[ May 4, 2010; 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Meet Mya Asthma on May 4, World Asthma Day Chicago’s Millenium Park, Noon (by the reflective bean) Join Mya, Eco-Justice Collaborative and other coalition partners on her debut appearance next Tuesday! Meet at Millennium Park at noon (by the “reflective bean”). Have your photo taken with Mya in front of City Hall and send it to Mayor Daley [...] [...]
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[ April 13, 2010; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] Press Conference Clean Power Ordinance! Tuesday, April 13, 10:00 am City Hall, 2nd Floor 121 N. LaSalle Street Chicago, IL Don’t miss it! Come show your support for 49th Ward Alderman Joe Moore, who will be unveiling the Chicago Clean Power Ordinance on April 13. This ordinance, which will be introduced to the City Council at their April meeting, will require [...] [...] [ April 19, 2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] After the Parking Meter Privatization…Is Your Water Next? Join EJC for a Community Forum on Chicago’s Drinking Water-Preventing Another Taxpayer Ripoff Sponsored by IL PIRG and Food & Water Watch Monday, April 19, 7:00 to 9:00 PM Chopin Theatre 1543 West Division, Chicago Special Guests include: Alderman Scott Waguespack, 32nd Ward Jon Keesecker, Food & Water Watch Phineas Baxandall, U.S. PIRG And more For more information, contact [...] [...] [ April 17, 2010; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. April 22, 2010; 12:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] Coal-Free Future Roadshow! SATURDAY, APRIL 17 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM QUINLAN LIFE SCIENCES BUILDING 1050 W SHERIDAN ROAD THURSDAY, APRIL 22 11:00 AM CONWAY CENTER, COLUMBIA COLLEGE 1104 WABASH AVE. Eco-Justice Collaborative, Rainforest Action Network, Greenpeace, Topless America and the 8th Day Center for Justice have created an “eco” roadshow that highlights the REAL cost of coal and offers up local solutions. First stop? [...] [...] [ April 30, 2010; 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ] The REAL Costs of Coal Mountain Top Removal film by Haw River Discussion with Pam and Lan Richart, Eco-Justice Collaborative Sponsored by the Environmental Footprint Committee of the Ethical Humanist Society of Greater Chicago April 30, 2010, 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM 7574 Lincoln Avenue Skokie, IL We know that the burning of coal pollutes the air we breath, the water we [...] [...] [ April 29, 2010; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] SAVE THE DATE! Thursday, April 29th 2010 6:00-9:00 p.m. The Chicago Presbytery’s End Hunger and Homelessness Mission Team (EHHMT) Gathering & Potluck Dinner First Presbyterian Church of Chicago 64th and South Kimbark Avenue Gather with other congregations and people of faith working on issues of Hunger and Homelessness in their communities. Share ideas and resources, successes and challenges during facilitated discussion, [...] [...] [ April 25, 2010; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ] How Do Today’s Environmental Challenges Affect Chicago? Fourth Presbyterian Church Page Smith Room 126 East Chestnut Street Chicago, Illinois Validated parking is available at 900 North Michigan Avenue Eco-Justice Collaborative will participate in a panel discussion addressing the environmental challenges facing Chicago as they relate to land, air and water. Panelists include: Debra Shore, Commissioner, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Leslee Spraggins, State Director, [...] [...] [ April 25, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Lifestyles for a Sustainable Future Six-week Series Session V — Investing in God’s Economy We vote with our dollars Portfolio Prophets — Invested dollars are not neutral As we face growing concerns over a warming planet, diminishing natural resources, food security and the end of the fossil fuel age, we must ask ourselves: How does our faith guide us? How [...] [...] [ April 11, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Lifestyles for a Sustainable Future Six-week Series Session IV — Energy and Climate The end of the fossil fuel age…..what is our energy future Can we reverse global climate change? As we face growing concerns over a warming planet, diminishing natural resources, food security and the end of the fossil fuel age, we must ask ourselves: How does our faith [...] [...] [ April 9, 2010 8:00 am to April 10, 2010 10:00 pm. ] Longwall Mining Delegation Longwall mining is Illinois’ version of mountaintop removal mining. Planned subsidence causes the land surface to sink four to six feet, disrupting drainage on prime farmland, cracking building foundations, contaminating streams and damaging septic systems and wells. Travel with us as we visit what may be the site of the largest coal mine [...] [...] |
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