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Volunteers Needed for Monarch Habitat Construction

26 April 2018 Sally Stovall

Join the workday for the Student Citizen Science Monarch Ecological Engineering Project beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 28, and continuing throughout the day at the Morton Freshman Center, 1801 South 55th Ave., in Cicero. Stay for just the morning, the afternoon, or all day.

This monarch butterfly habitat project was spearheaded by Morton High School science teacher, Kevin O’Toole. Using next generation science standards and engineering design standards about 100 high school freshmen designed a 5000 square foot monarch butterfly habitat which they will now build with help from you!

Volunteers are needed to build the following: benches, pavilion or gazebo, garden arbor, compost bin, garden trellis, Peace Pole, and more. Donations of mulch, crushed gravel, river rocks, stones for pathways, wood for benches, and native plants are also appreciated. Sign up for exactly how you want to help at this link.

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Sacred Wandering

04 April 2018 Krista Mikos

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Join us as we explore meditation-in-nature with Sacred Wandering. Simplicity and reverence will be our guides. Join Terry Kinsey and me as we explore a new way of experiencing nature – the Sacred Wandering Way. If you yearn to be rooted down with earth’s healing power, join us. Throughout the millennia, people have gone to the forests and mountains to connect with themselves and the sacred in themselves. Ascetics, monks, indigenous people, Thoreau, Buddha and even Christ went out into the wilderness to practice a form of Sacred Wandering. We will move slowly through the out-of-doors with an intention to connect with nature’s healing power. There will be silence and discussion. The group will meet no matter what the weather so come prepared and bring something to sit upon.

Krista teaches Environmental Justice and Advocacy at DePaul University and is a 25 year practitioner of Qi Gong. Terry has led numerous outdoor retreats and has been a practicing Unitarian Universalist-Buddhist for 2 decades as well.

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Oak Park Earth Fest 2018

03 April 2018 Sally Stovall


Fun for the whole family awaits at the 2018 Earth Fest, including a wide range of activities for kids from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at the Village of Oak Park Public Works Center, 201 South Blvd. Engage with more than 50 vendors and organizations who will provide hands-on activities, environmental services information, free samples and green goods for sale. Take a tour of the LEED Gold-certified Public Works facility, and check out the beehives on the building’s green roof.

Kids can pet and feed goats from an urban goat farm, play in the bounce house, get their faces painted and enjoy a puppet show. They can also play in a pop-up park set up by the Park District of Oak Park and check out a book from the Oak Park Library’s book bike.

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The Latest on Engineered Foods, Glyphosate Toxicity and Your Health

30 March 2018 Peggy McGrath

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7 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, April 12
Trinity High School, 7574 Division Street, River Forest

Presentation by Dr. Thierry Vrain, a genetic engineer who resides in British Columbia. Following a long career as a soil biologist and genetic scientist during  which he analyzed the large amount of scientific evidence that shows how synthetic pesticides harm human health and the environment, Dr. Vrain is sounding the warning about the multiple dangers associated with pesticide use in crop production and domestic applications. He refutes the claims of the biotechnology companies that their engineered crops yield more, that they require fewer pesticide applications, that they have no impact on the environment and, of course, that they are safe to eat.

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Recycling Extravaganza

27 March 2018 Lisa Files

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