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What’s on Your Plate?
A screening of the film “What’s on Your Plate” will be shown at the Austin Town Hall Auditorium, 5610 W. Lake St., Chicago, at 12pm on June 18th, 2011. Here’s a link to the trailer, http://www.whatsonyourplateproject.org/about/watch. This event is open to anyone, but is especially a great opportunity for parents and their children. It is…
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Beekeeping in Oak Park
Oak Parkers: Come to the aid of honeybees, and help your garden grow, too. For decades, Oak Park has had a ban on beekeeping–it’s considered a nuisance under village code. But that may change. Oak Park’s Village Board of Trustees will soon begin to consider amending the ordinance prohibiting beekeeping. As a gardener, you likely…
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The Hosta Happening; A Heifer Foundation Event
The Hosta Happening Rich’s Foxwillow Pines 11618 McConnell Rd., Woodstock, IL 60098 815-338-7442 or coniflora@aol.com Saturday, June 11, 2011 9:00 am to 4:00 pm The Hosta Happening has hundreds of varieties of hostas for sale to benefit Heifer Foundation. All hostas one gallon or smaller are $5.00! Heifer International (HI) is a non-profit, humanitarian organization dedicated…
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Spring Clean-Up; Austin Community
Spring Clean-Up Austin Community Saturday, May 14, 2011 10am – 5pm Community Activist Roman Morrow is organizing this effort to clean vacant lots and alleys in the Austin neighborhood. To volunteer or for more information please contact Roman Morrow at 312-618-5664 or RomanMorrow@yahoo.com.
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Health Check-up on Lake Michigan
Health Check-up on Lake Michigan Are Asian Carp in Lake Michigan? Will Alberta Tar Sands Refining impact the Lake? Come Hear the Head of Lake Michigan EPA speak at Oak Park Main Library May 4 at 7pm Judy Beck has managed the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Lake Michigan Team since October 1995. In this…
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Austin Coming Together (ACT); Social and Economic Transformation Through Community Action
Root Riot Harambee member Ms. Catherine Jones announces that ACT’s Education Committee will meet Tuesday, May 3, at 6pm, Friendship Church, 5200 W. Jackson, Chicago. It will be an open discussion of the future of schools in the Austin neighborhood. Alderman Graham and Chicago Public Schools Area Instructional Officer Rick Mills are scheduled to attend.
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GREEN COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Announcing a new web site to facilitate sharing of ideas, information and resources for building a more resilient and sustainable community! Green Community Connections is a new “electronic gathering place” for Oak Park, River Forest and surrounding communities, which is dedicated to helping us make the transition to a more environmentally sustainable way of living. Green…
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Green + Growing Fair, Sat April 30th
GreenNet’s 19th Annual GREEN & GROWING URBAN GARDENING FAIR, Saturday, April 30, 2011, 10am-2pm. A free event at the Garfield Park Conservatory, 300 N. Central Park, Chicago, IL, www.garfielld-conservatory.org. Root Riot Harambee Open House, Sunday, May 1, 2011, (1pm-4pm); an opportunity for people to visit, sign up, and early bird planting.
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FRESH, THE MOVIE
New thinking about what we’re eating FRESH, the Movie Sunday ▪ March 20 ▪ 6:00-8:00pm Euclid Ave UMC, 405 S. Euclid Ave, Oak Park Sponsored by the Green Action Task Force @ Euclid Avenue UMC The movie, FRESH, features farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has…
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