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Posts tagged "community"

Reuse and Donate Your Old Clothes To Save the Environment; A Think About This Tip

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You got a lot of new clothes for the holidays and now you do not have room to hang them. Right? Do not throw those old clothes in the trash. Cut them up for rags, reuse them somehow, or better yet – donate them to a local resale shop so someone else in your community can... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
January 9, 2012 at 7:16 am
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Buy Local and Support Your Community Like Billy Dec!!

Luis and Shawna Coronado at Billy Dec’s Blues Bash event. Green Tip - Buy Local!! Billy Dec, fellow blogger extraordinaire and Chicago entrepreneur from “A Chicago Thing” invited a group of ChicagoNow bloggers and 3 curbillion of his closest friends to an amazing party celebrating local blues talent at the Rock It Bar and Grill River North... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
February 20, 2011 at 10:16 am
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GN Book Excerpt - - Conservation - Reuse Books, Reuse Crayons, Reuse Shoes, Reuse Everything and Make a Difference!

SCARCE volunteers working conservation education projects. Over the next several weeks I will be featuring excerpts from my book, Gardening Nude, which are stories about real live people who have decided to live greener and healthier lives. Enjoy!! SCARCE’s amazing library team at their used book warehouse in DuPage County. GN Book Excerpt – -... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
February 16, 2011 at 1:28 pm
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Earth Day Inspiration - Planting A New Community Garden In Chicago!

Officials from Lincoln Square Chamber of Commerce, 47th Ward Alderman Gene Shultman’s office, and CLEAR dedicate the new community garden in Chicago. On a desolate lot next to a Walgreens drug store at 4803 N. Western Avenue sits an amazing well of life waiting to help the people who live in Lincoln Square, Chicago. Today, Earth Day 2010, was... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
April 22, 2010 at 9:00 pm
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How 14 Days In The Yucatan Made Me Realize The Value of Planet Earth - Part 4 - Building Community

Sixty feet up the spectacular Mayan pyramid known as Nohoch Muul, wind buffets me and I cling to the rock desperately – trembling in the 100 degree heat – my heart pounding wildly. As I carefully climb up the steep face of one of the tallest known Mexican pyramids sweat drips down my forehead onto... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
December 28, 2009 at 3:37 pm
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