Posts Tagged ‘ Earth Day ’

Teaching Global Citizenship in Archer Heights

October 29, 2009
By Matt Evans

Traveling to 100 schools in 70 countries over the past decade helped Sarah Elizabeth Ippel craft the vision of holistic and stimulating education that is now the basis of the Academy for Global Citizenship charter school she founded in the Archer Heights neighborhood. The academy is in its second school year this fall, with 50...
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Green Roof Open House in the Heart of the Loop

April 15, 2009
By Barbara Iverson
Green Roof Open House in the Heart of the Loop

Feeling like you are far from green living because you live in Chicago In Chicago, you can often expect the unexpected, and find it right where you least expect it. At the corner of State and Madison, for example, the origin point of Chicago’s grid system street address system, sits the Metropolis Condominium (8...
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