… nearby. Inside and out, homes beckon with welcoming lights. Whatever your holiday, it’s easy to be eco-friendly this year when you decorate. Décor. Can the Plastic . For the past 50 years, … plastics, but these days—especially with the ease of online searches—it’s not difficult to locate decorative holiday items for purchase made of wood, or recycled glass or metal. … light-emitting diode (LED) lights to replace those inefficient incandescent ones is a sound investment. LED holiday lights stay cool to the touch, use less energy, and come in a …
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… educational institutions, and businesses. Examples include NeighborSpace, which holds title to two Windy City Harvest operating sites; Brinshore-Michaels, the Chicago Housing Authority and … Transitional Jobs and Apprenticeship graduates. It takes a network of enlightened partners to make the kind of impact that Windy City Harvest is having on Chicago’s food hub and the farmers and entrepreneurs who are being trained to help …
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… for students and youth groups of all ages On Your Own Field Trips allow you and your students to explore the Chicago Botanic Garden at your own pace. Discover nature, science, literature, … Make sure that all teachers, chaperones, and bus drivers have a copy of the entry ticket to ensure free admission. Upon entry, the gatehouse attendant will direct you to your drop-off … & Blooms (Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend) free of charge. Please note: Entry is first-come, first-served and based on availability. Only small, chaperoned groups will be …
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… Citizen Science Academy Learn how to better engage your students, visitors, or program participants with the natural world through … courses use Budburst as a case study for learning about citizen science as a field, how to use citizen science effectively in a variety of educational settings, and how to create … the form of phenology observations—for citizen science projects such as Budburst. The course is designed for both formal and informal educators with implementation strategies provided for …
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… or 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 10 – 11:30 a.m. for 90-minute programs A 1:5 ratio of chaperones to students is required. Maximum number of students: 30 Surprising Seeds Fall, Early Spring Ever wonder how … started growing right there? Discover and examine different seed structures that enable plants to get around. This program illustrates how the shape of an object helps it function to solve a … or 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 10 – 11:30 a.m. for 90-minute programs A 1:5 ratio of chaperones to students is required. Maximum number of students: 30 Surprising Seeds Fall, Early Spring Ever …
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… Information Officer Kevin Malover, chief information officer of the Chicago Botanic Garden, is also the founder and principal consultant at CIO Services, a firm that provides IT strategy … get the benefits of having a technology executive with deep outside experience available to them on an as-needed basis for advisory services, strategic planning, interim leadership, and … as chief information officer. He led the launch and explosive growth of the online travel site that quickly became one of the most popular, attracting more than a million visitors per …
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… educators and horticulturists credit their personal growth and professional development to early doses of “Vitamin G” (a term to describe the benefits of exposure to green environments). Their words and childhood pictures … in learning science with my love of nature and share it with others, I thought, ‘This is the place for me’.” Jennifer at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, age 4 Eileen Prendergast … educators and horticulturists credit their personal growth and professional development to early doses of “Vitamin G” (a term to describe the benefits of exposure to green …
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… a PDF order form Garden for Life Fact Sheets Available as a PDF Download Includes: What is horticultural therapy? Designing your own barrier-free garden Barrier-free gardening with … these worksheets detail a program of therapeutic horticultural activities. From transplanting to flower arrangement, these videos encourage active participation in the benefits of working … these worksheets detail a program of therapeutic horticultural activities. From transplanting to flower arrangement, these videos encourage active participation in the benefits of working …
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… regulating, and cultural ecosystem services and look at the ways that they contribute to human wellbeing. Unit 2: Identifying the key changing conditions of the Earth system In Unit … temperature. They then apply one of those methods and use real temperature and tree-ring data to understand how tree growth is affected by both temperature and precipitation, and draw conclusions about what that means for …
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… Tomato Talk #CBGtomatotalk May 16 – September 30 Welcome to Tomato Talk, where we’ll talk tomatoes all season long. Beginning May 16, we’ll have weekly … same at home and sharing their gardening trials, tribulations, and successes. Fred’s Tie-Dye is not your everyday tomato, and you likely won’t find it at your local nursery or garden center. … They crossbred a number of heirloom tomato varieties with known dwarf tomato varieties to provide the starting point for an array of new, stable, open-pollinated (non-hybrid) dwarf …
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