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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 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 Getting 2 Know Green Join neighbors and organizations from the North Lawndale Community for Getting 2 Know Green 101. 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 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
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
Photo credit: Ryan Wilson Saturday, June 11 Did you know that the Calumet Region is one of the most bio-diverse locations in our region and home to an astounding – 2,250+ . . . → Read More: Featured Event! Restoration Workday at Hegewisch Marsh-Saturday, June 11 Photo courtesy of NHS Chicago Volunteer for a NeighborWorks Day project on Saturday, June 4! During National NeighborWorks® Week, tens of thousands of volunteers, businesspeople, neighbors and friends will be volunteering . . . → Read More: Featured Event! NHS Chicago NeighborWorks Day tomorrow. Come out to Humboldt Park for an added bonus- Sustainable Backyard Demos! C3 volunteers across the city came out in droves in support of the 19th annual Chicago River Day! Nearly 125 C3 leaders, teachers, students and staff worked on 10 different riverside clean-up locations to demonstrate their dedication to a healthy and functioning river ecosystem. C3 volunteers from the north and south sides of Chicago organized their . . . → Read More: Winners of the C3 River Day Challenge Announced Garlic Mustard is one of the most aggressive invasive plants in our region. Support the ecological health and diversity of our open lands and green space by getting involved in Garlic Mustard Pull Challenge! Join in the Garlic Mustard Pull Mondays at Eggers Woods each Monday until May 23 from 6:00-8:00 pm. Contact site steward . . . → Read More: Garlic Mustard Pull Mondays in Eggers Woods Throughout the Month of May We want to give a big shout out to Crust Organic Pizzeria and Blue City Cycles for their support of the C3 River Day Challenge! C3 volunteers and supporters are encouraged to sign for Chicago River Day this Saturday, May 14 from 9:00 am-12:00 pm at riverside locations throughout Chicago. Download the flier for . . . → Read More: C3 Leader Andres Hernandez E-Waste Workshop 2.10.11 Calumet Stewardship Initiative Workday Don’t worry, you can volunteer next month at Beaubien. We will make sure you have all the details.
Photo Credit: . . . → Read More: Canceled: Volunteer at Beaubien Forest Preserve this Saturday, 2.5.11. Explore Urban Agriculture at the Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse: Seed Starting Basics, 1.22 @ 10amGeeked about gardening? So are we. C3 staff will also be in attendance at this super awesome workshop! Saturday, January 22 If you are an early bird, come out for the Seed Swap at 9am Craving unique vegetables? Want those old fashioned French marigolds? Like the delicate herb chervil? Want . . . → Read More: Explore Urban Agriculture at the Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse: Seed Starting Basics, 1.22 @ 10am Download the flier so you . . . → Read More: Sign Up for Openlands BUGs Course! Classes Start in Two Weeks! Through his words and examples, Dr. King inspired a new generation to better their communities. At the Celebration of Service, Chicago Cares challenges you to move from words to deeds through service to your community. When 3,000 of us gather to honor Dr. King on Saturday, January 15, we will be an active part of building . . . → Read More: In Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Chicago Cares Celebration of Service, January 15th. |
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