Chicago Conservation Corps Blog http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog You Care. Do Something. We'll Help. Thu, 03 May 2012 21:45:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en C3 is at the Chicago Green Festival This Weekend!

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!]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2012/05/03/c3-will-be-at-the-chicago-green-festival-this-weekend/ Featured Event! Jackson Park Wooded Island Workday, 5/26, 10AM . . . → Read More: Featured Event! Jackson Park Wooded Island Workday, 5/26, 10AM]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2012/05/03/featured-event-jackson-park-wooded-island-workday-526-10am/ Featured Event! Neighborspace Howard Area Community Garden Workday, 5/19, 9AM . . . → Read More: Featured Event! Neighborspace Howard Area Community Garden Workday, 5/19, 9AM]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2012/05/03/featured-event-neighborspace-howard-area-community-garden-workday-519-9am/ Chicago River Day 20/20 still has many events before River Day!

Twenty years ago, Friends of the Chicago River started Chicago River Day with 25 volunteers who dragged shopping carts, mattresses, and plastic bags from its banks. Today, this inspiring event has grown to 4,000 volunteers at 65 locations along the Chicago River.

Celebrate this amazing milestone through Chicago River Day 20/20 – . . . → Read More: Chicago River Day 20/20 still has many events before River Day!]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2012/05/03/chicago-river-day-2020-still-has-many-events-before-river-day/ Climate Change Action Workshop for Community Organizations, 5/15, 10AM You are Invited to a May 15 Climate Change Action Workshop for Community Organizations at The Field Museum

What do daycare, cooking, public art, and gardens have to do with climate change? Come to the workshop and find out!

When: Tuesday, May 15, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm (optional . . . → Read More: Climate Change Action Workshop for Community Organizations, 5/15, 10AM]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2012/05/03/climate-change-action-workshop-for-community-organizations-515-10am/ C3′s May Featured Events are Here!

]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2012/05/01/c3s-may-featured-events-are-here/ Featured Event! C3 Leader Ben’s Comfortably Nimble Spring Bike Workshop, 5/19, 12PM

]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2012/04/30/c3-leader-bens-comfortably-nimble-spring-bike-workshop-519-12pm/ Fifth Annual 10th Ward Green Summit 2012 Partner Kickoff Tomorrow! You Are Cordially Invited to the Fifth Annual 10th Ward Green Summit 2012 Partner Kickoff

April 27, 2012

Jovial Club

9615 S. Commercial Avenue

Chicago, IL 60617

9:00am Registration & Breakfast

9:30am-11:00am Program

RSVP to Graciela Robledo at 773.734.9181 Ext. 14 or . . . → Read More: Fifth Annual 10th Ward Green Summit 2012 Partner Kickoff Tomorrow!]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2012/04/26/fifth-annual-10th-ward-green-summit-2012-partner-kickoff-tomorrow/ Your Input Needed for Healthy Food Plan for Chicago

]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2012/04/24/your-input-needed-for-healthy-food-plan-for-chicago/ Growing Forward Insight Sessions at the 2012 Green & Growing Fair Growing Forward Insight Sessions at the 2012 Green & Growing Fair

Saturday, April 28th, 12-4pm

Garfield Park Conservatory, 300 N. Central Park Ave. On behalf of GreenNet and all the community gardens that are so important to Chicago’s neighborhoods, you are invited to attend a special Insight Session for community garden leaders at this year’s . . . → Read More: Growing Forward Insight Sessions at the 2012 Green & Growing Fair]]> http://chicagoconservationcorps.org/blog/2012/04/20/growing-forward-insight-sessions-at-the-2012-green-growing-fair/