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Friday, June 11 C3 Trainee, Yvonne White-Morey: On Track for the Environment –Greening a School Field Day Event 9:30 am -12:30 pm 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 . . . → Read More: Green Field Day June 11 9:30-12:30 at IIT How will you contribute to Earth Day this year? C3 has a has several ways you can make an impact on the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. For more volunteer opportunities visit C3 Event Calendar ________________________________________________________ Attend C3 Leader, Morgan Conlon’s Rain Barrel Installation workshop at the Friends of Portage Park Earth Day Celebration . . . → Read More: Earth Week Volunteer Opportunities 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 over 1500 8th-12th . . . → 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 . . . → Read More: Join the C3 Student Club Network You Care. Do Something. We’ll Help. The following is a list of events coordinated by our C3 Leaders, as well as volunteer opportunities facilitated by our C3 Partners. For a full listing of events, visit the C3 Calendar. Upcoming Events and Opportunities – September 10, 12, 14: C3 Environmental Leadership Training Orientation Sessions – September . . . → Read More: C3 Events and Opportunities: September 2009 You Care. Do Something. We’ll Help. The following is a list of events coordinated by our C3 Leaders, as well as volunteer opportunities facilitated by our C3 Partners. For a full listing of events, visit the C3 Calendar. Upcoming Events and Opportunities – August 1: Environmental Awareness Fun Booth at the Hope Festival – August . . . → Read More: C3 Events and Opportunities: August 2009 You care. Do something. We’ll help. The following is a list of events coordinated by our C3 Leaders and Trainees, as well as volunteer opportunities facilitated by our C3 Partners. For a full listing of events, visit the C3 Calendar. Upcoming Events and Opportunities – July 11: Rain Barrel and Compost Bin Sale in Lawndale/Pilsen . . . → Read More: C3 Events and Opportunities: July 2009 Visit Fall 2009 C3 Leadership Training for full details. 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 . . . → 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 show your green thumbs! Get your hands . . . → Read More: Calling all Humboldt Park community members! WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR the Chicago Air & Water Show – August 15-17, 2008 1600 N. Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60610 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 . . . → 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 . . . → 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 . . . → Read More: Spread the word about West Nile Virus Department of Environment News and Opportunities – May 2008 – May 10: Smart Home Green + Wired – May 10: Green Your Closets and Drawers – May 15: Daley Plaza Farmers Market – May 17: Clean and Green – May 17-18: Green Festival – May 17-18: Great Chicago Places and Spaces Tour Smart Home Green . . . → Read More: DOE News and Opportunities, May 2008 Call for volunteers – March 27: Resource Center Fundraiser – April 22: Logan Square Earth Day Events and opportunities – March 15: Chicago Green Homes Fair – March 17: Rogers Park Green Corps ‘Greening Your Home’ Workshop – March 29: Earth Hour ________________________________________________________________________ Resource Center Fundraiser – Thursday, March 27 6:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. . . . → 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 . . . → Read More: Plastic Bottle Awareness Sherry Williams, Director of the Bronzeville/Black Chicagoan Historical Society, is looking for community garden volunteers to support a proposed African Heritage Garden planned for May 2008. The proposed pilot garden site and project orientation will be on the Southside – near 89th & Cottage Grove Ave. If you are interested in volunteering or learning more . . . → Read More: Volunteer at the African Heritage Garden Ross Peterson, Vice President of the Jackson Park Advisory Council is looking for natural area restoration volunteers for Jackson Park, Humboldt Park and other areas of the Chicago Park District. As part of this recruitment, he is asking volunteers to think about attending the Herbicide Training and Testing Workshop at the Brookfield Zoo on January . . . → Read More: Natural Area Restoration Volunteer You care. Do Something. We’ll Help. The Chicago Conservation Corps is now recruiting for its Spring 2008 Leadership Training Course. Orientation sessions take place in February, classes begin in March. 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 . . . → Read More: C3 Spring Leadership Training Dates Announced C3 Trainee, Catherine Trzybinski is organizer of the Open Book Peace Project. Visit the website to find out more www.openbookpeaceproject.org The Open Book Peace Project (OBPP) is a grassroots effort to create an ongoing international dialogue about peace among diverse individuals and communities. The project gives individuals the chance to have their voices heard and . . . → Read More: Open Book Peace Project |
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