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Garfield Park Conservatory teaches greener living

by Cassandra West August 15, 2011 Chicago
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Share The Garfield Park Conservatory on Chicago’s West Side is offering another series of workshops for those interested in greener living. We encourage you to check them out. Here’s what coming up next on the Conservatory’s “Growing & Green Living” schedule: How to Harvest, Use & Brew Compost Wednesday, Aug. 17, 6-7:30 pm $5 suggested [...]

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A visit to Camden NJ’s green soup kitchen

by Cassandra West June 16, 2010 Green movement

Share CAMDEN, NJ — On Tuesday, a group attending the Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders Forum in Philadelphia visited the Cathedral Kitchen in Camden, N.J., which has provided hot, nutritious meals and other services to residents since 1976. In 2008, Cathedral Kitchen broke the emergency food service mold when it opened a 13,000-square-foot facility [...]

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Trees are budding, but green movement in full bloom

by Cassandra West April 2, 2010 Green movement

Share As the first buds of spring start appearing on trees here in Chicago, we’re seeing just how vibrant the local agriculture scene is. It is blooming in so many directions and so many places. This year, we think, is going to be a watershed one. The growing green movement we’re trying to chronicle and [...]

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"Dirt! The Movie" screens @ Chicago Cultural Center

by Cassandra West March 19, 2010 environment

Share “DIRT! The Movie” explores the wonders of the soil and tells the story of Earth’s most valuable and underappreciated source of fertility. Chicago Community Cinema will present a screening of “Dirt!” 2 p.m. Saturday, March 20 Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St. In the Claudia Cassidy Theater We hope you will come out [...]

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