creating a model for living simply, working passionately, and positively impacting our surrounding communities. Our aim is to provide quality design services at a reasonable price, with a sustainable focus and work with people from all walks of life.
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- Location:
- Chicago, IL, 60640
- Phone:
- 773.944.0242
- Mon:
- 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
- Tues:
- 8:30 am - 5:30 am
- Wed:
- 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm
- Thurs:
- 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
- Fri:
- 8:30 am - 5:30 am
Photos
2 of 5 albumsSee All
Cedar Deck - (Sept. 09)Created about 3 months ago
Localvore PotluckCreated about 4 months ago
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Events
5 past eventsSee All
- The 2009 Lewis Mumford Awards ...
Archeworks and Black Oaks Center fo...
Saturday, June 13 at 6:00pm - Black Oaks Community Building Day
Pembroke Township, IL
Saturday, May 30 at 10:00am - Green Festival
Navy Pier
Saturday, May 16 at 9:00am - Black Oaks Community Building Day
Pembroke Township, IL
Saturday, April 25 at 10:00am - Earth Day Celebration and Kick...
Betty Shabazz International Charter...
Wednesday, April 22 at 9:00am
Grounded Design Studio Our first design/build job! For the full slew of pictures, visit: http://groundeddesign.jalbum.net/
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Dan is recognized as being selected for Design Futures Council's 2009 class of Emerging Sustainability Leaders. Check out the article... http://www.isdesignet.com/ArticleDetails
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Grounded Design Studio Brian and Dan are going to Columbus the next 10 days to construct a beautiful deck they designed. Should be good times to actually construct what we design.
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Our studio hosted a localvore Potluck where guests were asked to bring locally farmed, fermented, produced, brewed, foraged food. We had a great spread, and a great group of people. Let us know if you would like to join us in our next potluck or if you would like host a potluck yourself! Want to know more about the lo...calvore movement? check out... http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/344/locavor
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Grounded Design Studio Localvore Potluck tonight at the Studio!
Grounded Design Studio Three days of erecting a yurt on the land, and bringing along some inspiring friends in the process.
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Grounded Design Studio We are going to be on Consumer Eye Talk Radio (WKKC89.3RM) next Friday to promote Grounded Design, ADPSR, and the Mumford Awards from 10-11. Listen in (please excuse the nervousness in our voice)
RECENT ACTIVITY
Grounded Design Studio wrote on The 2009 Lewis Mumford Awards for Peace, Environment, and Development 's Wall.
Grounded Design Studio wrote on The 2009 Lewis Mumford Awards for Peace, Environment, and Development 's Wall.
Grounded Design Studio wrote on The 2009 Lewis Mumford Awards for Peace, Environment, and Development 's Wall.
Grounded Design Studio wrote on The 2009 Lewis Mumford Awards for Peace, Environment, and Development 's Wall.
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Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR) Presents:
The 2009 Lewis Mumford Awards for Peace, Environment, and Development
When: June 13th 2009 6pm-9pm at Archeworks
June 14th 2009 10pm-5pm at Black Oaks Center for Sustainable Renewable Living
Who: Practitioners/designers/builders/activis
Why:
On June 13th - To honor three exemplary Chicago community non-profit organizations, share other projects that are in the works, network with wonderful folks, and to generally celebrate all of the amazing activity happening in Chicago right now.
FREE Food, drinks, interactive art/architecture project, door prizes and live music will be provided to spice up the night.
Award Winners:
Peace - Growing Home
Environment - Little Village Environmental Justice Organization
Development - Fuller Park Community Development Corporation
On June 14th - To put action into words and go out to the land of Black Oak's eco-campus. We will be erecting the deck of a yurt, finishing up the chicken coop, and putting the final layer of lime plaster and a tile mosaic on the natural construction cob wall. Catch a ride on a bio-diesel school bus down to the land at 9am at 3241 Federal Street. (Close to the Red and Green Line's 35th stop), and returning around 5pm. Students and children are encouraged to come also.
We are happy to announce that Chef Tsadakeeyah from Majani 310 will be catering a delicious lunch at Black Oaks land on Sunday for a suggested donation of $2. In keeping with sustainability ideals, please pack out what you pack in. That means please bring your own eating utensils and plates to cut down on the waste of paper products.
Also, the land is in the middle of the savanna so there are bugs. Please bring bug spray with you. Thanks and we look forward to seeing you! Email me with any questions!
About ADPSR:
Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR) was established in 1981 as a 501(c) 3 public-benefit organization to work for peace, environmental protection, ecological building, social justice, and the development of healthy communities. ADPSR programs aim to raise professional and public awareness of critical social and environmental issues; further responsive design and planning; and honor persons and organizations whose work exemplifies social responsibility.
For more information check out: www.adpsr.org/chicago
For more information about our local projects, check our partner organization's website: www.blackoakscenter.org
We hope to see you on June 13th - 14th!
Rub Elbows, ask questions, feed your noggin all in the honor of peace, community development, and the environment
Time:6:00PM Saturday, June 13th
Location:Archeworks and Black Oaks Center for Sustainable Renewable Living
Grounded Design Studio This is Grounded's non-profit side.
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Growing Home, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, andFuller Park Community Development to Be Honored for Outstanding Workin Social Responsibility
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Community Building for Re-skilling
Black Oaks Center for Sustainable Renewable Living (BOC) is looking forward to hosting you at our CommUnity Building day on May 30-31st. We are calling all hands and calling all feet for this weekend event. You don't have to camp at the site, but you and your family are welcome to pitc...h a tent on our 40 acre savanna for the night during the event. Here's what's happening:
Sustainable Building Tract: Cob Wall Construction
Lets make cob! We will be putting a fortifying layer of cob over the earth bag entrance wall we constructed last fall together that wonderful weekend at the Black Oaks center. We will be making the materials from scratch-- clay and sand and straw, masterfully mixed with our feet. Learn the feeling of the recipe, talk about what makes a good mix; empower yourself to make cob on your own! This project will be led by the wonderful Anna Wolfson. We are also needing to put a "roof" on the top of the cob wall to keep it from weathering. Tile or thin landscaping tiles are the best things for it. Does anyone have access to those types of materials they could donate?
Other projects scheduled for that day:
Sustainable Agriculture Tract:
Make way for the Chickens!!!
Jennifer, a certified permaculture design architect will be leading us in making a new home for the birds that are in incubation at 3 schools in Chicago. The Betty Shabazz International Charter School 6th grade Sankofa class has invested their raised earnings in an incubator and fertile eggs to replenish the fowl that was lost over the winter. Help us to plan and structure a prey resistant, new home for the chickens, ducks, guinea, quails and partridge we plan to have at BOC. The old chicken coop will be dismantled and a garden will be placed there.
Care for the Black Oaks
Join us in continuing to care for the endangered dwarfed black oaks and the savanna. This winter was hard on the black oak savanna. Many trees fell to harsh winds and ice. Debris was strewn about. Come help care for the savanna and the endangered dwarfed black oaks by cleaning and clearing debris and planting acorns. Even the fallen leaves are a good source of mulch for the garden.
Hang out in the Garden
We have been busy making newspaper pots and planting cold hardy seedlings that are ready for the gardens. Help us construct straw bale raised beds and create innovative, safe ways to keep the moles and voles from intruding on the garden
Renewable Energy Tract
On Sat. April 25th, a team of wood cutters took to a fallen tree that was blocking one of the eco-campus roads. We are starting to stock pile the wood. Please join us as we continue to clear the savanna of fallen trees while we store fuel for cooking and heating. The fallen black oaks are a renewable source of energy at BOC. Help us stock wood for the stove while clearing the land to reduce the risk of uncontrolled fires.
Sustainable Renewable Living Tract
In cultivating a culture of C’s: comm-unity, collaboration, conservation, collectivity, please bring food, talents, information and a open mind and heart to share in building community. A collective pot luck family dinner will be held at 4 p.m. after the work is done on Saturday. Please bring the following dishes or beverages to share
* Vegetarian/Vegan
* Green vegetables
* Salad
* Beans
* Grains
* Baked Casseroles
* Healthy beverages
* Healthy Desserts
* Fish
* Healthy Poultry
We will be showing the movie “Taking Root”, the story of Wangari Mathai and the Kenyan Green Belt Movement will be shown along with dialog following about whole systems thinking to make paradigm shifts.
DIRECTIONS
Directions to the Black Oaks Center on the Savanna:
For an approximate map of the location, click here, or download typed directions from Chicago here.
Please Note! The entrance is just west of the intersection shown on this map and east of the Guiding Star Church that is located on 3000 South Road. (3000 South is the name of the road and not an address!)
PREPARATION:
Wear light colored clothing with a hat or a scarf to cover from head to toe. We will be making up a special aromatherapy concoction to keep insects, including the brown dog ticks off. We will do inspections before everyone leaves. Note: Brown dog ticks DO NOT CAUSE LYME DISEASE!!!!!
Calling all Hands; Calling all Feet
Time:10:00AM Saturday, May 30th
Location:Pembroke Township, IL
