"Green" tech & issues

From The Rogers Park Garden Group – Rogers Park, Chicago comes this proposal that will warm any gardener’s heart during a chilly January. A proposal to “Adopt the Public Way” The Rogers Park Garden Group (RPGG) is delighted to make available a limited number of public gardening grants up to $1,000 for the improvement of spaces...
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Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC) Plug-in Hybrids:  Smart Strategies for Reducing Pollution—Why Location and Charging Time Matter Image via Wikipedia Please join us Jan. 20 for a 30-minute webinar to discuss plug-in hybrid strategies that will benefit the environment, consumers and the economy. Click here to register. Please join us on January...
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Brittany Frandsen, a 20-year-old film student at Columbia College Chicago, is on her way to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, but not because of a film. It was her environmentally friendly South Loop apartment that got her there. Frandsen was the winner of Brita’s Filter For Good green room contest, a national...
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The massive brick building at 931 S. Homan Ave. once housed a power plant to provide electricity and heat for the adjacent Sears & Roebuck headquarters. Now the building powers the minds of young people in Chicago. In September, Henry Ford Power House Charter High School opened its doors. Power House High is located inside of...
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For Columbia College students, staff and faculty only… for now. Columbia College student, Ashley Badgley is a Senior Journalism major is asking for your help as she examines the campus’ carbon footprint. Her final independent project is focusing on how to make Columbia a more sustainable campus. In order to calculate  the carbon footprint of...
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Local college and university representatives joined together recently at the Green Town Conference hosted by Columbia College Chicago to discuss making school campuses more sustainable. The session, called “Greening the Campus: How Educational Institutions Combat Climate Change,” served as a forum for local colleges to compare notes and brainstorm new ideas. Campuses represented at the session...
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Literally nothing was thrown away at the GreenTown Conference, held Oct. 15 at Columbia College Chicago, because all its waste was recycled or composted. But garbage was, in fact, on a lot of people’s minds there. Because of one lecture at GreenTown, you may see changes to your neighborhood’s recycling program, or even the start...
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By John O’Neill, LISC Chicago’s New Communities Program Most of the year, Michael Harris Jr. is a mild-mannered student at Austin Polytechnical Academy on the West Side. But this summer, Harris was transformed into “Solar Mike” — thanks to Youth Ready Chicago at the Science Institute at Columbia College. Harris was one of 20 students, recruited...
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Homeowners seeking to reduce the cost of their utilities can learn more through the Illinois Solar Association’s free, self-guided tour on Oct 3. As a part of a nationwide event, Illinois visitors will be able to explore solar-powered homes and businesses in the Chicagoland area. At some locations visitors will be able to discuss the...
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By Deborah Alexander of LISC Chicago’s New Communities Program Residents of four New Communities Program (NCP) neighborhoods completed training for entry-level, green-collar jobs earlier this summer under a pilot program launched at the Local Economic Employment Development (LEED) Council. The 27 residents, referred by NCP lead agencies Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corp., Garfield...
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