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City of Chicago GreenWorks award
Final Celebration for the Vibrant, Vital, & Visionary 93 applications, 26 finalists, 11 winners: witness the exciting conclusion of the 2010 GreenWorks Awards at a final ceremony hosted by Mayor Richard M. Daley and Commissioner Suzanne Malec-McKenna. Applaud the winners in the three categories, as well as the Audience Choice Awards, as they are announced.…
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Root-Riot Madison Street 8/29: Compost, Harvest Fest, + T-shirts.
Spiffing up the garden wet well yesterday morning in the wee hours of the day. Most of the weeds are pulled, and the compost has been tidied up. Thanks to all who came out and helped. Harvest Moon Fest: September 18th, time tbd. Lets take some time and celebrate our first Root-Riot growing season and…
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Green Community Connections: Tues, Sept 7, 2010
A notice about a local group interested in sustainably minded getting together shared with us by Sally Stoville and Dick Alton, Root-Riot Regulars at Harambee. – Amy + Seamus ________________________________________________________________ Green Community Connections: a forum for sustainability advocates Tuesday, September 7, 2010 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM Hassler Hall at Euclid Avenue United Methodist Church…
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Free Movie Tonight! Tues, Aug 10th
You’re invited to the free green carpet movie premiere of Carbon Nation, a documentary on climate change solutions that the Huffington Post says is “entertaining, endearing and exceptional.” Join the Chicago Climate Action Plan team this Tuesday, August 10 for a celebration recognizing the cast, producers and local climate heroes for their efforts in tackling…
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iPhone Garden App for Math Challenged Gardeners
Haven’t tried it but thought this looked interesting. For the math challenged gardeners among us, there’s an app for that. The Garden Buddy iPhone garden app features a number of handy calculators as well as useful planting information. Using the native GPS location services on the iPhone, it provides location-based real…
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The Chicken Cooperative Tour, Aug 1st
Our local Chicken Expert just sent this info… The Center for Sustainable Community (in Stelle, IL) is hosting a coop tour on August 1. It includes a tour of their land, including the chicken co-op. CSC is an intentional community created by a group of Rogers Park residents. About 2+ hours south of Chicago, it…
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Updated: Learn from Others: Visit Local Gardens, July 31st
Hello Everyone, (updated July 28th) Saturday, July 31st is the date we dedicated to touring other community gardens. This is a part of our educational series at Root-Riot to help us learn from what others are doing. This will allow us to talk to other gardeners to get advice and ideas to help us in…
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Harambee Theme Song
Were you there in the begining? Where you there when Sally and Dick got, what is now know as, the Root Riot Harambee gardners to sign the Haramee Song? Well in case you missed it and wonder how it goes, here you go… Refrain Harambee, Harabee, Tuimbe Pamoja Harambee, Harabee, Tuimbe Pamoja Harambee, Harabee, Tuimbe Pamoja Tujenge…
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Funny Looking Tomato @ Harambee
FYI , it is safe to say this funny looking tomato is not a dangerous genetic freak engineered in some vacant lot on Chicago’s West Side. These tomato plants donated by The Friends of Oak Park Conservatory are supposed to bare funky tomatoes that look more like peppers than tomatoes. Some further info: 85 days. Lycopersicon esculentum Plant…
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Not-For-Profit Meeting: Saturday, July 24 at 1 p.m. at Grace Episcopal on Lake Street
Dear Root Riot, Last night, the Not-For-Profit (NFP) Committee met and went over the forms, came up with a list of priorities and created a timeline for tasking. One of the tasks is creating a set of bylaws; I brought a draft and the NFP committee realized that it would have to be fine-tuned by…
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