Enviro News Nov 9

Greentech Media
- Venture Capital deals
- Philips LED bulb
- Networked EV TODAY!!!!

ENN
- New York/Superfund problem
- New Era of Taxis

Northeastern Illinois Green Cycle Group
- Green Fee meeting Nov 16 from 3 - 4 PM
- Landscape tips

Oct 25 Enviro News

Greentech Media
- Meter Data Management
- Grid, Grid, Grid
- GE helps cool LED bulbs
- Solar Energy Association releases inaugural report

Illinois Department of Natural Resources
- Hunters helping feed hungry families

Northeastern Illinois University Green Cycle Group
- biking assistance from Adventure Cycling!

Environmental News Network
- water scarcity in the southwest
- New Superfund sites

Intersolar

This week in green......

Hey everyone

So Green is Universal? More like hypocritical if you ask me. While NBC is publishing stories about how the big 3 automakers are flying their private jets to DC to ask for money, they spend even more money sending their Today show characters all around the world to talk about.....water? Great job on that fuel consumption NBC.

Congratulations to Kate Ekman of Northeastern Illinois University for winning a grant from the National Wildlife Federation! It will be used for analyzing campus activities and more. The full story can be read in the Independent.

A Fresh Squeeze has written some articles on winterizing your garden and profiled some Hyde Park eateries in their recent Chicago update. Click here for their Seattle activities.

ENN has continuously updated its website. There recently was an interview with Worldwatch's Chris Flavin.

Northside College Prep CASE members took a field trip to the Museum of Science and Industry in order to take a tour of The Green Home.

- Wikipower is in a partnership with The Peggy Notebaert Museum and A Fresh Squeeze. The partnership exists to provide funding for the museum's educational programs. For every person that signs up to A Fresh Squeeze's email update list, the blog will donate $0.25 to The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum! You will receive up to date information on environmental issues in the Chicago area and be helping one of Chicago's top environmental resources. So please take a moment to go to my donation page and sign up. The list of donors is growing and money has already been sent to the museum.

October 8th update

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- Northeastern Illinois University had their green week last week and it was a great success! I will have a more in-depth interview later on. For more info on what is going on now, head to Green Cycle Group!

- The Eco-Andersonville Group has updated its website.

- Don't forget about the ISEC meeting on October 25! Click on the link for more info.

- Wikipower is in a partnership with The Peggy Notebaert Museum and A Fresh Squeeze. The partnership exists to provide funding for the museum's educational programs. For every person that signs up to A Fresh Squeeze's email update list, the blog will donate $0.25 to The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum! You will receive up to date information on environmental issues in the Chicago area and be helping one of Chicago's top environmental resources. So please take a moment to go to my donation page and sign up. The list of donors is growing and money has already been sent to the museum.

Northeastern Green Fee and more

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Sorry for the delay in posting. The start of school and soccer was a bit much.

I wanted to post about some recent happenings with Northeastern Illinois University’s Green Fee Program. I spoke with Kate Ekman, one of the Green Fee Committee members and Green Cycle Group Treasurer.

The Green Fee was originated by Northeastern University’s Green Cycle Group as a referendum during school elections and later approved by the Board of Trustees at the university. It is used to assist in Northeastern Illinois University’s goal of making the campus and community as environmentally friendly and sustainable as possible. The fee consists of an additional three dollars being charged to each student’s fees, each term. Some recent highlights of the program are a purchase of a new battery powered vehicle for the facilities department. Also, new bike racks are in the process of being built around campus to encourage more bike use. The Green Fee Committee has successfully created a foundation where everyone in the community will be able to donate to the fund. This way, staff, faculty, and alumni can also participate in the funding of The Green Fee. Future ideas that have been recently talked about include a solar thermal water heating system for the Athletics facility. The web site for The Green Fee Committee is www.neiu.edu/~greenfee/.

Recent activities of Northeastern’s Green Cycle Group have included creating a new group facebook page, scheduling a bake sale on Oct 1, and participating in the Student Activities Office sponsored Green Week from September 29^th to October 3. Visit the group’s website .

I am very encouraged by the efforts of Northeastern Illinois University and hope we can all continue to raise the level of our own actions and awareness on the issues of sustainability and environmentalism. If you are interested in being involved in any way with the University’s Green Cycle Group or Green Fee Committee at Northeastern Illinois University, please feel free to click on the respective links or email me and I will pass along your interest along.

If you are part of an institution that would like to get some environmental activities or information out, please let me know. I am always looking to get the efforts and information out.

Wikipower is in a partnership with The Peggy Notebaert Museum and A Fresh Squeeze. The partnership exists to provide funding for the museum's educational programs. For every person that signs up to A Fresh Squeeze's email update list, the blog will donate $0.25 to The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum! You will receive up to date information on environmental issues in the Chicago area and be helping one of Chicago's top environmental resources. So please take a moment to go to my donation page and sign up. The list of donors is growing and money has already been sent to the museum. To read more about the details of the program, click the link below.

recycling light bulbs and more

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There is a story in the New York Times about how you will now be able to recycle your CFL bulbs at any Home Depot. As the bulbs do contain mercury, recycling them has become an issue. Kudos to the Home Depot and its partners for stepping up.

- The city will be hosting a recycling/drop off event at Northeastern Illinois University on August 9th. For more details click the link below.

Recycling/Drop off events

movie fest and more

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- Northeastern Illinois University is having a "Green Film Festival" from now through Earth Day (April 21.)

- In a story from ENN, Nordstrom has started the process to commit to earth friendly bagging. Congratulations to them.

- Don't forget that next Saturday, March 29, from 8-9 PM is Earth Hour.

- A Fresh Squeeze has recent articles on environmentally friendly yoga and fitness studios and the positives to adding more raw foods to your diet.