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Attend the May 5-6 at Navy Pier to celebrate solutions leading us to healthier lives and greener communities. Meet and hear community leaders, cultural icons and reknowned visionaries, including: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., Van Jones, Amy Goodman, Dr. Benjamin Chavis, Karyn Calabrese, Reed Alexander, Jeffrey Smith, Laura Flanders, Greg Palast, William . . . → Read More: C3 is at the Chicago Green Festival This Weekend! Have an Earth Day event coming up? Want a dynamic, knowledgeable speaker to come talk about environmental issues or host a C3 table at your event? Consider requesting a C3 Speaker! The C3 Speakers Bureau is a collection of environmental community leaders that are actively engaged in protecting the environment and improving the quality . . . → Read More: Request a C3 Speaker for Your Earth Day Event by April 2nd Explore Stormwater Management Sustainable Backyards Workshop Tuesday, March 27th 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Chicago Center for Green Technology 445 N. Sacramento Blvd. Register or learn more at www.chicagogreentech.org or call 312-746-9642 Learn how to make your back, front or side yard more environmentally sustainable. This workshop will cover the . . . → Read More: Sustainable Backyards Workshop, 3/27, 6 PM Download the flier for your corkboard . . . → Read More: C3 Leader Andres Hernandez E-Waste Workshop 2.10.11 Photo credit: Windy City Harvest Kenneth Street Farm Lecture Tonight:Food from Your Backyard: Sustainable Farming in Illinois Panelists: Lindsay Record, Illinois Stewardship Program LaDonna Redmond, Institute for Community Resource Development Angela Mason, Director, Community Gardening and Green Youth Farm, Chicago Botanic Garden Moderator: Laurel Ross, Urban Conservation Director, ECCo, The Field Museum Join local . . . → Read More: The Field Museum presents a FREE lecture 10.21.10 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 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 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.” From our friends at the Southeast Environmental Task Force: Recycling: Why? and How? Join us for our first monthly Environmental Workshop! This month the topic is RECYCLING. Learn why it is important to recycle and how to recycle most affectively. There will be speakers from the Chicago Department of Environment and the Chicago Department of . . . → Read More: Southeast Environmental Task Force Recycling Workshop Attend the Community Bike Programs Forum Saturday, Feb. 9, 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave. The forum will introduce many different types of existing and possible future bicycle programs based in communities and supportive resources in Chicagoland. The forum presentation is by the Chicagoland Consortium . . . → Read More: Community Bike Programs Forum – Feb 9 ENERGY SAVING EVENT Sponsored by Gregory Bratton Chicago Conservation Corp Trainee & Healthy South Chicago Friday, November 2 Friday, November 9 Monday, November 26 5pm—7pm Ada McKinley 8458 S. Mackinaw Ave Chicago Illinois 60617 Free Energy Saving Light Bulbs Free Weatherization Kits (November 9, 26) And Energy Saving Tips If you would like to help . . . → Read More: Energy Saving Event Check out Fall 2006 C3 Leader Robert Aguilar’s video projects at the sites below. This is the submitted video for the Treehugger.com contest. http://truths.treehugger.com/normal/convenient_truths_the_top_twen.php – What Can Regular People Do About Global Warming? – Carrying Power: Solar Energy On The Go This submitted version is broadcasting on CurrentTV. -Sun Powered Purses This is a . . . → Read More: Videos by C3 Leader Robert Aguilar Northwestern University’s School of Continuing Studies is offering this 3-day program, Green City Summer Institute, “that explores Chicago as one of America’s greenest cities.” Visit http://www.scs.northwestern.edu/summernu/programs/greencity.cfm to register or to find out more. 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 . . . → Read More: Convenient Truths: A Green Video Contest Join Faith in Place and Interfaith Worker Justice for a co-sponsored workshop on building or remodeling as a congregation. The workshop on Sunday, November 12 will cover topics including: Green building for congregations The Energy Star self-audit program for congregations Tips from experts on how to fund new building programs How to verify good labor . . . → Read More: Contracting in Good Faith Thanks to all the teachers who participated in last Thursday’s Get-together. We are excited to have 30 teachers at 22 schools leading after-school environmental service clubs with their students. As promised, here is the powerpoint presentation that was shown. Good luck with your surveys and projects! Contact me (312-744-3634 or sbeazley@cityofchicago.org) with . . . → Read More: Chicago Conservation Club for Teachers Here are some useful resources to keep in mind when you’re developing your project proposal: Project Proposal Worksheet: Please fill out this form by hand or type it up and submit it to your C3 liason by Friday, June 30. 12 Step Project Process Document: The steps to follow as you work with your C3 . . . → Read More: Resources for developing your project Thanks for a great final class! We were very excited to hear your project ideas, and we’re looking forward to working with you on finalizing your proposals and implementing your projects, whether you’ll be carrying them out now or after the fall classes. We handed out a Course Evaluation on Saturday. Please send your . . . → Read More: Wrap-up from Community Organizing Class Thanks to everyone for another great class Saturday. Who knew water could be so fun? Here are the materials and info you need to prepare for our last class, Community Organizing, on June 17. Class To Do’s – Self Test and Water Audit homework Project To Do’s – Contact and meet with potential partners from . . . → Read More: Reminders and Docs from Water Class *note: we have updated this post with the final version of the Water class. Get ready for Water! (Saturday June 10, 9:30, CCGT) Here is a DRAFT of the Water Class powerpoint if you’d like to review it before Saturday. We aim to move through this quickly so we have time for more discussion. . . . → Read More: Preview of the C3 Water Class |
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