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Plastics/Textiles
Straw/Earth
Directories
UHC Education Programs
- UHC Lecture and Film Series UHC presents a yearly series of lectures by members and guests that draw on a wide range of fields and interests such as urban agriculture, biology, ecology, architecture, land use and planning, engineering, construction, product design, and manufacturing. Our goal is to educate our members and the public about today's vital environmental concerns and provide some information and tools on how to address them in ways large and small. Also find podcasts of previous lectures.
- UHC Urban Agriculture Workshops Series 2011 UHC's 2011 agriculture workshops included an introductory summer series as well as a bootcamp, designed to give the participant all of the basic skills necessary to start their own urban farm. Our fall series built on those workshops, teaching the more advanced skills necessary to extend the growing season into cooler weather to maximize production in our northern climate.
- Urban Habitat Chicago Institute (UHCi) Introducing UHC Institute! Through workshops, internships, volunteer days, and free lectures, UHC has sought to educate and empower the public with knowledge and skills that will lead to greater urban sustainability efforts. Building further on these initiatives, in 2012 we are launching UHC Institute - a coherent educational program geared to provide more hands-on training to an even broader public, with a strong focus on urban agriculture. Key components of the program are multi-level workshop series, and field or administrative internships, all designed to build a functional level of independent capacity in participants.
Waste/Pollution Reduction
Urban
- Best Practices The UN's guide to sustainable urban practices.
- City Limits London City Limits London is a resource flow and ecological footprint analysis of Greater London.
Manufacturing
- Industrial Symbiosis Industrial Symbiosis works to make manufacturing work together as an ecosystem.
Water
- Living Systems Living Systems - natural water cleansing via bacteria, algae and wetland systems.
Waste
- NO Waste NO Waste aims to implement the No Waste by 2010 act by the Australian government in the city of Canberra.
- The ReUse People Oakland, CA-based company seeking to expand to other cities offers triple threat: deconstruction services, retail sales of salvaged materials, and consultation.
- Zero Waste Alliance New Zealand works toward zero waste.
- Zero Waste Alliance The Zero Waste Alliance is a non-profit partnership of universities, government, business and other organizations working to develop, promote and apply Zero Waste strategies.
Organizations
- Aga Khan Award for architecture
- Center for Neighborhood Technology Chicago, IL. "Strategies for Livable Communities"
- Chicagoland Bicycle Federation Chicagoland's grassroots, non-profit bicycling advocacy organization. Join today for great benefits!
- Cycling Sisters The Cycling Sisters host social rides and bicycle maintenance workshops for Chicago women. All levels of cycling and mechanical ability are welcome.
- Environmental Law & Policy Center A Midwest public interest environmental advocacy organization.
- Global Development Research Center
- Green @ Work Magazine "The essential guide to the business world's growing embrace of sustainability."
- Greenpeace
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assesses scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
- Nerds at Heart Dating for Green Nerds - come find love with others who love the planet.
- Rocky Mountain Institute "Rocky Mountain Institute is an entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources to make the world secure, just, prosperous, and life-sustaining."
- Sunlight of the Spirit Chicago based non-profit organization whose mission is to empower individuals who are homeless, ex-offenders, low-income, recovering from addiction, and other disenfranchised groups who have the common goal to work towards self-sufficiency.
- The Urban Conservancy New Orleans-base nonprofit dedicated to research, education and advocacy that promote the wise stewardship of the urban built environment and local economies.
- The Urban Land Institute
- The Worldwatch Institute provides independent research for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society.
- U.S. Green Building Council The U.S. Green Building Council is a coalition of leaders from across the building industry working to promote sustainable and green building practices and the developers of LEED.
- Urban Ecology uses urban planning, ecology, and public participation to help design and build healthier cities.
- World Resources Institute World Resources Institute researches climate change.
Technologies
- Energy Directory Alternative energy resource listings
Tools
- Sun angle calculator Sun angle calculator for passive solar designing
Sponsors
- True Nature Foods A source of natural foods and products from farmer to local grocer. Also a drop-off site for three independently owned and operated farms. Special thanks to owner Paula Companio and her staff.
Architects & Designers
- Bruce Goff Fearless design prodigy. From Kansas!
- Frei Otto A special gift for creating lightweight tent-like structures.
- Glenn Murcutt Chiefly admired among his contemporaries for creating an identifiably Australian idiom in domestic architecture.
- Jersey Devil Jersey Devil's architecture shows a concern for craft and detail, an attention to the expressiveness of the construction materials, and a strong environmental consciousness.
- Malcolm Wells This guy rocks! Dedicated to the promotion and discussion of: underground buildings, earth-sheltered architecture, eco-friendly design, and energy-efficient houses.
- R. Buckminster Fuller Inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician, poet, cosmologist.
Schools
- Yestermorrow The Yestermorrow Design/Build School is a dynamic learning community exploring and teaching the integrated creative process of designing and building a sustainable future. Vermont.
Blogs
- Chicago Gardeners Blog Serves as a collection of RSS feeds & links to make finding gardeners in the Chicago area easier.
- Repkin Biosystems Michael Repkin is an ecological designer specializing in biological resource recovery and sustainable food production.
