Chicagoland Sustainability Calendar

2007-01-31T12:20:00.000-08:00

Coming up soon....Gardening with Mushrooms Saturday, March 24th12 - 4 pmFind out how to grow food as part of natures recycling program. Select two (logs or other processes) from several species and techniques to take home with you. Some are colorful and remain so for months. To register, $15 checks to Kenneth Otto, must be received by March 20. Please include your phone number. Follow up guidance

2007-01-03T16:52:00.000-08:00

Permaculture and Sustainability ANNOUNCEMENTS --Compiled by Chicagoland Urban Permaculture Group (CUP)Best to verify all information, in case of changes. ** Home HintsSprouting: Winter Gardening - easy, nutritious, inexpensivehttp://www.islandnet.com/~see/living/articles/sprouting.htmSimplifying your life? Take the online surveyhttp://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=872961927600. *** NEW *

2006-02-27T21:47:00.000-08:00

Coming up in April...Crises and Opportunities- Learning from Cuba?Saturday, April 8th, 2-4pmView and discuss The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil a recently released 50 minute documentary on their response to losing over half their oil imports in 1990. A review of resource depletion and climate change concerns will highlight the story's relevance to Chicago's future. According to

2005-12-30T08:47:00.000-08:00

Coming up next...Bioregional BlessingsSaturday, February 25, 2-4 pmAt North Park Village Nature Center, 5801 N. Pulaski, Chicago. Free.Bioregionalism, often considered synonymous with permaculture, is gaining in influence. Driven by it's compelling vision, BioRegional spearheaded the development of the Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED), the UK's largest ecovillage and first zero carbon

2005-09-13T14:39:00.000-07:00

Coming up next...Natural Building FuturesWednesday, September 21, 7-9 p.m.,At North Park Village Nature Center, 5801 N. Pulaski, Chicago. Free.Join our five panelists in discussing our "Natural Building Futures". Find out about opportunities for building and decorating more ecologically, using materials that are nearby and easy to use. Help envision greater use of these techniques in Chicagoland

2005-08-25T14:49:00.000-07:00

Our next event:Sustainability StoriesWednesday, August 31, 7-9 pmShare recent sustainability experiences and news. Integrate the visions they generated. Explore new opportunities. Discuss their relevance and how they can be best developed. Consider how we can jumpstart a more sustainable future.Three regional sustainabiity fairs provided major resources for inspiration:1) The 1st Illinois

2005-04-07T11:10:00.000-07:00

Coming up in May...Info: Rael 773-907-1465 raelearth at yahoo.comPermaculture Principles; Urban Food ProductionWednesday, May 18, 7-9 pmExplore the significance of permaculture and it's principles, and how they can be applied to urban living and food production. Whether you have limited indoor growing space or an extensive yard, producing more of of your own food may be increasingly valuable.

2005-03-16T08:01:00.000-08:00

Coming up nextFood Forests in our Future?Wednesday, March 23, 7-9 pmConventional agriculture is in trouble. Are there other ways of providing for our needs that are less resource intensive and still suitable for our climate? Food forests mimic native ecosystems while enhancing productivity and minimizing maintenance. Their multi-layer plantings are beginning to extend across the nation. Find out

2005-03-05T05:43:00.000-08:00

Discussion resources -The End of Suburbia -- Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream Assembled for Chicagoland Urban Permaculture, by Rael Bassan, 773-907-1465. raelearth@yahoo.comTHE PROBLEMS AND SOME SOLUTIONS: According to David Goodstein, author of "Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil", the world will start to run out of cheap, conventionally produced oil much sooner than

2005-01-28T13:26:00.000-08:00

Coming up next! Food Forests in Our Future! On Wednesday, March 23, 7-9 pm Conventional agriculture is in trouble. Are there other ways of providing for our needs that are less resource intensive and still suitable for our climate? Food forests mimic native ecosystems while enhancing productivity and minimizing maintenance. Their multi-layer plantings are beginning to extend across the nation.

2004-11-30T14:25:00.000-08:00

Coming up next... Introduction to Permaculturing Saturday, December 4, 2-4pm At North Park Village Nature Center, 5801 N. Pulaski, Chicago Permaculture, an integrated ethical and grassroots focused design system, is derived from permanent agriculture and has been extended to include permanent culture. Join us for an introductory exploration of ways of creating more resilient cultures through

2004-11-09T15:02:00.000-08:00

Coming up next. Our next event, called Beyond Sustainability will take place Saturday, November 20, 2 - 4pm North Park Village Nature Center 5801 N. Pulaski Beyond Sustainability will be a discussion about achieving desirable futures. Topics include: Is sustainability a sufficient goal? Is creating a restorative culture even more necessary? Are spirituality and ethics relevant? Are there ways of

2004-09-01T14:17:00.000-07:00

Our next event, called Suburbia's Uncertain Future will take place Saturday, October 23, 3-5pm. View and discuss The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream, a recently released 78 minute documentary on the expected peaking of world oil production in the next five years and it's potentially devastating effects on most of our lifestyles. At North Park Village Nature

2004-08-09T06:27:00.000-07:00

Urban Permaculture Calendar Featuring the activities of the Chicagoland Urban Permaculture (CUP) Group together with related events. => For numerous other Chicago area sustainability related events. For more information or to submit events, contact Rael Bassan at: raelearth@yahoo.com 773-907-1465 Permaculture is an integrated holistic design system for creating sustainable human settlements.

2004-05-11T13:31:00.000-07:00

Coming up Wednesday, May 12, 7-9 pm - The Shapes of Sustainability. Details ...the total number of people affected by what we do (or do not do) during the next few decades will be in the order of 500 trillion. We are thus engaged in by far the largest "decision" ever taken by one human community on the unconsulted behalf of future societies. - Norman Myers and Andrew Knoll, 2001 Ongoing

2004-02-29T04:45:00.000-08:00

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: !*!* =

2003-12-23T11:44:00.000-08:00

Building Green Bridges maintains a regularly updated calendar of sustainability related events for the Chicago area. Consequently only current and future CUP activaties and some special future events will continue to be listed here. Announcing our 4th Annual < < Perihelion Possibilities Celebration > > January 3 and 4, 10am - 3:30pm. Potluck lunch at 12:30 (Vegetarian dishes

2003-12-19T06:01:00.000-08:00

<<< FUTURE >> 5/1 - 6/7, or April 24 - 30, Hydrogen Study Trip to Iceland << Hydrogen in the Midwest >> Spring Study Trip to Iceland ~$2,200 U.S The Hydrogen Economy - Midwest applications? 5/1 - 6/7, Alternatively April 24 - 30 Bob & Sonia Vogel 815-732-7332 sonia@essex1.com Decision makers will explore how Iceland is progressing; attend University seminars on the development of the hydrogen

2003-09-23T15:21:00.000-07:00

><><>< Chicagoland Sustainability Calendar ><><>< Featuring the activities of the Chicagoland Urban Permaculture (CUP) Group << COMING UP SOON (details below) >> Wednesday, September 24, 7-9pm. From Gardens to Paradise? Oil and Permaculture *Friday, September 26, 11:30am to 1pm. Natural Building Design - Sat, Sept 27, 2-10 pm Celebrate Harvesting and Approaching Communion

2003-09-05T07:24:00.000-07:00

Chicagoland Sustainability Calendar A calendar of events for those interested in achieving a high quality future – starting with ecological food production. Assembled by Chicagoland Urban Permaculture (CUP) For more information or to submit events, contact Rael Bassan at: raelearth[at]yahoo.com 773-907-1465 Permaculture (PC) is a collection of principles and techniques for designing