http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?fid4ct=27656 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:02:00 EST Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:01:00 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss RapidFeeds v0.1 -- http://www.rapidfeeds.com The Q & A session that followed the Main Event... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4614476 aarbetter@urbanhabitatchicago.com http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4614476 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:00:00 EST This lively, fast-paced discussion, moderated by Chicago’s one-and-only Lynn Becker, will feature a panel of local practitioners who will each take on one aspect of the 1909 Plan of Chicago by Burnham and Bennett, make it relevant and accessible by bringing it up-to-date, then offer real-world solutions on how it might be implemented. Speakers: Samuel Assefa, AIA, LEED AP, Principal of Phoenix Sustainable Asset Management Richard Avery, Architect, ALA, Principal, Hampton Avery Architects Nicholas Petty, MLA, Project Manager, Urban Habitat Chicago Rashmi Ramaswamy and Mike Newman, Architects, SHED Studio Leslie Roth, Architect Zoka Zola, Architect, AIA, RIBA, LEED AP, Principal, Zoka Zola Architecture + Urban Design http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4609364 aarbetter@urbanhabitatchicago.com http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4609364 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:01:00 EST A presentation on the Chicago Center for Urban Ecology, by its multi-talented executive director, David M. Thompson. This new ecological center project introduces residents of underserved communities to environmental science, sustainable practices, and the green economy, in addition to providing locally-farmed fresh produce. Conceived of as a portal to environmental education and activities, rather than as a simple point of production, the center enlarges the scope of the urban farm, in order to achieve the broadest possible social and economic benefits. Multiple organizations with expertise in cultivation, distribution, consumption, and waste recovery have come together to contribute to the establishment of the Center for Urban Ecology. In addition, however, to providing new food-system infrastructure in communities such as Woodlawn, Washington Park, and Englewood, the center also provides opportunities for area residents to develop saleable skills, from constructing computer models to project management. Archeworks, WeFarm America, Purple Asparagus, and the University of chicago have all partenered to provide support for the Chicago Center in it’s early years. http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4332373 aarbetter@urbanhabitatchicago.org http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4332373 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:02:00 EST