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Explore Sustainable Seafood Shedd’s Sustainable Seafood Cooking Class for Kids Thursday, February 9th 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Dirk’s Fish and Gourmet Shop 2070 N Clybourn For more information, contact bhavlik@sheddaquarium.org. Did you know your seafood choices can have a big impact on the health of . . . → Read More: Shedd’s Sustainable Seafood Cooking Class for Kids, February 9th, 7:30PM Faith in Place sponsors indoor Winter Farmers Markets throughout the Chicagoland area. These markets provided small, local farm producers with additional venues to extend their income beyond the growing season. Hosted by many different congregations and also open to the public, these markets offer consumers an opportunity to purchase cheese, . . . → Read More: C3 Partner, Faith in Place, will sponsor Winter Farmers Markets Throughout Chicagoland . . . → Read More: C3 Leader Eya Louis: Local Sustainable Food Workshop, Saturday, August 6 . . . → Read More: Sign Up for the Youth Farm Training Opportunity with Uncommon Ground Photo credit: Windy City Harvest Kenneth Street Farm Lecture Tonight:Food from Your Backyard: Sustainable Farming in Illinois Panelists: Moderator: Join local and regional leaders as they discuss government policy and . . . → Read More: The Field Museum presents a FREE lecture 10.21.10 Composting Workshop! Sunday, August 8 2010 at 2pm Roots and Rays Community Garden 1513-1519 W Cullerton Composting your kitchen scraps and yard trimmings is an easy, low maintenance way to reduce your household waste by up to 30%. Join C3 (Chicago Conservation Corps) Trainee and Roots and Rays Gardener Christine Ferriter to learn how to turn your grass clippings, . . . → Read More: C3 Leader Christine Ferriter Composting Workshop in Pilsen Join us April 23 for an Earth Day party at the Nature Museum 5-11PM! Earth, Wine and Fire! EarthWineandFire.com . . . → Read More: Earth Wine and Fire: Earth Day benefit party Fri April 23 The holidays come but once a year, but it’s not just their memories that can last a lifetime. Unfortunately, the season of generosity and merriment can leave a lasting impact on the environment too. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Americans discard 25% more trash than they do during the rest of the year. This totals 2 billion . . . → Read More: “Greening the Holidays” Guide Department of Environment News and Opportunities – May 2008 Smart Home Green + Wired Education and fashion unite to promote a smarter, greener future for Chicago What: Pivot, Chicago’s first eco-boutique, hosts an open house event to benefit the Academy for Global Citizenship, a new Chicago Public Contract School on the Southwest Side. Opening for Kindergarten and First Grade students in August 2008, the school aims to be a national model . . . → Read More: Open House at Pivot, Feb 27 Dear C3 Community, I was a Spring 07 C3 trainee and am happy to announce that I have planned my project and would love for you to join me! This September I opened Pivot – Chicago’s first boutique devoted to eco-fashion. It’s been wonderful introducing people to fabrics such as organic cotton, bamboo, soy and others. I . . . → Read More: A Smarter Season, November 27, 2007 Emily Rothenberg posted this in an earlier comment thread about taking action on food safety: Worked on a campaign called BioETHICS2006 last year, all about food policy around GMO’s and genetically-engineered meats and dairy. It’s so scary that they’ve done that – what a step backwards, gosh. Feel free to visit www.genewise.org if you are interested in . . . → Read More: More on Food Safety C3 Leader Elizabeth Wyman says: Whether you eat meat or not, here’s a little something you may want to read this from the Consumers Union (Consumer Reports). In late December, the FDA decided that milk and meat from cloned animals and their offspring are safe to eat. This means that within a few months, FDA could . . . → Read More: Not in Your Food? Channel your inner eco-critic. Seventh Generation, Inc. and TreeHugger.com asked citizens to share their solutions to climate change. Help out our expert judges by watching and rating the submissions. I submitted two videos to the Convenient Truths: a green video contest. My first film asks “What can regular people do about global warming? This film takes . . . → Read More: Convenient Truths: A Green Video Contest Urban Permaculture Applications: Food Production Plus Wednesday, February 7th, 7-9 pm Home tip from Living Gently Quarterly: When the price of head lettuce climbs to $2.50 or more per head and the frigid arctic winds are rattling the windows, you can still enjoy freshly grown produce. And, you don’t even have to leave your home. It doesn’t require long-range transportation from warmer or tropical climes nor energy-intensive greenhouses. . . . → Read More: Sprouting: The Winter Garden From http://www.cnt.org/calendar: Take part in this engaging town-hall style meeting about real solutions to curbing global warming, participate in Q & A with panelists, and connect with dozens of grassroots organizations.The event features Sadhu Johnston, Commissioner for the Chicago Department of Environment, with Rev. Calvin S. Morris Ph.D., Exec. Director of Community Renewal Society moderating, and panelists . . . → Read More: Climate Town Hall Mtg, Jan 20, 10a, Whitney Young HS Learn some basics about wild yeast through bread making, pickling and the fermentation of honey. Free (reservation required). SOURDOUGH – Thursday, November 16, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. PICKLES – Sunday, November 19, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. MEAD – Wednesday, November 29, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Nance Klehm is a practitioner of ad-hoc urban growing and . . . → Read More: Public Wild Yeast workshops The Chicago Tribune did a nice story last week on Shelly Herman (no relation) and Irv Cernauskas, owners of FreshPicks, local organic delivery. They live in the city and have connected with a number of local farmers. They deliver $15, $25 and $40 boxes of fresh, organic, in-season produce weekly or every other week, . . . → Read More: Fresh Picks: Local Organic Delivery |
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