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“Green Ramadan” campaign urges Muslims and others to go green during Ramadan

Submitted by lukie on Friday, August 27, 2010 - 5:24pm
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Health benefits of outdoor activity

Submitted by lukie on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 7:39pm
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A recent study from the University of Essex has shown that as little as five minutes a day of “green activity,” e.g. walking, gardening, fishing, biking, can boost self-esteem and improve moods. While many studies have shown positive results of outdoor activity, this is the first time the amount of time required has been established. If five minutes can be beneficial, imagine what an hour or two must do!

Skokie Environmentalist Appointed Chair Of Great Lakes Protection Fund

Submitted by skokienet on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 12:20pm
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"Congratulations, you’re the chair!"

 

Debra Shore, commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation district, received the email two days before a scheduled board meeting and only three months after Illinois Governor Pat Quinn appointed her to the Board of the Great Lakes Protection Fund.

Recycle Your Electronic Waste and Help Mother Earth

Submitted by claire on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 2:26pm
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May 15 2010 - 9:00am - 12:00pm
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Madison School, at 5100 Madison St. in Skokie, is offering to cycle your electronic devices and help Mother Earth.  Saturday, May 15, from 9 to noon.

Volunteers Needed for the Talking Farm

Submitted by claire on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 1:09pm
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The Talking Farm will be at the Evanston Garden Fair and we need volunteers to:

 

  • Set up our booth on Thursday, May 20th
  • Staff our booth on Friday, May 21st and Saturday, May 22nd.
  • Donate used tools and garden books for us to sell
  • Get the word out to friends and family to buy their organic plants from us!

 

The Talking Farm will be sell

Arbor Day

Submitted by lukie on Friday, May 7, 2010 - 5:19pm
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Every Arbor Day, Skokie Village and Park District officials plant new trees. This year, McNally Park was the recipient of the new trees. With 24,000 trees on public land, Skokie has been designated an official tree city for 25 years.

Northwestern's Science Cafe Presents "

Submitted by skokienet on Friday, April 30, 2010 - 10:25am
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May 13 2010 - 5:15pm - 8:15pm
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Civic Ecology: A Community Systems Framework for Sustainability

with Tim Smith, AIA, AICPSERA Architects, Portland, OR

 

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 5:15 p.m.

Pancoe Auditorium, Pancoe Life Sciences Building

2200 Campus Drive, Evanston

 

TimothyW. Smith, AIA, AICP is an architect, cityplanner and principal with SERA Architects inPortland,Oregon. Mr. Smith is Director of Urban Designand Planning for SERA and TeamOregon, an L.L.Cthat focuses on sustainable development in thePacificRim. He holds graduate degrees from theUniversityofMichiganand theUniversityofPennsylvaniawhere he taught urban designfrom 1986 until 1994.

 

His work has received numerousprofessional awards including a Progressive Architecture Research Award, aPennsylvania Planning Association Award and awards in the International CitiesDesign Competition and the Community Solutions Competition, both jointlysponsored by the American Institute of Architects and the International Union ofArchitects. He has served as Vice President of the Portland Planning Commission,on the Portland Mayor’s Central City Roundtable, thePortlandchapter of the American Institute of Architects(AIA) Urban Design Committee, and as President of the Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia,PA) Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee.Mr. Smith has lectured extensively on the concept of Civic Ecology and iscurrently working on a book on thetopic.

Urban Farm Planned for Skokie's East Side

Submitted by claire on Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 9:08am
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The Skokie Park District is seeking to acquire about three acres near Howard Street and the North Shore Channel to be turned over to a nonprofit for the creation of an urban farm.   

 

The Talking Farm currently operates a sustainable urban argicultural program in Evanston that provides locally grown food, job training, and environmental edu

EPA lead safety ruling now in effect for homes built before 1978

Submitted by lukie on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 6:07pm
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A new Environmental Protection Agency lead-safety rule went into effect with tough requirements for contractors working on homes built before 1978 and fines of up to $37,500 a day for violations.

West Word to go paperless!

Submitted by lukie on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 8:39pm
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The Niles West High School student newspaper, West Word, will be available only online starting next school year. This is the first high school paper in Illinois to completely eliminate print. West Word advisor of ten years, Michael Conroy, says that while he’ll miss the late nights in the newsroom with the students, it’s neither ecologically nor economically sound to continue printing the paper.

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