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Would You Do A Locavore Challenge?

If you were asked to eat only locally for two weeks, could you do it? At first thought it seems pretty manageable, but what about everyday staples such as coffee, chocolate, spices and olive oil?...

Chicago’s First LEED Platinum & Zero Net Energy Home

We’re in lurve with this house: it's gorgeous, modern and super innovative. Slated to be one of Chicago’s first LEED platinum homes and run the city's first residential grey water system, the ho...

Chicago Joins RecycleBank!

Chicago is well known for its green initiatives, but one sore spot has been its recycling system. In recent years the city rolled out a successful Blue Cart program, and now Chicago is aiming to inc...

Green Tour: A Future Forward Four-Square

Location: Chicago, IL Size: 3600 sq/ft Years lived in: For Sale! >> Enter Slideshow Located in the picturesque and historic Chicago neighborhood, Ravenswood Manor, this home is a future forward â€...

Fresh Picks: Local Organic Food Delivery

Overwhelmed at the idea of joining a CSA? Partnering with local sustainable farms, Chicago-based Fresh Picks brings organic food to your doorstep every week without the commitment…...

Grand Street Gardens

We’ve been spending a lot of time at Grand Street Gardens recently for our deck renovation, to spruce up our building’s planter boxes, and just to explore. And at this year-round organic garden ...

City Farm's Green Box: For The Urban Farmer

This month is My Great Outdoors month at Apartment Therapy and while many of us would like to have an outdoors, let alone a great outdoors, many apartments just do not. So what do you do if you'd lik...

Chicago Rail to be Transformed into Elevated Trail

In Chicago’s Northwest side there is a stretch of train tracks that spans three miles, across several neighborhoods, adjacent to many parks. Over 15 years ago all train activity ceased on the 100+...

News: Evanston Proposes Offshore Wind Farm

Suburb of Chicago, and home to Northwestern University, the City of Evanston has signed the Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement, which pledges to reduce the city’s green house gas emissions to ...

Little Green Tree House
Chicago's First Eco-Friendly Day Care

The first few years of life are important to a child’s development – and including a healthy, earth conscious lifestyle is no less important than any other aspect of their life. With seemingly dai...

Asrai Garden Celebrates 9 Years
Chicago

Skip Black Friday and escape the winter blues by celebrating Asrai Garden’s 9th anniversary. Asrai is hands-down the best flower boutique in Chicago – the cozy store is always stalked with the mos...

Family Farmed Expo
Chicago

Outdoor farmers markets may have ended for the year, but one of the largest local foods celebrations is happening this weekend in Chicago. The Family Farmed Expo is a three-day locavore gathering of w...

Smart Home Halloween Event
Chicago

Have you been Michelle Kaufmann’s Smart Home yet? If not, this Saturday the Smart Home will be having a fall harvest festival just in time for Halloween and the changing seasons. There will be a far...

Green Tour: Angie and Ed’s Practical Green

Name: Angie & Ed Location: Chicago, Illinois Size: 2800 sq/ft Years Owned: 3 Months! >>Enter Slideshow Ed & Angie describe themselves as “not the type of people that want to live on the bleedin...

Horigan Urban Forest Products

8110 Monticello AvenueSkokie, Illinois 60076847.568.1340www.horiganufp.com Looking for salvaged wood but don’t know where to go? Horigan Urban Forest Products may be one of the best salvaged wood ...

Last Chance: Method Pop-up Shop
Chicago

2034 N HalstedChicago, Illinois 60614 www.methodhome.com Attention Chicagoans, this is the final weekend to stop by the temporary Method Pop-up Shop in Lincoln Park. Not only is it a Method Store, b...

Grasshopper 510

Curious about the name? The grasshopper symbolizes prosperity, wisdom and a leap of faith; 510 represents the wavelength measurement in nanometers for the color green. Grasshopper 510 has a bit of e...

Events Reminder: Chicago Environmental Resource Days

Got some old or broken computers, lawnmowers, or unused paint lying around? Well, mark your calendars and round up your household hazardous waste! Once again, this Saturday, the City of Chicago is off...

Working Bikes Cooperative

Storefront 1125 S Western Ave Chicago, Illinois (312) 421-5048 Warehouse927 S Western Ave, 2nd floor workingbikes.org It’s nearing the end of summer, which is also prime biking season. We’ve tal...

LOOK! Rain Barrels on Parade

Passing through Geneva, Illinois this weekend, we spotted these beautifully painted rain barrels on display throughout the city’s main commercial district on Third Street. The barrels are scattered ...

Green Getaways: Chicago Spas

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