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Tropical Treat Night at Garfield Park Conservatory, February 15th, 3PM

Sameera — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:44:22 +0000

Explore Plant Education

Tropical Treat Night at Garfield Park Conservatory

Wednesday, February 15th

3 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. (stop by anytime)

300 N. Central Park

For more information, contact 312-746-5100.

Enjoy a tasty treat while learning about the “sweet plants” of the Conservatory. Fact and flavor stations will be staffed by educators throughout the Conservatory, featuring chocolate, chicle, vanilla, cinnamon, chewing gum, banana and more. Come taste your way through the tropical paradise. Hands-on activities, including homemade paper ukuleles, Valentine’s day cards and more.

Chicago Cares Workday at Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse, February 11th, 9AM

Sameera — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:38:53 +0000

Explore Garden Stewardship

Chicago Cares Workday at Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse

Saturday, February 11th

9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse

3501 N. Kilbourn

For more information, contact 773-685-3359.

Kilbourn Park is home to the Park District’s only organic facility. There is a large greenhouse and a variety of gardens to work in. You will help plant, create new beds, and maintain the indoor and outdoor areas. Projects are held inside of the greenhouse during inclement weather. All necessary tools will be provided.

Shedd’s Sustainable Seafood Cooking Class for Kids, February 9th, 7:30PM

Sameera — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:35:47 +0000

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 our waters? Everyone can make a difference for the health of our oceans. Choosing the right seafood is perhaps the easiest, the most meaningful – and, of course, the most delicious – action you can take. Join Shedd Aquarium and Dirk’s Fish and Gourmet Shop to learn how to make sustainable seafood choices and a delicious pole-caught tuna sushi roll. Class is appropriate for ages 7 and up, with a suggested $5.00 donation.

A New Years Resolution: Recycle Paper

Tom R. — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:12:33 +0000

When you check your mail later and the box is jammed with catalogs and other miscallaneous junk mail, don’t trash paper, RECYCLE PAPER. According to the Draft Waste Characterization Study, 29.5% of what Chicago residents & businesses throw away is paper. Paper is recyclable.

Recycling paper achieves a significant reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions based on life-cycle analysis. Basically this means we do not want paper sitting in a landfill.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle PAPER. Thanks for reading!

Content Creator: C3 Trainee Tom from www.letUbeU.com

Featured Event! Friends of the Parks MLK Jr. Service Day at Whistler Woods, Jan 16th, 9AM

Sameera — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:29:34 +0000

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 stewardship work. Volunteers will be doing various outdoor stewardship activities to restore the woods. Dress in layers and be prepared to get your hands dirty.

C3 Featured Event this Saturday! Dan Ryan Woods Workday, 9am

Sameera — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:46:13 +0000

Saturday, December 10th

9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

87th and Western

meet at the parking lot on the north side of 87th St. two blocks east of S. Western Ave.

Register at 773-398-1178 or benjamin@fotfp.org

Join the Friends of the Forest Preserves for an exciting workday tomorrow! Get some fresh air as trained leaders show you how to identify invasive plants that don’t belong in Chicago and demonstrate how to safely use hand tools to remove them. All the necessary tools and work gloves are provided. Worried that you will be cold? No problem. Volunteers will be burning large brush piles and staying active – you will be warm in no time. Work days have also been known to end with some tasty treats.

All participants should be dressed for a day of outdoor work. Please wear covered shoes (hiking boots or tennis shoes). Clothing should be made of natural fibers such as cotton or wool (no synthetic clothing) as workdays often have brush pile burns and stray embers can “burn” synthetic clothing and melt through to your skin – ouch. Please wear comfortable clothes that can get dirty and dress in layers. Please bring your own drinking water.

Don’t be discouraged by the weather – this is an excellent time to see these woods in their winter glory. We hope you can make it!

C3 Partner, Faith in Place, will sponsor Winter Farmers Markets Throughout Chicagoland

Sameera — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:15:21 +0000

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, meat and poultry, soap, syrup, honey, wool, raw fibers, vinegars, dried fruits, milled flours, sauces and salsas, preserves, cider, and fresh produce as available.

For the farmers, there is no fee to participate, but they donate 10% of what they take in at the market (after a threshold amount) via Faith In Place to an Illinois Farmer Crisis Fund modeled after Wisconsin’s Harvest of Hope Fund which, for almost 20 years, has been giving monetary gifts of up to $1,000 to farmers in crisis due to illness or unexpected expenses.

When and Where?

Their markets run from November through March

Sunday November 6, 12:00pm-3:00pm
Faith Lutheran Church
3801 Madison Ave. Brookfield, IL 60513

Saturday, January 28, 10:00am-2:00pm
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
205 N. Prospect Ave. Park Ridge, IL 60068

Sunday, November 13, 12:00pm-3:00pm
Unitarian Universalist Church of Elgin
39W830 Highland Ave. Elgin, IL 60124

Sunday, February 12, Time TBA
Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation
303 Dodge Avenue Evanston, IL 60202

Saturday, December 4, 10:00am-2:00pm
North Shore Unitarian Church
2100 Half Day Rd. Deerfield, IL 60015

Saturday, February 18, 9:00am-1:00pm
Glenview New Church
74 Park Dr. Glenview, IL 60025

Sunday, December 11, 11:30-3:00pm
First Evangelical Free Church
5255 N. Ashland Ave. Chicago IL 60640

Sunday, February 19, 10:00am-1:00pm
St. John’s Episcopal Church
3857 N. Kostner Ave. Chicago, IL 60641

Saturday, December 17, 10:00am-2:00pm
Church of St. Benedicts
909 Lily Cache Ln. Bolingbrook, IL 60440

Saturday, February 25, 10:00am-2:00pm
Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church
9147 S. Jeffery Blvd. Chicago, IL 60617

Saturday, January 14, TBA
Unity Temple UU
875 W. Lake St. Oak Park, IL 60301

Sunday, March 4, 8:30am-1:00pm
St. Giles Parish
1025 Columbian Ave. Oak Park, IL 60302

Saturday, January 21, 9:00am-1:00pm
Lake Street Church
607 Lake St. Evanston, IL 60201

Sunday, March 11, TBA
The Center 12700
Southwest Hwy. Palos Park, IL 60464

Sunday, January 22, 10:00am-2:00pm
Countryside UU
1025 N. Smith St. Palatine, IL 60067

Saturday, March 24, 9:00am-1:00pm
Euclide Avenue United Methodist Church
405 Euclid Ave. Oak Park, IL 60302

Join GreenNet for their Annual Community Gardener Potluck, Nov 16th, 5:30 p.m.

Sameera — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:56:35 +0000

C3 Leader Tameka Flowers: Getting 2 Know Green 101- Clean Up and Workshop, July 30

Britt — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:12:35 +0000

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!!!
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C3 Leader Eya Louis: Local Sustainable Food Workshop, Saturday, August 6

Britt — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:10:18 +0000