“It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will some day give shade to people he may never meet.”
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These Chicagoans spent Earth Day at a community garden that will feed local families.
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Jahmal Cole is out to change the world one block at a time with #myhoodmyblockmycity. Story coming in the next #FacesOfChicago.
Is cheap, clean energy harnessed from the sun and applied straight to your electricity bill right for you?
Now, you can Google it to find out.
Google’s newest tool, Project Sunroof, combines the company’s aerial mapping technology with weather data to users to calculate just how much they’d benefit from investing in solar — and, ideally, to get them started on creating their own solar-powered dream homes. After receiving a custom recommendation for a solar installation size that could cover close to 100 percent of their energy needs and reviewing a simple break-down of different options for how to finance it, users who like what they see can also find information about local solar providers who can actually come and set the whole thing up.
Shots from last night. This intrepid group of people is embarking on a project to help resurrect the Chicago Museum of Holography. The back story can be read here http://m.chicagoreader.com/chicago/losing-her-museum/Content?oid=1103150 but the author will be writing another, much more hopeful article very soon. Any Chicago area archivists, conservators, holography/optics specialists, exhibit designers, and curators are encouraged to volunteer!
(Source: fgtvpgmnts-blog)
At first glance, this is a photo of a happy couple at the moment they say “I do.”
Just some good old friends.
Photographer, @linacaro walks us through a week #InHerShoes - and its beautiful! #kickitglobal...
Watching over Chicago Pride from my apartment and smiling so big. So many happy people. Happy...
There was an educated and sophisticated woman I knew in the small mining town in which I was...
