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Blogs, Bleader, Sep 23, 2011
Learn everything you wanted to know about the water you drink

The James W. Jardine Water Purification Plant, which provides Chicago with most of the one billion gallons of water it uses each day, is the biggest water treatment facility in the world.
- by Asher Klein
- Tags: Science, Flotsam and Jetsam, Environment, Eco, the James W. Jardine Water Purification Plant, water, The Lake, crib, Lake Michigan, drinking, fountains, Crown Fountain

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Blogs, Bleader, Sep 21, 2011
Chicago to get a large-scale bike-sharing program

The city of Chicago announced today that it will have a large-scale bike-sharing program in place by next summer.
- by Julia Thiel
- Tags: Bicycling, Transit, Environment, Eco, Cycling, bike sharing, bicycle sharing, bike sharing Chicago, B-cycle, bike sharing program, bicycle sharing program

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Blogs, Bleader, Sep 19, 2011
The Plant gets funding to move forward

John Edel's latest project, the Plant, gets funds to build an anaerobic digester
- by Julia Thiel
- Tags: Science, Food & Drink, Environment, Eco, Food, The Plant, John Edel, Bubbly Dynamics, anaerobic digester, alternative energy, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, renewable energy system, New Chicago Brewing Company, aquaponics, 312 Aquaponics, shared kitchen

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Blogs, Bleader, Sep 18, 2011
Park(ing) Day photos

A tour of several Park(ing) Day spots in Chicago
- by Julia Thiel
- Tags: Bicycling, Transit, Environment, Eco, Cycling, Parking Day, temporary parks, Architecture for Humanity, Moss Design, Urban Habitat Chicago, Heritage Bicycles

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Blogs, Bleader, Sep 15, 2011
Park(ing) Day is tomorrow

Park(ing) Day returns to turn parking spaces into temporary parks.
- by Julia Thiel
- Tags: Bicycling, Transit, Environment, Eco, Cycling, Park(ing) Day, Parking Day, temporary parks, metered parking, Moss Design, Urban Habitat Chicago

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Blogs, Bleader, Aug 19, 2011
Lake Michigan politely returns our trash
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Environment, Clout City, Eco, Lake Michigan, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, litter, garbage, pollution, swimming, Pratt pier

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Blogs, Bleader, Aug 12, 2011
Why you should care about the way garbage is picked up
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Environment, Clout City, News, Eco, garbage collection, Streets and Sanitation, recycling, Rahm Emanuel, First Ward, waste management

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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 18, 2011
Squirrelly — derivation of a term?

Notes on squirrel hunting.
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News Bites, Environment, News, Eco, Mike Fink, Susan DeGrane, Davey Crockett, Squirrel hunting, Chicago Sun-Times

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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 15, 2011
Food & Drink in this week's Reader: an off-the-grid brewery in the making, beer guides, Rustic House, Cocktail Challenge, and more

Food & Drink in this week's Reader: an off-the-grid brewery in the making, beer guides, Rustic House, Cocktail Challenge, and more
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Environment, Food, Eco, New Chicago Brewing Company, the Plant, Jesse Edwin Evans, Samuel Evans, John Edel, Back of the Yards, Bubbly Dynamics, beer nerds, John Laffler, Goose Island Brewing Company, Jim Magas, Jess Straka (dba Anhalt), new Chicago breweries, brewery tours, weird beers, rare beers, Rustic House, Michael Carlson, Schwa, Key Ingredient, Cocktail Challenge, Daniel de Oliveira, GT Fish & Oyster, Perennial Virant, Matty Eggleston, Logan Square Kitchen, Half Acre Beer Company, Gaztro-Wagon, beer dinner, 4 Wheel Kitchen, food trucks, Asado Coffee, Square Donutz, pop-up restaurant, T's Bar, new Chicago restaurants, Etno Village Grill, Northdown Cafe and Taproom, Tolotzin Mexican Restaurant

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Blogs, Bleader, May 27, 2011
Weekend Plant Sales and Chef Demos

Grow It Yourself/Do It Yourself: Chicago area plant sales and chef demos for the weekend of May 28-29.
- by Vera Videnovich
- Tags: Food Chain, Free Shit, Food & Drink, Environment, Food, Eco, Swag, Peterson Garden Project, Green City Market, Tim Cottini, Cafe Ba Ba Reeba, The Reluctant Vegetarian, 61st Street Market, Chicago Botanic Garden, Susan Maddox, Le Titi De Paris, Karianne Soulsby, Diva Chocolates

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Blogs, Bleader, May 20, 2011
The Big Dig Gig, seedling sales, seed giveaways, and chef demos

Grow It Yourself/Do It Yourself: Chicago area chef demos, plant sales/trades, and Green Grocer Chicago's new suburban market.
- by Vera Videnovich
- Tags: Food Chain, Free Shit, Food & Drink, Environment, Food, Eco, Swag, Hyde Park Art Center, GEEE, Garfield Park Conservatory, Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance, Green City Market, Melissa Trimmer, C House, Mark Steuer, the Bedford, Chicago Botanic Gardens, Michael Kingsley, Dave Esau, Dave's Specialty Foods, Green Grocer Chicago, The Arboretum of South Barrington

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Blogs, Bleader, May 17, 2011
Quinn Installs Charging Station at Governor's Mansion

Take your electro-mobile to Gov. Pat Quinn's fill-up station.
- by Lauri Apple
- Tags: Environment, News, Eco, Coulomb Technologies, Pat Quinn, green, environmentalism, Carbon Day Automotive, ChargePoint, Rod Blagojevich

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Blogs, Bleader, May 13, 2011
Grow Your Own: Tomatoes

DIY/GYO: Chicago weekend tomato seedling sales
- by Vera Videnovich
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Environment, Food, Eco, tomatoes, Kilbourn Park, Green Grocer Chicago, Tomato Mountain Farm, Chris Covelli, Green City Market, Slow Food Chicago, preSERV, Empty Bottle Farmers Market, One Seed Chicago

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Blogs, Bleader, May 6, 2011
Going Solo

Tomato Mountain Farm offers a "solo"-sized vegetable CSA delivery.
- by Vera Videnovich
- Tags: Food & Drink, Environment, Food, Eco, Tomato Mountain Farm, CSA, farm, vegetables, tomatoes

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Blogs, Bleader, May 4, 2011
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Veins in the Gulf

In their documentary "Veins in the Gulf," Elizabeth Coffman and Ted Hardin document the ecological and cultural loss of Louisiana's wetlands, exacerbated by the BP oil spill and hurricanes. They screen the film for free Wednesday 5/4 at Columbia College.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Free Shit, Environment, Eco, Swag, Elizabeth Coffman, Ted Hardin, Martha Serpas, BP, oil, spill, gulf, mexico, louisiana, wetlands, hurricane, katrina, gustav, cajun, veins in the gulf, columbia college, loyola university, film row cinema, nancy tuchman, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Apr 29, 2011
This Week in Food & Drink: Garlic Mustard, Cafe des Architectes, Key Ingredient Dried Shrimp, a New Cocktail Challenge, and More

This week in Food & Drink: what to do with the invasive plant garlic mustard, Key Ingredient dried shrimp, Cafe des Architectes under new chef Greg Biggers, a new cocktail challenge, and more.
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Environment, Food, Eco, Garlic mustard, invasive plants, Cocktail Challenge, Mike Ryan, Sable, Iliana Regan, foraging, Key Ingredient, dried shrimp, Carlos Gaytan, Mexique, Doug Sohn, Hot Doug's, chicken feet, Cafe des Architectes, Greg Biggers, Martial Noguier, Bistronomic, Defaced Barware, Pete Guigni, the Bedford, Mark Steuer, Gabe Klein, Chicago Department of Transportation, food trucks, Rahm Emanuel, On the Fly, Smartkarts, Smartkafes, licensing, Scott Waguespack, Jim Graziano, J.P. Graziano, Green City Market, Rob Levitt, Butcher & Larder, Share Our Strength, child hunger, bake sale, raffle

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Blogs, Bleader, Apr 28, 2011
Invasion of the Rusty Crayfish

If you've taken a walk along a Chicago beach recently, you may have noticed all the claws. They've washed up everywhere—evidence of the presence of rusty crayfish, an invasive species.
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Environment, News, Eco, Lake Michigan, claws, crayfish, rusty crayfish, invasive species, Shedd Aquarium, Kurt Hettiger, Great Lakes, fish

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In this week's Reader: a collaborative guide to vegetarian and vegan Chicago, Key Ingredient haggis

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History reveals that Emanuel won't change much about how the city taps its water supply.

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Photos from the first Open Streets on State Street

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The James W. Jardine Water Purification Plant, which provides Chicago with most of the one billion gallons of water it uses each day, is the biggest water treatment facility in the world.

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The city of Chicago announced today that it will have a large-scale bike-sharing program in place by next summer.

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John Edel's latest project, the Plant, gets funds to build an anaerobic digester

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A tour of several Park(ing) Day spots in Chicago

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Park(ing) Day returns to turn parking spaces into temporary parks.

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Notes on squirrel hunting.

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Food & Drink in this week's Reader: an off-the-grid brewery in the making, beer guides, Rustic House, Cocktail Challenge, and more

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Grow It Yourself/Do It Yourself: Chicago area plant sales and chef demos for the weekend of May 28-29.

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Grow It Yourself/Do It Yourself: Chicago area chef demos, plant sales/trades, and Green Grocer Chicago's new suburban market.

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Take your electro-mobile to Gov. Pat Quinn's fill-up station.

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DIY/GYO: Chicago weekend tomato seedling sales

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Tomato Mountain Farm offers a "solo"-sized vegetable CSA delivery.

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In their documentary "Veins in the Gulf," Elizabeth Coffman and Ted Hardin document the ecological and cultural loss of Louisiana's wetlands, exacerbated by the BP oil spill and hurricanes. They screen the film for free Wednesday 5/4 at Columbia College.

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This week in Food & Drink: what to do with the invasive plant garlic mustard, Key Ingredient dried shrimp, Cafe des Architectes under new chef Greg Biggers, a new cocktail challenge, and more.

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If you've taken a walk along a Chicago beach recently, you may have noticed all the claws. They've washed up everywhere—evidence of the presence of rusty crayfish, an invasive species.