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Category Archives: activities
Tour the Green Exchange, Saturday May 19 at 10am
The Chicago Center for Green Technology presents a tour of the Green Exchange (2545 West Diversey), Saturday May 19 from 10am-noon. Join LEED accredited architect Lisa Elkins on a tour through the recently launched Green Exchange; the new hub of … Continue reading
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Roosevelt’s Schaumburg Campus Hosts Documentary The Interrupters Today at 5:30pm
Today at 5:30pm, RU’s Schaumburg Campus will host a film screening and discussion of The Interrupters, a critically-lauded story of three “violence interrupters” in Chicago who now protect their communities from the violence that they once employed. This event is free … Continue reading
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Roosevelt’s Schaumburg Campus Hosts Documentary The Interrupters Friday Afternoon
This coming Friday, Feb. 24th, RU’s Schaumburg Campus will host a film screening and discussion at 5:30pm of The Interrupters, a critically-lauded story of three “violence interrupters” in Chicago who now protect their communities from the violence that they once employed. … Continue reading
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All-Ages Green Drinks Discussion of Sustainability Careers Tuesday Evening
Foresite Design’s Green Drinks series continues Tuesday evening with an opportunity for students to learn more about careers in sustainability. Google opens the doors of its Chicago office to Green Drinks for a panel discussion featuring inspiring stories of people … Continue reading
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Chicago Center for Green Technology Presents Discussion of the Greening of a Chicago Public School Saturday Morning.
This Saturday at 10am, the Chicago Center for Green Technology (445 N. Sacramento) presents architect Odile Compagnon discussing “Lincoln Elementary School’s Environmental Center: Construction and Featuresding Energy Bills.” This seminar will tell the story of the planning, design, funding and … Continue reading
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Chicago Center for Green Technology Presents Discussion of Geothermal Heat Pumps Thursday Evening
Thursday evening at 6pm, the Chicago Center for Green Technology (445 N. Sacramento) presents Huajun Yuan of University of Illinois at Chicago speaking on “Geothermal Heat Pumps for Heating and Cooling Any Building Energy Bills.” Geothermal heating and cooling is … Continue reading
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Chicago Cultural Center Presents Landscape Design Workshop Saturday at 10am
Saturday at 10am, the Chicago Cultural Center (78 W. Washington) hosts a landscape design workshop. Plan your outdoor space during the winter months. Lurie Garden staff and renowned perennial plantsman Roy Diblik will speak about planning tools for creating a … Continue reading
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Film: “Vanishing of the Bees” at Roosevelt’s Downtown Campus Today at 4:30pm
RU Green presents a screening of the documentary “Vanishing of the Bees” today at 4:30pm in Room 414 of the Auditorium Building (430 S. Michigan Avenue, downtown Chicago). This documentary takes a piercing investigative look at the economic, political and … Continue reading
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Documentary on Chicago Scrappers in Evanston Wednesday Night
Scrappers, a documentary film by Chicagoans Brian Ashby, Ben Kolak and Courtney Prokopas, has a free 7 p.m. screening Wednesday night at the Evanston Public Library (1703 Orrington in Evanston) featuring a Q&A by the filmmakers. Scrappers follows two Chicago … Continue reading
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Roosevelt University “All Recycled” Production of “Rent” Needs Your 2-Liter Plastic Bottles
We in the Sustainability Studies program are happy to pass this message along from Michael Lasswell of Roosevelt University’s Theatre Department. Everyone, We need your 2 liter plastic bottles for our “all recycled” production of “Rent.” As you can see … Continue reading
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