school conservation program? We are please to introduce you to our network of 84 Chicago Public Schools and . . . → Read More: Start a Student Conservation Club at your school
Gage Park C3 Club building a vermicompost bin The Chicago Conservation Corps is now recruiting CPS teachers to attend our Spring 2010 orientations in anticipation of the 2010-2011 school year. At the orientation, you will learn how to start and run an after-school environmental service club for 8th-12th grade CPS Students through the Chicago Conservation . . . → Read More: Join the C3 Student Club Network You Care. Do Something. We’ll Help. Upcoming Events and Opportunities You Care. Do Something. We’ll Help. Upcoming Events and Opportunities You care. Do something. We’ll help. Upcoming Events and Opportunities Visit Fall 2009 C3 Leadership Training for full . . . → Read More: Spring 2010 Leadership Training Dates are now available! You care. Do Something. We’ll Help. The Chicago Conservation Corps is now recruiting for its Spring 2009 Leadership Training Course. During the training, you’ll learn from community and environmental leaders about urban environmental challenges and opportunities for change; then you’ll lead an environmental service project in your community with C3 support and resources. For more information, . . . → Read More: C3 Spring Leadership Training Dates Announced 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 and . . . → Read More: Calling all Humboldt Park community members! WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR the Chicago Air & Water Show – August 15-17, 2008 This year we are having our Second Annual Water Bottle Awareness for the 50th Annual Chicago Air and Water Show which shakes up the lake front on August 15-17, 2008 which is the “LARGEST” free show . . . → Read More: Volunteers needed for the 2008 Air and Water Show You care. Do Something. We’ll Help. The Chicago Conservation Corps is now recruiting for its Fall 2008 Leadership Training Course. Orientation sessions take place in August, classes begin in September. During the training, you’ll learn from community and environmental leaders about urban environmental challenges and opportunities for change; then you’ll lead an environmental service project in . . . → Read More: C3 Fall Leadership Training Dates Announced 2008 Chicago West Nile Virus Public Education and Community Outreach Campaign West Nile Virus infection (WNV) is an illness conveyed to humans primarily by mosquitoes. In most cases, people infected with WNV either show no symptoms or have very mild flu-like symptoms, called West Nile fever. WNV is an urgent issue that needs to be taken seriously . . . → Read More: Spread the word about West Nile Virus Department of Environment News and Opportunities – May 2008 Smart Home Green + Wired Call for volunteers Events and opportunities Resource Center Fundraiser The Resource Center is . . . → Read More: C3 Events and Opportunities – March 2008 Of the 25 billion single-serving plastic water bottles Americans use each year, 80% end up in landfills. Recycle your water bottles and, better yet, choose to re-use a refillable water bottle made of a refill-safe material. (BeGreenNow.com) Last year on August 18, 2007 during and after the Air and Water Show, my group of 15 dedicated volunteers . . . → Read More: Plastic Bottle Awareness |
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