Chicagoland Sustainability Calendar - Selected events for those interested in living more sustainably with emphasis on ecological food production and other future choices. Featuring the activities of the
Chicagoland Urban Permaculture (CUP) Group -- promoting integrated living through permaculture. See the
Greening Chicago Calendar for additional local sustainably events.
Prefixes: !*!* = Unique event; CUP = CUP event. INFO: 773-907-1465 raelearth@yahoo.com http://sustaincup.blogspot.com/
NPVNC = North Park Village Nature Center, 5801 N Pulaski, Chicago. FMNH = Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Wednesday, March 3, 7:00 p.m. (Potluck meal at 6:30 p.m.) -
Energy Depletion: A Challenge to Faith. Are we running out of fossil fuel? What choices do we have? St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 2649 N. Francisco, Chicago. A Faith in Place presentation.
Sunday, March 21, 1-4 pm, MidFex
Grafting Workshop at Cantigny Greenhouse, Wheaton. Midwest Fruit Explorers. http://www.midfex.org/ (Repeated March 28, at Chicago Botanic Garden)
CUP Saturday, March 27, 2-4 pm -
Our Energy Futures. At NPVNC. Will petroleum get much more expensive in the next 7- 12 years? If so, how will our lives change? What options are available? Based on Richard Heinberg's "The Party's Over".
CUP Saturday, April 3 -
The Shaping of Spring - a Metahelion Celebration (Tentative) Spring is changing, as the planet responds to our unconscious shaping. Celebrate the shapes of spring. Share Spring stories of the past and future. Share experience about the nature of the present. (Sleepover possible) At Small Waters Gathering Center, Harvard, IL
Saturday, April 10, 11-2pm FMNH Patterns and timing of
bird migration
!*!* Saturday, April 17, 8:15am – 5 pm.
ISGS Spring Trip (Repeated May 8, 2004) Pekin Area, Tazewell County - Near Peoria - Preregister way ahead of time http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/field-trips/ft03-04/ft0304_3.htm
Saturday, April 24 Dave Blume's
Permaculture Talk(s) Chicago [?Green & Growing Fair -- Garfield Park Conservatory]
CUP Wednesday, April 28, 7-9 pm. -
Integrating Gardening and Nature. At NPVNC.
Explore the potential of gardening to serve both human and nature's needs. Discuss some of the issues and techniques. What is the place for food forests? For ecological or rational gardening? Where does the integrated design promise of permaculture fit in?
CUP Sunday, May 2, 10 am - 3 pm -
Gardening with Mushrooms. At NPVNC Find out how to grow food as part of natures recycling program. Select two of three species and four techniques to take home. One is colorful and remains so for months. To register, $15 checks to Kenneth Otto, must be received by April 27. Please include your phone number
!*!* Saturday, May 8, 8:15am – 5 pm.
ISGS Spring Trip (Also April 17) Pekin Area, Tazewell County - Near Peoria - Preregister way ahead of time. http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/field-trips/ft03-04/ft0304_3.htm
CUP Wednesday, May 12, 7-9 pm -
The Shapes of Sustainability. At NPVNC What does sustainability look like? Discuss it's various visions, definitions and characterizations. Consider whether it's attainable? And if so, how can we speed it up?
Saturday, May 29 11am - 2pm FMNH, Redmoon & Foundation
Theater Group: Birds, a "Tree of Life" and other colorful characters inspired by nature
June 1-30,
School for Designing a Society, Gesundheit! Institute, WV. http://www.designingsociety.com/sdas.html
CUP Wednesday, June 2, 7-9 pm. -
Using Native Plants. At NPVNC Almost all of the plants we call wild were utilized by Native American cultures. Many are delightful and easy to use. Find out about some of their uses and taste a few.
June 18-20,
MREA Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Fair, Custer, WI. www.the-mrea.org/ Possible bus from Chicago
June 18-20,
Reclaiming Economics Conference, Earthaven Eco-Village, NC. http://www.reclaimingeconomics.org
CUP July 3 /4 - 5
Aphelion Attunement Celebration (Tentative) - Attuning to the Future Saturday, July 3, 10-3 OR Sunday, July 4, 10-3 - At NPV Nature Center. PLUS Monday, July 4, 10-3 - At Small Waters Gathering Center, Harvard, IL
August 7-8,
Illinois Renewable Energy Fair. Oregon,IL http://illinoisrenew.org/ Possible bus from Chicago.
NOTE: !*!* June 12-20, 2004 Bioregional Congress moved up to
!*!* July 9-17,
2005 Continental Bioregional Congress, Earthhaven Ecovillage, Black Mountain, NC www.bioregionalcongress.org/
