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Blogs, Bleader, Jun 7, 2010
6/7: Crude Screens at Facets

Joe Berlinger's "Crude": a preview of BP's future?
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Film, Environment, Eco, Joe Berlinger, Crude, BP, Chevron, oil spill

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Blogs, Bleader, May 14, 2010
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A Village Called Versailles

S. Leo Chiang documents New Orleans's Vietnamese community's mobilization against a landfill for toxic Katrina debris adjacent to their neighborhood, in "A Village Called Versailles," screening Saturday 5/15 at the Chicago Cultural Center.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Free Shit, Environment, Eco, Swag, New Orleans, Vietnam, Vietnames, Versailles, Village Called Versailles, Katrina, toxic, landfill, S. Leo Chiang, Independent Lens, ITVS, Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy, PBS, Ray Nagin, Chef Menteur, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Apr 13, 2010
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Lords of Nature

On the second anniversary of the Roscoe Village cougar shooting, the Notebaert Museum screens the documentary "Lords of Nature: Life in a Land of Great Predators," on Thursday 4/14.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Free Shit, Environment, Eco, Swag, Cougar, shooting, Roscoe Village, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Lords of Nature, predators, Life in a Land of Great Predators, Karen Anspacher-Meyer, Ralf Meyer, Steve Wise, Center for Neighborhood Technology, UIC, Joel Brown, Steve Sullivan, urban ecology, Field Museum, Curt Meine, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 26, 2010
The Burberry Shirt You Can Bike In

A local entrepreneur creates stylish clothes that are good for the planet in more ways than one.
- by Heather Kenny
- Tags: Style, Bicycling, Environment, Cycling, Eco, Connect Chicago, Jonathan Shaun, Nonetheless, Burberry, Chicago fashion designers, Kickstarter, Nau

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 19, 2010
3/20 — Free Workshops at Artisans 21 Gallery

Artisans 21 Gallery hosts workshops on making art out of recyclables on Sat 3/20 from 10 AM to 6 PM.
- by Sam Worley
- Tags: Visual Art, Free Shit, Environment, Other Stuff, Eco, Apropos of Nothing, Swag, Gallery 21 Artisans, Hyde Park, recycling, workshop, arts, crafts

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 13, 2010
Reporting From FamilyFarmed: What's Next for Shared-Use Kitchens

A panel on shared-use kitchens at the FamilyFarmed Expo's Chicago Food Policy Summit.
- by Martha Bayne
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Environment, Food, Eco, Kitchen Chicago, commercial kitchens, shared-use kitchens

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 12, 2010
Reporting from FamilyFarmed: Community Food Security

At the Chicago Food Policy Summit's panel on community food security, a moving story about two community gardens run by Bhutanese refugees.
- by Martha Bayne
- Tags: Food Chain, Lit & Lectures, Food & Drink, Environment, Food, Eco, Books, Community food security, Sarah Eichberger, Heartland Alliance, Bhutanese refugees, Damber Pokhrel, Kushma Pokhrel, Menuka Kafley, Uma Devi Mishra, Heartland Health Outreach, Chicago Food Policy Summit, FamilyFarmed Expo, community gardens, Schreiber Park, Chase Park

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 12, 2010
School of Nature: The Children of Satoyama

Children "get injured, play rough and get covered in mud" at the Kisarazu Community Nursery School profiled in Masaki Haramura's documentary School of Nature: The Children of Satoyama, screening Friday 3/12 at Columbia College
- by Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Free Shit, Environment, Eco, Swag, Sea Shepherd, Peter Bethune, whaling, The Cove, Japan, Tokyo, Chiba, Children of Satoyama, Kisarazu Community Nursery School, Masaki Haramura, documentary, School of Nature, The Children of Satoyama, Film Row Cinema

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 11, 2010
Reporting From FamilyFarmed: Fun With Numbers

Statistics on food, nutrition, and poverty from USDA deputy secretary Kathleen Merrigan, a keynote speaker at the FamilyFarmed expo.
- by Martha Bayne
- Tags: Food Chain, Lit & Lectures, Food & Drink, Environment, Food, Eco, Books, Kathleen Merrigan, FamilyFarmed, Woody Tasch, Slow Money, USDA, Willie Nelson, food deserts, nutrition, poverty

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 11, 2010
Reporting From FamilyFarmed: No Niman Left on the Ranch

At the FamilyFarmed expo, panelist Bill Kurtis of Tallgrass Beef tells the cautionary tale of Bill Niman, founder of Niman Ranch, who refuses to eat its products after being forced out by new owners.
- by Martha Bayne
- Tags: Food Chain, Lit & Lectures, Food & Drink, Environment, Food, Eco, Books, FamilyFarmed, Bill Kurtis, Tallgrass Farm, Bill Niman, Niman Ranch, sustainably raised meat, Chipotle, Natural Food Holdings

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 11, 2010
Reporting From FamilyFarmed: Meals on Wheels

New York City's Green Carts program makes a splash at the FamilyFarmed conference "Financing Farm to Fork."
- by Martha Bayne
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Environment, Food, Eco, FamilyFarmed, Financing Farm to Fork, Growing Power, Chicago Botanic Garden, Green Youth Farms, Wholesome Wave, Green Carts, Karen Karp, Sabrina Baronberg, Jim Slama, USDA deputy secretary Kathleen Merrigan

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 9, 2010
The FamilyFarmed Expo Starts Thursday

A preview of the FamilyFarmed Expo, running Thursday through Saturday, with follow-up blog coverage to come.
- by Martha Bayne
- Tags: Food Chain, Lit & Lectures, Food & Drink, Environment, Food, Eco, Books, FamilyFarmed expo, locavorism, sustainable agriculture, family farms, community sponsored agriculture, CSAs, Tallgrass Beef, Bill Kurtis, Growing Power, Woody Tasch, Slow Money Alliance, USDA, Kathleen Merrigan, Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food, Chicago Food Policy Summit, Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council, Kitchen Chicago, shared-use kitchens, Alexis Leverenz, Flora Lazar, Fresh, Localicious, cooking demos, Rick Bayless, Paul Kahan, Paul Virant, Gale Gand, Chicago Diner, whole-animal cookery, Rob Levitt, Mado, Blackbird, Avec, the Publican, Ehran Osterreicher, E & P Meats, Greg Gunthorp, Gunthorp Farms, the Whole Hog Project, Mike Sula

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 26, 2010
Our garbage keeps piling up

A new report confirms that Chicago has a mounting environmental and economic problem: its garbage.
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Environment, Clout City, Eco, recycling, municipal solid waste, garbage, waste management, Chicago, Illinois, Illinois EPA, environment, Landfill Capacity Report

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 18, 2010
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Miyori in the Sacred Forest

A Tokyo girl befriends forest spirits threatened by a dam project in the animated "Miyori in the Sacred Forest," screening for free, Thursday 2/19 at Film Row Cinema.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Free Shit, Environment, Eco, Swag, Miyori in the Sacred Forest, Japan in Nature, film series, Japan Information Center, anime, Japanimation, dam, Tokyo, Columbia College, Film Row Cinema, Nizou Yamamoto, Hiyao Miyazaki, Castle in the Sky, Princess Mononoke, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 1, 2010
The guardians of our wastewater

Believe it or not, some of the more interesting and important offices up for grabs tomorrow are the seats on the board of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District.
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Environment, Clout City, News, Eco, 2010 elections, politics, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, environment, Chicago River, disinfection, Asian carp, climate change, sewers, Wallace Davis III, Kari Steele, Todd Connor, Mariyana Spyropoulos, Debra Shore, wastewater treatment

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 26, 2010
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"Milking the Rhino" Director David E. Simpson

David E. Simpson, director of the documentary "Milking the Rhino" about community-based conservation in Africa, speaks Tuesday 1/26 at Chicago Filmmakers.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Free Shit, Environment, Eco, Swag, David E. Simpson, Kartemquin, community-based conservation, Milking the Rhino, ecotourism, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Africa, autism, Refrigerator Mothers, Terra-Incognita, stem cell, New Americans, Forgiving Dr. Mengele, Chicago Filmmakers, meetup, Video

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Joe Berlinger's "Crude": a preview of BP's future?

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S. Leo Chiang documents New Orleans's Vietnamese community's mobilization against a landfill for toxic Katrina debris adjacent to their neighborhood, in "A Village Called Versailles," screening Saturday 5/15 at the Chicago Cultural Center.

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On the second anniversary of the Roscoe Village cougar shooting, the Notebaert Museum screens the documentary "Lords of Nature: Life in a Land of Great Predators," on Thursday 4/14.

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A local entrepreneur creates stylish clothes that are good for the planet in more ways than one.

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Artisans 21 Gallery hosts workshops on making art out of recyclables on Sat 3/20 from 10 AM to 6 PM.

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Dr. Alaka Wali presents the lecture "Women on the Front Line For Conservation" on Thu 3/18 at 7 PM at the Hopleaf Bar.

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Drinking locally at FamilyFarmed with Goose Island, Death's Door Spirits, Hum Spirits, and White Owl Winery.

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Notes from a FamilyFarmed panel on backyard chicken keeping.

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A panel on the benefits of whole-animal cooking.

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A panel on shared-use kitchens at the FamilyFarmed Expo's Chicago Food Policy Summit.

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At the Chicago Food Policy Summit's panel on community food security, a moving story about two community gardens run by Bhutanese refugees.

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Children "get injured, play rough and get covered in mud" at the Kisarazu Community Nursery School profiled in Masaki Haramura's documentary School of Nature: The Children of Satoyama, screening Friday 3/12 at Columbia College

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Statistics on food, nutrition, and poverty from USDA deputy secretary Kathleen Merrigan, a keynote speaker at the FamilyFarmed expo.

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At the FamilyFarmed expo, panelist Bill Kurtis of Tallgrass Beef tells the cautionary tale of Bill Niman, founder of Niman Ranch, who refuses to eat its products after being forced out by new owners.

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New York City's Green Carts program makes a splash at the FamilyFarmed conference "Financing Farm to Fork."

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A preview of the FamilyFarmed Expo, running Thursday through Saturday, with follow-up blog coverage to come.

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A new report confirms that Chicago has a mounting environmental and economic problem: its garbage.

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A Tokyo girl befriends forest spirits threatened by a dam project in the animated "Miyori in the Sacred Forest," screening for free, Thursday 2/19 at Film Row Cinema.

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Believe it or not, some of the more interesting and important offices up for grabs tomorrow are the seats on the board of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District.

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David E. Simpson, director of the documentary "Milking the Rhino" about community-based conservation in Africa, speaks Tuesday 1/26 at Chicago Filmmakers.