Calendar

April 2007  

 

April 21st. Saturday - Bike As A Group to Greenfest (includes small neighborhood tour and light breakfast) Saturday, April 21, 2007, 8:30 AM

Water’s Garden (4540 N Campbell Ave, Corner of Sunnyside and Campbell)

Cost is $8, which will go to Beyond Today but get you into Greenfest FREE. Before heading downtown to McCormick Place, we’ll start the day off with a light breakfast (also FREE) and then take a small tour of the neighborhood where we’ll show you the progress community members have made to improve the neighborhood environment.

Sunday, April 21 Please come and join us for a morning of cleanup and ecological restoration at Somme Nature Preserve in Northbrook on Sunday, April 21st from 9am to 12pm. Somme is a beautiful prairie about half an hour North of here. Please contact Christiane Rey (Riverbank Neighbor and Bullfrog) at c-rey@northwestern.edu for directions and questions. ###


Sunday - Riverbank Earth Day Workday

When: Sunday, April 22, 2007, 9 AM - 1 PM

Where: East bank of the river, across from Horner Park at Berteau.

Green Fest at McCormick Place
Earth Day Weekend, April 21-22, 2007

Friday, April 27th 12:00 PM Healthcare Justice Event: Beyond Today members are invited to join the National Nurses Organizing Committee at a Press Conference and Rally outside Stroger Hospital at Harrison and Cermak. The new Cook County budget lays of 61 nurses. This will dramatically worsen the delay in care already experienced by County patients.

for updates contact the NNOC hotline 312 491.4909 Info: dlichtensteinboris (at) calnurses.org

Thursday, April 26th (evening) and/or Sunday, April 29th (afternoon) Volunteer for Friends of the Chicago River   
Friends of the Chicago River is looking for volunteers. They need alot of help (desperately!) and they've helped Riverbank Neighbors and Beyond Today so much!
I might be able to go Sunday. Anyone want to join me? We could bike or meet there. Julie.

HELP!! CRITICAL NEED FOR VOLUNTEERS Chicago River Day & Big Fish Ball Projects

With two MAJOR events right around the corner, Friends’ needs a bunch of volunteers to help with mailing nights and packing nights for both the Big Fish Ball and Chicago River Day. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE see if you can spare time for one or two of these dates. As an incentive to entice more volunteers, all volunteers will entered into a drawing for one of two hotel packages! (See details below.)

Sunday, April 29th --- 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. LOCATION – Friends of the Chicago River offices, 407 S. Dearborn, Suite 1580

JOB DESCRIPTION – Friends needs at least 15 people each night to help address and get out the invitations to the Big Fish Ball. There is a grand total of 4,500 invitations that need to be hand-addressed, personalized with notes and mailed out. We need at least half of the group to have good handwriting for the notes and addresses. Others will be stuffing, stamping and whatever else is needed to get the invites out.

PERKS – All volunteers will receive a food and snacks for their efforts plus the hotel drawing. RSVP -- Call Cynthia (312) 939-0490, ext. 13 or cfox@chicagoriver.org. RSVP is highly encouraged because the building will be closed when you arrive. We will need to give you the code to enter the building. Walkups are acceptable but you will need to contact the staff person in charge that evening. We will post a sign in the lobby with the number to call.

May 1 Unity March


10:00 AM - 1:30 PM : Assemble Union Park (Ashland & Lake)
1:30 PM: March to Hutchinson Field in Grant Park
3:00 PM : Rally in Grant Park (the rally location has been moved from Daley Plaza to Grant Park because of expected crowd overflow)

more info...

Saturday May 5th

Green Neighborhood 101 at the Sultzer Library with Beyond Today 10-12

Sultzer Library Lincoln and Montrose
Join us at the library as we invite you to learn about and contribute to the Environmental Neighborhood project.

Beyond Today runs a series of conversations about environmentalism called "Green Dinners" These events happen in people's homes to help bring the community together around environmentalism and a desire to prevent global warming. There's been over 30 Green Dinners since last fall. These events aren't on the public calendar since they are in neighborhood homes.

May 5th is our first public version of a green dinner. It's going to be different, but we'll follow the same format, and, if you like it, invite you to host your own green dinner to help this project spread to the block where you live. This is an excellent event for those who are newly concerned about global warming and those who are longtime environmentalists. We hope you'll share this invitation with others who care about the environment and are trying to figure out how to be most effective in their actions.

This is an excellent event for those who are newly concerned about global warming and those who are longtime environmentalists. We hope you'll share this invitation with others who care about the environment and are trying to figure out how to be most effective in their actions.

Please forward to interested friends and neighbors. Please RSVP beyondtoday@beyondtoday.org

 





 

Saturday May 5th: Riverbank Workday

1-4PM East side of the river between Berteau and Pensacola somewhere.

 

Friday, May 11th **Cancelled/postponed: This event is being rescheduled. Check back for the new date.

Beyond Today Movie Night at the Sultzer Library

See "Black Gold" - an excellent movie about the fair trade movement and coffee in specific. Stay afterwards to hear what we are doing about it and to contribute your ideas and get involved.

Saturday, May 12th River Day!

Beyond Today and Riverbbank Neighbors will be on the east side of the river between Berteau and Pensacola somewhere. 9-12 probably. check back to confirm time. See the Friends of the Chicago River website for more information about the celebration afterwards.

Saturday, May 12th World Fair Trade Day

Fundraiser for Chicago Fair Trade Celebrate World Fair Trade Day at the Hothouse more info and tickets

June 1-3 National Pesticide Forum in Chicago

June 1-3 (Friday-Sunday) The 25th National Pesticide Forum, Changing Course in a Changing Climate: Solutions for health and the environment, will be held June 1-3 at Loyola University (Water Tower campus), Chicago, IL. See details at http://www.beyondpesticides.org/forum Beyond Today co-sponsors the event. Scholarships available for Beyond Today community members. Alternative housing is available on a sliding scale as a fundraiser for our organic/no spray project. Local community members will house conference attendees. Let them know when you register if you’d like to stay in the Beyond Today neighborhood.

 

 


Other Environmental Schedules

Chicago Wilderness Calendar

Chicago Park Districk: North Park Village Nature Center's Program Calendar (just north of Bryn Mawr on Pulaski)

Chicago Audobon Calendar

Classes at the Center for Green Technology

Green Net Chicago

Conscious Choice Calendar

Restoration of Native Habitat along the North Branch of the Chicago River

Believe Chicago

Peace and Justice Events:

NWRC Chicago Events Calender