April 2019
Celebrating Earth Day in Chicago
Earth Month is considered April and Earth Day is April 22!
Due to the timing of Easter Weekend and resultant family vacations however, several Earth Day events will be held on other days this year.
In honor of Earth Day 2019, Net Impact Chicago (NIC) would like to highlight several local happenings that we encourage the NIC community to participate in around this special time. From volunteering to clean up our parks and neighborhoods, to films, and indoor celebrations, there are activities aplenty. Some are listed below, in date order.
Please click on the provided respective links for more information. "RSVP" indicates need to reserve prior online to attend, and $ indicates a paid event. Unless stated otherwise, events are arranged by their respective organizers and not by NIC. Many others can be found at the community-crowdsourced Chicago Sustainability Leaders' Network (CSLN) Facebook calendar and at MWRD Commissioner Josina Morita's Earth Month calendar
4/16 - Loyola University talk: How Business Leaders Build a Better World
Gold Coast (RSVP)
https://www.luc.edu/baumhartcenter/events/
4/17 - DIRTT Environmental Solutions hosts Rich Alapack of 'We All Live Here'
River North (RSVP, bring electronics to recycle)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earth-day-celebration-at-dirtt-with-rich-alapack-of-we-all-live-here-tickets-59522143333
4/20 - Sacred Keepers 2019 Earth Day Butterfly Planting
Bronzeville/ Kenwood
https://www.facebook.com/events/2099044233465391/
4/22 - 27 One Earth mini-Film-Fest for Earth Day 2019
Various locations (RSVP)
https://www.oneearthfilmfest.org/2019-earth-day-week-mini-film-fest
4/22 - Art Institute of Chicago presents Fluid Urbanism: Architecture, Community, and Ecology Along the Chicago River
Downtown (RSVP)
https://sales.artic.edu/Events/Event/18467
4/23 - Indivisible Lincoln Square presents - Chicago Water: what's in it for me?
Lincoln Square
https://www.facebook.com/events/912368838969958/
4/23 -University of Chicago presents The Divided City: Poverty and Prosperity in Urban America
Hyde Pk (RSVP)
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/urban-policy-student-association-17220962778
04/24 - IIT/ C2ST host NAE symposium on Smart Cities for a Sustainable Globalization
Bronzeville (RSVP)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1196318183864554/
04/25 - Northwestern University seminar on Food Sovereignty Through Native American Farming and Gardening Projects
Evanston, IL
https://www.humanities.northwestern.edu/about/events/upcoming-events.html
4/25 - Newberry Library presents: Indigenous Prosperity and American Conquest
Gold Coast (RSVP)
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/newberry-library-7720919743
4/27 - Friends of the Parks’ 2019 Chicagoland Earth Day Parks & Preserves Clean-Up
various locations - (RSVP)
https://fotp.org/events-page/earth-day/
4/27 - Sierra Club Montrose Beach Earth Day Bird Walk & Nature Tour
Uptown (RSVP)
https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=7010Z000001a8fDQAQ&mapLinkHref
4/27 - Advocates for Urban Agriculture (AUA) April's Food Sovereignty Action Day
South Side (RSVP)
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/advocates-for-urban-agriculture-12681153014
4/27 - The Plant hosts "A Look Inside the Hive - Introduction to Urban Beekeeping
South Side (RSVP $$)
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/plant-chicago-nfp-7645267861
4/29 - Chicago Women in Green gathering
West Loop (RSVP)
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/chicago-women-in-green-3359309706
In addition, our next Net Impact Chicago event will be on May 15 in River North. More details can be found on our Events page.
See NIC prior event recaps at our Blog.
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Contact us via <info@netimpactchicago.org> with suggestions, questions, or offers to volunteer, host, sponsor, or speak.
