“Cities are now home to a majority of the world’s population and are on the front line in the battle against climate change. While action at the federal level in the U.S. has been painfully slow, cities in the U.S. are starting to lead by example at a local level. Cities must take an active [...]
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“My guest today is Matthew Alschuler, press agent for HOMES [Helping Others Maintain Environmental Standards] Jo Daviess County, in far NorthWest Illinois. Welcome to OpEdNews, Matthew. Your organization is involved in something big right now. Would you like to tell our readers about it? Sure! In December of 2007, a number of my neighbors learned that [...]
“The Chicago Green Festival, held at McCormick Place last weekend, rounded up more than 300 green exhibitors and 125 speakers for two days of cutting-edge sustainable lifestyle action and information. We stopped by on Sunday to find out what’s new in the sustainability world. Here’s a look at what caught our eye in terms of [...]
“It was great to see Chicago go green post St. Patrick’s Day, with the annual Green Festival. Du-Jay again enjoyed people power bike ride with Working Bikes. It’s fun to see the pedaling create enough energy to make a little bike go around the world, spout water from a mermaid rain barrel or play a record! [...]
Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. cleared the air about pollution and sustainable existence when he spoke recently at the Green Festival. The two-day event celebrating a decade of providing eco-friendly solutions to everyday life was held at McCormick Place earlier this month. Yearwood is the president of the Washington, D.C.-based Hip Hop Caucus, and has traveled [...]
Cassidy Quinn Brettler Interviews Green America Green Business Network Director and Green Festival Co-Producer, Denise Hamler via Jack Olmstead – Seattle Pi Blog
“Families visiting the Green Kids Zone at Green Festival Chicago 2011 on Saturday, May 14 and Sunday, May 15 can enjoy a variety of physical, creative, and educational play activities, as well as lively entertainment presented on stage. On Saturday, this area was bustling with happy children doing everything from making newspaper shark fins at the [...]
“Visitors to Green Festival Chicago 2011 can learn about Mr. Ellie Pooh elephant dung paper, used by this eco-friendly fair trade company to craft gifts and other products to try to help the plight of elephants in Sri Lanka. The company’s line of merchandise includes a special children’s story book that explains the situation in a [...]
Chicago’s Green Festival
May 17
Chicago’s Green Festival via NBC Chicago View more videos at: http://www.nbcchicago.com.
“The Green Festival is being held at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, May 14 and 15, 2011. One million people are expected to attend the environmentally friendly festival, which promotes healthy living, environmental health and social justice. The weekend festival will be kicked off with a Green Ribbon Cutting by [...]
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