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Content Creator, including photographs: C3 Blogger Tom from www.letUbeU.com The Chicago Conservation Corps (C3) has put together an impressive resume of accomplishments over the past 5+ years. In case you are new to C3, we are a group of over 400 volunteers and teachers (with 3 staff members to facilitate) who recruit and . . . → Read More: Celebrate the Accomplishments of the Chicago Conservation Corps
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 . . . → Read More: C3 and CSI talk with WBEZ about Hegewisch Marsh What: Sustainability and Social Justice When: Wednesday Evenings, 6:30-9:00 January 12 through February 16 Where: University of Chicago Gleacher Center 450 N. Cityfront Plaza Dr. (near Michigan Ave. and Chicago River) Audience: Courses at the Graham School are continuing education courses and available to any interested student. Students do not need to be in an . . . → Read More: University of Chicago Graham School Course-Sustainability and Social Justice Cricket wants to hear from organizations and individuals who want to do community improvement projects, and a panel of judges will pick the best projects to receive up to $2000 each! . . . → Read More: Cricket is providing microgrants for community projects 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 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 A Forest For Earth Day You can help protect one of the worlds most beautiful and diverse rainforest habitats when you participate and recycle with public schools in Chicago just in time for the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day. Recycle Tech Solutions (RTS), a local cell phone & electronics recycler, is working with individual Chicago . . . → Read More: A FOREST FOR EARTH DAY 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 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 Hello, I was looking at the Chicago Conservation Corps website today, and thought that your organization might be interested in participating in or promoting National Park(ing) Day 2008, an annual event, happening in Chicago on September 19th, which celebrates parks in cities by creating temporary parks in public parking spaces. National Park(ing) Day is an . . . → Read More: National Park(ing) Day, September 19th 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 – June 2008 – June 7: Household Chemicals & Computer Recycling Facility Open – June 9-11: NeoCon at Merchandise Mart – June 13: Bike to Work Day Rally – June 21: Environmental Resource Event at U.S. Cellular Field – June 30: Registration Deadline for Solar PowerUp! for Kids – . . . → Read More: DOE News and Opportunities – June 2008 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 How green is your workplace? The 2008 Bicycle Commuter Challenge is now open to all companies who want to compete to be the most environmentally friendly company in Chicagoland. Sign up now at www.biketraffic.org/commuterchallenge. Companies competing in the Bicycle Commuter Challenge strive to earn the highest percentage of employees biking for part or all of . . . → Read More: Join the 2008 Bicycle Commuter Challenge, June 7-13 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 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 . . . → Read More: Open House at Pivot, Feb 27 Kevin Walsh of Chicago Peak Oil recommends The Story of Stuff, calling it “a great animated movie, which can be downloaded for free, that shows the story of resources from extraction, production, distribution, consumption to disposal.” Illinois Rain Garden Initiative The Illinois Rain Garden Initiative is designed to empower students and communities to confront local flooding concerns, restore native Illinois prairie habitats, and learn about green solutions to storm water management. The Lieutenant Governor’s Office will award 22 grants of $500 each to plant rain gardens. Eligible organizations include public institutions, . . . → Read More: Opportunities and grant programs in Illinois 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 |
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