Chicago Conservation Corps Blog » Training http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog You Care. Do Something. We'll Help. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:20:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Green Field Day June 11 9:30-12:30 at IIT http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2010/06/03/green-field-day-june-11-930-1230-at-iit/ http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2010/06/03/green-field-day-june-11-930-1230-at-iit/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:56:47 +0000 Yvonne W. http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/?p=1160 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 of a Green Resource Center designed . . . → Read More: Green Field Day June 11 9:30-12:30 at IIT]]> 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 of a Green Resource Center designed to educate students and their families on Recycling/Upcycling options, Vermicomposting, improving indoor/outdoor air quality by making green cleaning solutions and taking alternative transportation, energy efficiency and water conservation. Students will receive refillable water bottles. Families will take the $800 Savings Challenge.

Following awards and raffle prizes, families will gather on the lawn of Illinois Institute of Technology for a picnic lunch and hear a green literacy reading of Seeds of Change by Author Jen Cullerton Johnson, from her book based on the life of Wangari Maathai, the first African woman and environmentalist to win the Nobel Peace Prize. (Four C3 leaders or trainees willing to make ten-minute presentations on the environment to students and families are still needed.) 

For volunteer opportunities, contact C3 trainee Yvonne: ywm@alumni.depaul.edu
773-944-0757

]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2010/06/03/green-field-day-june-11-930-1230-at-iit/feed/ 0 Earth Wine and Fire: Earth Day benefit party Fri April 23 http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2010/04/19/earth-wine-and-fire-earth-day-benefit-party-fri-april-23/ http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2010/04/19/earth-wine-and-fire-earth-day-benefit-party-fri-april-23/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:28:43 +0000 Matt http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/?p=1027 . . . → Read More: Earth Wine and Fire: Earth Day benefit party Fri April 23]]> Earth, Wine and Fire is a charity event intended to benefit the environment. It will occur on Friday April 23, 2010, the day after Earth Day, from 5-11PM (a movie screening of No Impact Man starts at 5:00; the party kicks off at 7:00). We expect it to be a fun party hosted by a small group of community folks who banded together to create an enlightened evening with a purpose. We intend to educate, incite action and enjoy. Buy your tickets in advance for a discount. $25 now; $35 on the day of the event. Includes: Entry, 3 tickets that can be used for drinks or the raffle, appetizers, music, entertainment and full access to all Nature Museum exhibits! Additional beverages available for purchase. Children 12 and under are free. Join the party! Buy your tickets at www.EarthWineAndFire.com!

]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2010/04/19/earth-wine-and-fire-earth-day-benefit-party-fri-april-23/feed/ 0 A FOREST FOR EARTH DAY http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2010/01/16/a-forest-for-earth-day/ http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2010/01/16/a-forest-for-earth-day/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:51:15 +0000 Terrence S. http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2010/01/16/a-forest-for-earth-day/ 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 public . . . → Read More: A FOREST FOR EARTH DAY]]> 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 public schools through RTS’s Dream Green collection program. Our program goal is to collect 25,000 cell phones among the 600 Chicago public schools before Earth Day on April 22nd of this year. Please speak to your schools environmental leader about ways you can participate.

Brazil’s Atlantic Forest – Planting a Billion Trees Campaign

Centuries ago, the Atlantic Forest covered nearly 330 million acres, an area roughly the size of the eastern seaboard of the United States. Today only 7 percent remains, much of which is in isolated fragments. Home to 130 million people, the Atlantic Forest has taken heavy hits from urban expansion, coastal and industrial development, agriculture, ranching and illegal logging. Despite the forest’s diminished state, 70 percent of Brazil’s population relies on it for its drinking water.

How Can You Participate in A Forest For Earth Day?

One qualified cellular phone, Smart Phone, PDA device or MP3 Player plants one tree. It’s that simple. When you collect and recycle with Dream Green, you’ll contribute to the goal of planting a billion trees and help the Nature Conservancy protect and restore Brazil’s Atlantic Forest.

1-2-3 Easy Steps to Rewarding Recycling

1) Recruit your green team and set an initial collection goal of 200 cellular phones

2) Promote your program in newsletters, websites, letters, posters to local business’ and encourage students, parents, staff, teachers, PTA, community leaders to bring your school used cell phones, smart phones, PDA devices and Mp3 players to be recycled – I have 5 old cell phones at home!!!

3) Contact Dream Green (http://www.recycletech.org/dreamgreen.html) through the web at DreamGreen@recycletech.org and request shipping guidelines & postage – paid shipping materials after 50 phones / devices have been collected. We also provide postage paid envelopes for smaller shipments to be passed out to offsite locations.

RTS will donate $1.00 to the Nature Conservancy’s Plant a Billion Trees campaign in your schools name for every qualified phone collected. For more information on the Plant a Billion Trees Campaign go to www.plantabillion.org

As a bonus, for every location, when 50 or more qualified phones are recycled in a single shipment, you will receive from the Nature Conservatory:

· Personalized certificate with signature photo of the Atlantic Forest commemorating your generosity

· Colorful fact sheet about the Atlantic Forest

· Plant a Billion Trees magnet set

· World map

· Four issues of Nature Conservancy magazine to keep you informed all year about the many places the Conservancy is working to protect. (Plus, we’ll rush the current magazine issue along with your personalized certificate!)

· Great Places E-Newsletter subscription to our monthly e-communication with local conservation updates, enviro-tips you can use and stunning nature photography downloads.

Best of all, you’ll get the satisfaction of knowing you’re helping to protect this extraordinary wild habitat now and for future generations. Please help plant trees today!

]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2010/01/16/a-forest-for-earth-day/feed/ 1 C3 Events and Opportunities: September 2009 http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2009/09/03/c3-events-and-opportunities-september-2009/ http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2009/09/03/c3-events-and-opportunities-september-2009/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:30:06 +0000 Samantha http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2009/09/03/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 - September 10, 12, 14: C3 Environmental Leadership Training Orientation Sessions - September 12: Chicago Rain . . . → 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
- September 10, 12, 14: C3 Environmental Leadership Training Orientation Sessions
- September 12: Chicago Rain Barrel and Compost Bin Distribution
- September 12: Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse Harvest Fest
- September 13: Faith In Place Conservation Cafe
- September 19: Adopt-A-Beach Annual Clean Up Day

C3 Environmental Leadership Training Orientation Sessions
- Orientations in the next two weeks

There is still time to apply for the Fall 2009 C3 Leadership Training Series. Join a growing network of volunteers working together to conserve and improve Chicago’s environment. Learn from community and environmental leaders about urban environmental challenges and opportunities for change; then lead an environmental service project in your community with C3 support and resources.

Attend one of the orientations listed below and fill out the online application. You must attend an orientation session to be considered for the program. To reserve an orientation seat, contact (312) 743-9283 or conservation@cityofchicago.org.

Thursday, September 10, 7pm – 8pm
South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S. South Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60649

Saturday, September 12, 10am – 11am
Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 N. Sacramento Blvd., Chicago, IL 60612

Monday, September 14, 12pm – 1pm
Chicago Department of Environment, 30 N. LaSalle St. 25th Floor, Chicago, IL 60602

To apply for the C3 Leadership Training Series, you must be a City of Chicago resident and attend one orientation. The Fall 2009 training will be held at the Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 N. Sacramento Blvd, Saturdays, September 26, October 3, 10, and 17. A mandatory field trip will take place on Saturday, October 24. A $75 fee covers course participation and project support. Financial assistance is available upon request.

Chicago Rain Barrel and Compost Bin Distribution
- Saturday, September 12, 10am-2pm
- Young Building Parking Lot, 5555 S. Ellis Ave.

C3 Leader, Sarah Mandli is hosting the final City of Chicago sponsored rain barrel and outdoor composter distribution event of the year. Reserve a composter and/or rain barrel while supplies last by sending an email to binsandbarrels@gmail.com. All reservation emails must be received by this Friday, September 4th. This distribution event will include information tables on installation, use, and environmental benefits of rain barrels and composters. The cost is $45 for rain barrels and $35 for composters (less than half retail prices). Reserve yours today! Include your name, address, and what you would like to reserve. Limit one composter and/or rain barrel per household.

More information is available at www.cityofchicago.org/rainbarrel.

Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse Harvest Fest
- Saturday, September 12, 1pm-4pm
- 3501 N. Kilbourn Ave

Organizers of the Kilbourn Park Harvest Fest are looking for two volunteers to lead environmental outreach programs during the festivities. The first volunteer would work as a rain barrel presenter. This presenter would teach visitors about stormwater management and rain harvesting. The second volunteer would work as a Chicago Climate Action Plan presenter. This presenter would talk to visitors about the $800 Savings Challenge and personal conservation changes that can help make a difference. Interested volunteers should contact Kirsten Akre at (773) 685-3351.

Those not interested in volunteering are still encouraged to attend the festival. There will be gardening and cooking demos, craft-making for adults and kids, as well as yoga and live music. Bring your family – there will be something to spark the interest of gardeners of all ages. This event is free to all.

For more information, visit the Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse website.

Faith In Place Conversation Cafe Workshop
- Sunday, September 13, 1:30pm-4:30pm
- Illinois Institute of Technology, 35th and Michigan Ave.

Faith in Place’s annual fall workshop on spirituality and conservation will be wildly different and very fun this year. Early birds can arrive at 12:30 for a guided tour of the architecture of the meeting site – The Illinois Institute of Technology. Registration begins at 1pm and the event opens at 1:30pm with a panel of congregation members speaking to a larger vision for the green world and green faith in it. From 2-3pm, the vendor fair opens, including solar and geothermal vendors, architects, seminarian speakers, info about green congregations and youth programs, information about the Chicago Climate Action Plan and more. Then the conversation goes deeper with a final plenary in the world cafe style. This is your chance to speak in a deep and meaningful way to members of other congregations like your own.

For more information and to register, download the flyer.

Adopt-A-Beach Annual Clean Up Day
- Saturday, September 19, 9am–12pm
- Beaches and tributaries throughout the Great Lakes Midwestern coastal areas

Be a part of the world’s largest beach cleanup! Join thousands of volunteers in trash removal and water data collection at beaches and shorelines throughout Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. This event is more than just a cleanup; it’s a celebration of the Great Lakes. Sign up for a designated location of your choice and come for a few hours of fun and community involvement.

If you would like to be a lead volunteer, the Alliance for the Great Lakes is still looking for Site Coordinators for Rainbow Beach, as well as 71st Street Beach. Contact Sarah Santarelli at (312) 939-0838, ext. 228 or ssantarelli@greatlakes.org for more information.

Or join C3 Leaders, Mike Jones at Pratt, Hartigan, and Loyola Beach or Suzanne Meyering at Howard Beach (7600 N). Snacks and supplies will be provided.

For more information about any of the clean-ups listed above or to learn more about the day’s events, visit www.greatlakes.org/adoptabeach.

]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2009/09/03/c3-events-and-opportunities-september-2009/feed/ 0 C3 Events and Opportunities: August 2009 http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2009/07/29/c3-events-and-opportunities-august-2009/ http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2009/07/29/c3-events-and-opportunities-august-2009/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:55:52 +0000 Samantha http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2009/07/29/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, 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 8: Winnemac Park Stewardship . . . → 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, 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 8: Winnemac Park Stewardship Day
- August 15: Green Games
- August 22: Garden in the Sky
- C3 Leadership Application online!

Environmental Awareness Fun Booth at the Hope Festival
- Saturday, August 1, 11am – 2pm
- Robichaux Park, 9247 S Eggleston Ave.

C3 Leader Cheryl Chrismon has created a Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink event to be held in conjunction with the Trinity United Church of Christ’s (TUCC) Hope Festival at Robichaux Park in the Washington Heights neighborhood. She will distribute CFLs, water aerators, reusable water bottles, and Chicago recycling brochures. Interested attendees will have the opportunity to make green cleaners and participate in other hands-on activities. Cheryl will also encourage Festival attendees to take the $800 Savings Challenge to learn ways to save money at home while helping the environment.

Winnemac Park Stewardship Day
- Saturday, August 8, 9am-11am
- Winnemac Park, 5100 N. Leavitt St.

The Chicago Park District is hosting a prairie restoration day at Winnemac Park on the city’s north side. Volunteers can expect to perform invasive plant removal, mulching, seeding, planting and seed collection. After the workday, volunteers are encouraged to take a walk on the park’s nature path and explore the prairie’s natural beauty. If interested, please meet by the two large trees west of the parking lot off of Damen Ave., just south of Foster Ave. For more information, contact Danielle Green at dgreen731 at sbcglobal.net.

Green Games
- Saturday, August 15, 10am-2pm
- 57th Street Beach

C3 Leader Laura Pawlik invites you to join her and her project team for a fun and interactive day at the beach. This year’s Green Games consist of a clean-up of 57th Beach, followed by a series of games focused on green living and enjoying the great outdoors. Prizes will be awarded to winners of the event and everyone will receive a small gift bag of green items. Participants from Wrigleyville and surrounding north side neighborhoods are invited to join the carpools heading south that morning. Email conservation@cityofchicago.org for more information or to sign up for the event.

Garden in the Sky
- Saturday, August 22, 9am – noon
- 7200 South Ingleside Avenue

Chicago Cares invites Chicagoans to come work in a beautiful garden unlike any other in the city. Volunteers will work on the rooftop garden at the Gary Comer Youth Center. This garden serves a very important role in the community, as vegetables grown here are used to provide healthy meals to children in the neighborhood. Volunteers will help with planting, harvesting, and other traditional garden tasks. Anyone interested in working with Chicago Cares is required to complete an online orientation session before attending the workday. Click here to complete the orientation. After orientation, find this project on the Chicago Cares calendar for sign up information.

C3 Environmental Leadership Training Series
- Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 N Sacramento Blvd

The application for this fall’s Environmental Leadership Training Series is now available. Click here to apply today.

During the Leadership Training Series, you’ll learn from community and environmental leaders about urban environmental challenges and opportunities for change; then you’ll lead an environmental project in your community with C3 support and resources. To learn more, attend one of the orientation sessions listed below.

Thursday, September 10 – 7pm – 8pm
South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S. South Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60649

Saturday, September 12 – 10am – 11am
Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 N. Sacramento Blvd., Chicago, IL 60612

Monday, September 14 – 12pm – 1pm
Chicago Department of Environment, 30 N. LaSalle St. 25th Floor, Chicago, IL 60602

You must attend one of these orientations, in addition to filling out the online application, to be considered for the training series.

Classes will be held at the Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 N. Sacramento Blvd, Saturdays, September 26 and October 3, 10, and 17, from 9:30am – 1:30pm. There is a mandatory field trip on Saturday, October 24. A $75 fee covers course participation and project support. Financial assistance is available upon request. Please respond to this email (conservation@cityofchicago.org) or call (312) 743-9283 for more information, or to reserve a spot at an orientation.

]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2009/07/29/c3-events-and-opportunities-august-2009/feed/ 0 C3 Events and Opportunities: July 2009 http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2009/07/08/c3-events-and-opportunities-july-2009/ http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2009/07/08/c3-events-and-opportunities-july-2009/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:23:52 +0000 Samantha http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2009/07/08/c3-events-and-opportunities-july-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 - July 11: . . . → Read More: C3 Events and Opportunities: July 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
- July 11: Earth, Water, Fire and Air Workshop at the Life Force Arts Center
- July 11: Pedal Party in the Park in Rogers Park
- July 16: Green Families Adopt-A-Beach at Hartigan Beach
- July 18: Ecological Restoration at Powderhorn Woods
- July 19: Worm Composting in Logan Square

Pat Marshall: Rain Barrel and Compost Bin Distribution in Lawndale/Pilsen
- Saturday, July 11, 9am – 5pm
- Thomas Chalmers School, 2745 W. Roosevelt Rd.

C3 Leader, Pat Marshall will host a Rain Barrel and Compost Bin Distribution Event this coming Saturday at Chalmers School. Residents are asked to reserve their rain barrel and/or compost bin in advance, so please contact Pat at pdgrainbarrelcompost.marshall at gmail.com if you would like to purchase a bin or barrel. You must receive an e-mail confirmation of your reservation in order to pick up a bin or barrel at the event.

Rain barrels are $45 and compost bins are $35 payable by check or money order ONLY (no cash), limit one rain barrel and one compost bin per household per year. Checks should be made out to “City of Chicago”. Barrels and bins are reserved for Chicago residents only.

Keith Green: Earth, Water, Fire and Air – Conservation, Sustainability, and Eco-Spirituality
- Saturday, July 11, 12pm – 3pm
- Life Force Arts Center, 3148 N. Lincoln Ave.

Earth, Water, Fire, and Air is a workshop to educate both the earth-based religious community and the general Chicago community about conservation efforts and air quality issues in Chicago. Attendees will take away home-made green cleaners, aerators for their sinks, powerstrips, reusable water bottles, and environmental literature to help get them started on making their lives greener. Email conservation at cityofchicago.org to reserve a spot.

49th Ward Green Corps: Pedal in the Park Party in Rogers Park
- Saturday, July 11, 10am-2pm
- Touhy Park, 7358 N. Paulina (across from the new Clark Street fire station)

The 49th Ward Green Corps is looking for volunteers who might like to help with the “Pedal Party in the Park” this Saturday. Volunteers are needed to help kids decorate their bikes with found objects and used wrapping paper, ribbons, etc. More info is located here.

Jen Khatchatrian: Beach Cleanup at Hartigan Beach
- Thursday, July 16, 10am – 1pm
- Hartigan Beach, 1031 W. Albion Ave.

Come out to Hartigan Beach every third Thursday of the month for a FREE family friendly event that includes food, drinks, beach sports, education, litter monitoring and water testing. Hartigan Beach is conveniently located next to the Loyola el stop so no parking is necessary; however, if you need to park there is ample street parking. Contact Jen at 773-960-1623 or feel free to text or email at chicagogreenfamilies at gmail.com.

If you can’t make it on Thursdays, weekend events are also scheduled every first Sunday of the month at the 12th St. Beach at Northerly Island at 1pm. More information is located on the C3 Calendar.

Friends of the Forest Preserves: Powderhorn Woods
- Saturday, July 18, 9am – 12pm
- Powderhorn Woods (on Brainard, just south of Burnham on Chicago’s southeast side)

Join Friends of the Forest Preserves for an ecological restoration workday. Ecological restoration consists of invasive species removal, trash collection, prescribed burns, and gathering seeds from a prairie or woodland to restore the natural health of the ecosystem. It’s a chance to get outside, meet new people and enhance our local ecosystems. Contact Alice Brandon at 312-356-9990.

How to Feed Red Worms in Logan Square: Vermicomposting Workshop
- Sunday, July 19, 1-2:30 p.m.
- Paseo Prairie Garden, Kedzie and Milwaukee Ave., in front of the South entrance of the Logan Square Blue Line
- Rain Location: Logan Square Neighborhood Association, 2840 N. Milwaukee Ave.

C3 Leader, Paula Levin and her project team will help participants build their own worm compost bins and learn how to care for them. Composting helps reduce waste, toxins and greenhouse gases. It also helps nourish gardens and house plants without costly, toxic fertilizers. For more information, email paulalevin8 at gmail.com.

]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2009/07/08/c3-events-and-opportunities-july-2009/feed/ 0 Spring 2010 Leadership Training Dates are now available! http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2009/06/03/fall-2009-leadership-training-dates-are-now-available/ http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2009/06/03/fall-2009-leadership-training-dates-are-now-available/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:31:00 +0000 Samantha http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2009/06/03/fall-2009-leadership-training-dates-are-now-available/ Visit Fall 2009 C3 Leadership Training for full . . . → Read More: Spring 2010 Leadership Training Dates are now available!]]> Visit Fall 2009 C3 Leadership Training for full details.

]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2009/06/03/fall-2009-leadership-training-dates-are-now-available/feed/ 0 C3 Spring Leadership Training Dates Announced http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2009/01/08/c3-spring-leadership-training-dates-announced/ http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2009/01/08/c3-spring-leadership-training-dates-announced/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:15:15 +0000 Samantha http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2009/01/08/c3-spring-leadership-training-dates-announced/ 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 information, . . . → Read More: C3 Spring Leadership Training Dates Announced]]> 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 information, visit www.cityofchicago.org/Environment/C3.

Attend one of the orientations listed below to learn more. For questions or to reserve a seat, please contact (312) 743-9283 or conservation@cityofchicago.org.

Wednesday, March 11 – 7pm – 8pm
South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S. South Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60649

Saturday, March 14 – 10am – 11am
Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 N. Sacramento Blvd., Chicago, IL 60612

Monday, March 16 – 12pm – 1pm
Chicago Department of Environment, 30 N. LaSalle St. 25th Floor, Chicago, IL 60602

To apply for the C3 Leadership Training Series, you must be a City of Chicago resident and attend one orientation. The Spring 2009 training will be held at the Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 N. Sacramento Blvd, Saturdays, March 28 and April 4, 18, and 25 from 9:30am – 1:30pm. A mandatory field trip will take place on Saturday, May 2. A $75 fee covers course participation and project support. Financial assistance is available upon request.

]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2009/01/08/c3-spring-leadership-training-dates-announced/feed/ 0 Volunteers needed for the 2008 Air and Water Show http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2008/07/01/volunteers-needed-for-the-2008-air-and-water-show/ http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2008/07/01/volunteers-needed-for-the-2008-air-and-water-show/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:04:26 +0000 Samantha http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2008/07/01/volunteers-needed-for-the-2008-air-and-water-show/ 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 “LARGEST” free show . . . → Read More: Volunteers needed for the 2008 Air and Water Show]]> 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 “LARGEST” free show of it’s kind in the United States. It is the city’s second most popular festival. Last year, 2,200,000 people watched the show. Imagine, about 2 million plastic water bottles will be discarded on the beach this year in a two days period.

Worldwide sale of bottled water a year is estimated to be between $50 and $100 billion (US) and increasing approximately 7 to 10 percent annually. In 2004, the US bottled water industry surpassed 6.8 billion gallons of water for that year, an increase of 8.6% over the previous year (Beverage Marketing Corporation, 2005) 22.6 Gallons of bottled water each person in the U.S. consumed in 2006, up 8.4 percent from the previous year.

The consumption of over 150 billion liters of bottled water per year necessitates the use of billions of plastic and glass bottles. Though the materials used are generally recyclable, many of these bottles, particularly those used in developing countries without recycling infrastructure, are discarded rather than recycled, with this trash having a negative effect on the environment. More than a billion Water bottles end up in the state’s landfills each year. (The Associated Press)

The plastic used to package the 6 billion gallons of bottled water sold in the United States somehow end-up clogging landfills and littering the landscape and spreading toxins into ground water. Nine out of 10 plastic bottles end up as litter. That’s 30 million discarded bottles a day. (According to Yes! A Journal of Positive Futures 2004)

Please email us at grace@mgracedesigns.com

Help save the environment. Your help is very much appreciated!
M. Grace Sielaff, C3 Leader

]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2008/07/01/volunteers-needed-for-the-2008-air-and-water-show/feed/ 0 C3 Fall Leadership Training Dates Announced http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2008/06/27/c3-fall-leadership-training-dates-announced-2/ http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2008/06/27/c3-fall-leadership-training-dates-announced-2/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:14:38 +0000 Samantha http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2008/06/27/c3-fall-leadership-training-dates-announced-2/ 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 in . . . → Read More: C3 Fall Leadership Training Dates Announced]]> 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 in your community with C3 support and resources. For more information, visit www.cityofchicago.org/Environment/C3.

Attend one of the orientations listed below to learn more. For questions or to reserve a seat, please contact (312) 743-9283 or conservation@cityofchicago.org.

Wednesday, August 20 – 7pm – 8pm
6th District Police Station, 7808 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60620

Saturday, August 23 – 10am – 11am
Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 N. Sacramento Blvd., Chicago, IL 60612

Monday, August 25 – 12pm – 1pm
Chicago Department of Environment, 30 N. LaSalle St. 25th Floor, Chicago, IL 60602

To apply for the C3 Leadership Training Series, you must be a City of Chicago resident and attend one orientation. The Fall 2008 training will be held at the Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 N. Sacramento Blvd, Saturdays, September 6, 13, 20 and 27, from 9:30am – 1:30pm. A mandatory field trip will take place on Saturday, October 11. A $75 fee covers course participation and project support. Financial assistance is available upon request.

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