Founded in 1963, Openlands protects the natural and open spaces of northeastern Illinois and the surrounding region to ensure cleaner air and water, protect natural habitats and wildlife, and enrich our lives.
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Openlands protects the natural and open spaces of northeastern Illinois and the surrounding region.
For more information, visit Openlands.org, and encourage your Facebook friends to become fans too.
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- Celebrate Illinois Water Trails!
Gouwens Park
Sunday, June 14 at 10:00am - All's Fair in Oil and Water: C...
International House at the Universi...
Wednesday, March 18 at 6:00pm - Holly Near Benefit Concert for...
Unitarian Church of Evanston
Friday, March 13 at 7:00pm
Openlands NEW ON OUR WEB SITE: Check out the Burnham Plan Centennial's new Green Legacy Projects video...featuring music by one of our favorite performers, Sufjan Stevens:
Source: www.openlands.org
Founded in 1963, Openlands protects the natural and open spaces of northeastern Illinois and the surrounding region to ensure cleaner air and water, protect natural habitats and wildlife, and to help balance and enrich our lives.
Openlands James Ballowe, author of "Joy Morton: A Man of Salt & Trees", will speak tomorrow at the Chicago Cultural Center...see below for more details:
Source: egov.cityofchicago.org
Nov 12, CTI co-sponsors with The Lurie Garden at Millennium Park, Inc., James Ballowe, author of "Joy Morton: A Man of Salt & Trees" (Northern University Press, 2009). Chicago Cultural Center, Millennium Park Room, 6-7:30 p.m. For more information: 312-742-5519 or Bonnie.Tawse@cityofchicago.org
Openlands We're loving Metropolitan Planning Council's new Web site...whadda you think?
Source: www.metroplanning.org
Welcome to MPC’s new web site, which we are proud to debut after months of behind-the-scenes work. When we decided to revamp the MPC web site, we knew we wanted to reflect not only the changing ways ...
Openlands Closing in on our year-end goal of 500 fans...keep'em coming, and thanks for all your help! (Emily Schroeder, why aren't you a fan yet?)
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To all of our enthusiastic, outdoorsy friends...we're gearing up to tackle recreational accessibility legislation again this spring. As we get our ducks in a row for the next legislative session, take a gander at what's at stake and how it may impact you (as long as you don't mind a blender-full of mixed metaphors): http://openlands.org/index.php/Policy/Is
Openlands Check out this fine fella having a grand old time at the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve...holla back if you were there this weekend!
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It's a beautiful day to head up/down to the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve...click here for directions: http://openlands.org/index.php/Special-P
Openlands JOIN JIM. Three great TreeKeeper events coming up this weekend...North Park Village restoration workdays are open to all! Click below for more info:
Source: openlands.org
Stay up-to-date on all of our TreeKeepers events, including classes, workdays, and special lectures and seminars. Call the TreeKeeper Hotline at 312-427-4857 for updates, changes, cancellations, and to RSVP.
Openlands Check this out, TreeKeepers!
Source: www.nytimes.com
Roald Gundersen, who founded Gundersen Design in 1991 and built his first house in the forest 10 miles east of the Mississippi River and 150 miles northwest of Madison two years later, has made a career of working with trees.
Openlands Don't miss "Our Green Metropolis: The Next 100 Years," this Thursday, Nov. 5, at the Spertus Institute:
Source: burnhamplan100.uchicago.edu
The greatest legacy of the 1909 Plan was the regional green infrastructure it created. At this reception and special program, partners from around the region will announce the next steps for key Green ...
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Speaking of photos...have you heard about CMAP's "Images of Northeastern Illinois" photo contest? Details below...and be sure to check out the Explore Northeastern Illinois flickr pool too: http://www.flickr.com/groups/explore_nor
Source: www.goto2040.org
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) is once again excited to ask residents of Cook, DuPage, Will, Kane, McHenry, Lake, and Kendall counties to pull out their camerasand capture what they ...
Openlands WOW! Have you seen mastodont's photos of the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve? Absolutely stunning! Check'em out:
Source: www.flickr.com
Early morning sunlight breaks through the clouds and lights up the bluffs.
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reds, jack-o'-lantern oranges & goblin's gold yellows...these are the colors
of the foliage at the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve...take your little monsters (princesses are welcome too...don't forget Mummy) for a pre-Trick-or-Treat outing this Halloween...looks like the
weather's gonna be lovely. Click below for more info:
Source: openlands.org
Located just twenty-five miles north of Chicago, the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve presents a rare opportunity to visit one of the last remaining ravine and bluff ecosystems in the metropolitan region.
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"These vampires won’t drain your blood; they’ll drain your
pockets! Energy vampires cost Americans almost $10 billion a year, and
account for almost 11 percent of all U.S. energy use!”
Source: greenopolis.com
Energy vampires are the electronics, adapters, and appliances with fangs in your outlet, sucking power even when apparently not in use or “off.”
