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Earthwatch Chicago 2008 Past Events
May
16-17, 2009, Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 11am-6pm
Green
Festival, Chicago, Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave., Chicago,
IL, $10. Join Earthwatch at the Green Festival, celebrating what's working in
our communities, for people, for businesses and for the environment. Here,
green means safe, healthy communities and strong, local economies. Green is
the color of hope, of social and economic justice, of ecological balance.
You'll enjoy more than 200 visionary speakers and 400 green businesses in each
city, great how-to workshops, green films, yoga and movement classes, green
careers sessions, organic beer and wine, delicious organic cuisine and live
music. Look for Earthwatch at booth 729. Public transportation: CTA.
Parking $23 per day at Navy Pier.
April 25, Saturday, 9:00AM-4PM Loyola University Chicago, “Earth Day 2009” celebration. http://www.luc.edu/earthday Loyola http://www.luc.edu/info/maps/lsc.pdf, This event is co-sponsored by leading groups in the Rogers Park, Edgewater, Andersonville, Uptown, Ravenswood, and West Ridge Communities. Complimentary parking at the Parking Structure on Loyola’s campus. CTA red line. Taking care of the Earth is a collaborative effort. In that spirit, the north side communities of Andersonville, Edgewater, Ravenswood, Rogers Park, Uptown, and West Ridge have joined forces with Loyola University Chicago to host the second North Lake Shore Earth Day Celebration Workshops and panels will explore caring for the environment—globally and locally—to empower Chicagoans to take action in making the world greener.
April
4, 2008,
9AM - Lincoln Park,
Sat.,
Chicago The
Run for the Cheetah
- $28 register online by Apr. 2,
$35 registration day of event. The run along the Lakefront is a fun
event designed to raise awareness about the endangered cheetah and to raise
funds to support the Cheetah Conservation Fund's programs. Anatolian Guard
dogs used to help save farmers to save the Cheetah in Namibia will be there.
Help support conservation of the Cheetah. Earthwatch Principal
Investigator Laurie Marker for the Cheetah
expedition in Namibia, is the Founder and Executive Director of the Cheetah
Conservation Fund (CCF). Read more about Dr. Marker's research in
the February 2008 issue of
Smithsonian
Magazine.
This is a CCF event. See
the web site The
Run for the Cheetah for updates, questions and to
register.
March
28 11:30 - 1:30 Sat, Open House
hosted by Garfield
Farm Museum,
IL Campton Hills hosted. Potluck lunch and open
house
- $5 suggested donation at door. Earthwatch sponsors volunteers and
investigators on many ecological and other scientific expeditions each year.
Garfield Farm and Tavern Museum preserves Illinois history and open space
including natural and restored prairie. Come and bring your friends to a
Potluck Lunch and Volunteer sharing at the Farm. Please bring a dish to pass.
Water, soft drinks, and utensils will be provided. Please bring pictures of
your Earthwatch experiences if you have been on an expedition. Optional
Activities: 8:30 am – 11:30 pm – Be a Firewatcher on a Prairie Burn (Weather
Permitting) Reservations
Required:
Please notify the museum on (630)584-8485 or info@garfieldfarm.org
by Sunday, March 22. Please
indicate if you would like to participate in the Prairie Burn or have a tour
so we can make arrangements. Note:
for those signed up for the prairie burn, we will notify you by 6 pm Friday,
March 27 if weather precludes a Prairie Burn. More
Information about Garfield Farm and Tavern Museum at garfieldfarm.org.
Address for maps, 3N016 Garfield Road, Campton Hills, IL; 2 miles from LaFox
Metra Station on West
Line. Directions from the
intersection of Randall Road and Route 38 in St. Charles. Go 3.5 miles west
on Route 38 to Garfield Road, a marked road only going North. Turn north,
the road turns to gravel, go past the cemetery and turn right into a field
parking lot. Walk across the road and down the lane to the brown house. Reservations
Required:
Please notify the museum on 630 584-8485 or info@garfieldfarm.org
by Sunday, March 22. Let
them know
the following information: Contact
Name and phone number and email Other
Participants & Age Group (Adult/Teen 13-18/School 6-12/Pre-School 3-5): I
will bring Earthwatch pictures: We
would like to participate in the Prairie Burn: We
would like a tour of:
Feb
22, Sun., noon - Wheaton
– Cantigny
Golf Course Red Oak Room, $16 for advance paid reservations,
$20 for reservations after Feb 17 or at the door –
Whether a
‘veteran’ of multiple Earthwatch projects or yet to participate in your
first, join Chicago-area Earthwatch volunteers as they recount and share
photos from their recent expeditions at research sites around the world. This
annual brunch poster session is not to be missed! You’ll hear first hand
about the exciting research projects that you can participate in with
Earthwatch, and learn about the pressing environmental issues that
Earthwatch’s research projects are addressing in dozens of countries: Saving
the Tarangire Migration Tanzania, Costa
Rica Sea Turtles, Puerto
Rico’s Rainforest (Family Team), Meerkats
of the Kalahari, South
Africa's Brown Hyenas , New
York City Wildlife, Songbirds
of the Tetons,
Archeology Potpourri - subject to change. Location:
Cantigny
golf, 27W270 Mack Rd, Wheaton. Directions: From I-88 exit at
Winfield Road. Travel North on Winfield Road approximately 2.5 miles to Mack
Road. Turn right on Mack Road and the clubhouse entrance will be approximately
1 mile on your left. Free and easy parking. Public Transportation: Metra to
Winfield Station; transportation to and from the Winfield Station can be
provided by reservation. (Sunday train from Ogilvie 10:40 arrives 11:35.
Winfield to Ogilvie 2:49 arrive 3:46 depart 4:49 arrive 5:46) Menu:,
Eggs Benedict, made to order omelets, Belgian Waffles, fruit trays, ham
carving station and lots
more. Milk,
juices, coffee and tea available, cash bar.
Advance
reservations and payment
are preferred by Feb. 17 for the discounted $16 fee which includes cost of
meal and tip. E-mail or phone reservation giving a phone number and names of
attendees for name tags to: Helen
Bauer helenearthwatch@aol.com,
(630) 584-2488. Then send her a check for $16 per person made out to Helen
Bauer, 40W753 Grand Monde Dr. ELBURN, IL 60119. $20 by cash or check for
reservations made after Feb 17 or for advance reservations or walk-ins paid at
the door.
For questions, contact Helen Bauer
helenearthwatch@aol.com,
(630) 584-2488. Pre-paid reservations can be
cancelled without penalty if you contact Helen prior to the event. If
you have been on an Earthwatch expedition recently and would like to share
your pictures and experiences, please contact Deborah Verlench dmverlen@aol.com
to let her know you are interested in participating.
Poster presenters will get a $5 discount on the breakfast buffet.
Feb.10,
Tue. 1PM 2001 N. Clark – Angie Adkin, Lincoln Park Zookeeper,
Saving
the Tarangire Migration.
Zebras,
giraffes, and wildebeest.
Lincoln
Park Zoo admin building. New event! Free Location:
Laflin Building, 2001 N. Clark St. Ann Milligan Gray Meeting Room - Lincoln
Park Zoo Administration Building, west and outside of the Lincoln Park Zoo.
(formerly Chicago Academy of Sciences) Program:
Angie Adkin, recipient of
the Feay Earthwatch scholarship will share her experience in the Tarangire. She
spent 10 days observing zebras, wildebeests, and giraffes in the most beautiful
bush. Each morning she would wake before sunrise, eat a delicious
breakfast, and hit the road in search of the animals in order to take
photographs and behavioral observations. The research area extended
outside the Tarangire National Park, so she was able to see a lot of historical
ungulate migratory routes. Come and learn about her experience and how you
could take a similar volunteer vacation with Earthwatch. The objective of this
project is to develop
strategies to conserve large mammal migrations throughout East Africa. Angie
will also present her pictures and adventure at the Poster Session on Feb. 22.
Jan
10-11, 2009
Adventures
in Travel Expo
– Chicago Area, Donald E. Stephens (Rosemont) Convention Center, Booth # 565.
Saturday,
Jan. 10, from 10:30am to 5:30pm, Sunday, Jan. 11, from 11am to 4:30pm. Tickets
$15. If you are on our Chicago Earthwatch events email list
we’ll email you the online coupon address to print. For information contact bfeay@att.net.
The Adventures in Travel Expo, will be at the Donald E. Stephens (formerly
Rosemont) Convention Center off River Road near O’Hare. The Convention
Center is about a 2 block walk along River Road from the Rosemont Stop on the
CTA blue line to O’Hare. Several CTA bus routes also stop there. Public
parking is available at the blue line Rosemont stop for $3, convention center
parking for $11. If
you have been on an Earthwatch Expedition and can volunteer to share your
enthusiasm for a 4 hour shift at the show, please contact Bruce bfeay@att.net
to let him know you are interested in participating.
May
17-18, 2008, Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 11am-6pm
Green
Festival,
Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave., Chicago, IL, $10.
Join Earthwatch at the Green Festival, celebrating what's working
in our communities, for people, for businesses and for the environment. Here,
green means safe, healthy communities and strong, local economies. Green is
the color of hope, of social and economic justice, of ecological balance.
You'll enjoy more than 200 visionary speakers and 400 green businesses in each
city, great how-to workshops, green films, yoga and movement classes, green
careers sessions, organic beer and wine, delicious organic cuisine and live
music. Look for the Earthwatch booth. If you have been on an Earthwatch
Expedition and would like to help by staffing the booth, please contact Helen
Bauer
helenearthwatch@aol.com.
Public transportation: CTA. Parking $23 per day at Navy Pier.
Saturday,
April 12, 9:00 AM to 4 PM Loyola University Chicago “Earth Day
2008” celebration. http://www.luc.edu/earthday
Sunday, April 6, 2008, 9AM - Lincoln Park, Chicago The Run for the Cheetah - $28 register online by Apr. 4, $30 registration day of event. The run along the Lakefront is a fun event designed to raise awareness about the endangered cheetah and to raise funds to support the Cheetah Conservation Fund's programs. In concert with CCF's commitment to conservation, every effort will be made to organize, plan and implement this event as a Green Run. Help support conservation of the Cheetah. Earthwatch Principal Investigator Laurie Marker for the Cheetah expedition in Namibia, is the Founder and Executive Director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF). This is a CCF event. See the web site for updates, questions and to register: The Run for the Cheetah.
March
8, 2008 Saturday 1PM –- Field
Museum, free with Museum
admission (pre-registration not required) Dr.
Summer Arrigo-Nelson, Co-Principal Investigator, Madagascar
Lemurs, will speak on Rainforest
Lemur Conservation - The Impact of Habitat Disturbance.
The
island of Madagascar is among the planet's top biodiversity hotspots, with
tropical forests full of animals found nowhere else in the world. This
biological treasure trove is threatened with large-scale destruction by logging
and other human activities. Summer Arrigo-Nelson will show us what she is
learning about the impact of habitat destruction on the sifaka lemur, a
long-legged leaper and arboreal acrobat. See some of the results of the
efforts that Earthwatch supports. You can join Summer on one of her
Earthwatch teams to Madagascar and help make a difference. Join us and
learn more. This is a Field Museum event. Parking:
Visitor
parking in all lots on the Museum Campus is $15.00 per day. Public Transportation: Click here for the CTA/RTA Travel Information Center (will open a new window).
Feb
24, 2008, Sunday, Noon -
Northbrook
– Allgauer’s
at the Hilton Hotel - Sunday
Brunch Poster Session featuring volunteers and their pictures from
recent Earthwatch Expeditions. - We
are looking for poster presenters, so if you have Earthwatch project pictures
you’d like to share, let Deborah Verlench dmverlen@aol.com
know you are interested. Discounted brunch for presenters. Madagascar
Lemurs-
Summer
Arrigo-Nelson – Co-Principal Investigator
Saving
Sweetwater's Rhino (Kenya)
– Mike Skidmore – Lincoln
Park Zoo Rhino Animal Care Staff Origins
of Angkor
(Thailand) Meerkats
of the Kalahari (South
Africa) Saving
Sweetwater's Rhino (Kenya)
Prehistoric
Pueblos of the American Southwest
(New Mexico) Location:
Allgauer’s
at the Hilton Hotel, Menu: champagne, juices, fruits, breakfast pastries, several salads, smoked salmon rosettes, bagels and cream cheese, herb scrambled eggs, bacon and sausages, omelet station, cheese blintz, French toast, desserts, coffee and tea. Great reviews for this brunch. Advance
reservations and payment are required by Feb. 18, $30
includes
cost of meal and tip. E-mail or phone reservation giving a phone number and
names of attendees for name tags to: Helen
Bauer helenearthwatch@aol.com,
(630) 584-2488. Then send her a check for $30
per person made out to Helen
Bauer, 40W753
Jan 26, 27, 2008 Adventures in Travel Expo – Donald E. Stephens (Rosemont) Convention Center Earthwatch
will have booth 1834 at the
Adventures in Travel Expo, This year the show will be open to the public on
Saturday, January 26, from 10:30am to 5:30pm, and on Sunday, January 27, from
11am to 4:30pm. Sunday
at 12:45PM the founder of Earthwatch, Brian
Rosborough is featured on the National
Geographic ADVENTURE Theatre Stage, Earthwatch:
Travel with a Mission, Adventure is the Reward. This
is a unique opportunity to meet hear about Earthwatch from its beginnings in
1972. Brian will be at the Earthwatch booth after his talk on Sunday so
you can visit and ask more questions. Stop by the Earthwatch Booth to learn
more about us and talk to people who have been on recent expeditions. The
Convention Center is about a 2 block walk along River Road from the Rosemont
Stop on the CTA blue line to O’Hare. Several CTA bus routes also stop there.
Public parking is available at the blue line Rosemont stop for $3. The
convention center parking is $11. To sign up for email Earthwatch Chicago events notification and to get online access to a FREE ENTRY COUPON or for Questions: Email Bruce Feay bfeay@att.net.
2007 Past Events
Nov 15, Thur. 1PM, 2001 N. Clark St. Dr. Summer Arrigo-Nelson,
Co-Principal Investigator, Madagascar
Lemurs, will speak on Rainforest
Lemur Conservation - The Impact of Habitat Disturbance.
Free. Location:
Laflin Building, 2001 N. Clark St. Ann Milligan Gray Meeting Room - Lincoln
Park Zoo Administration Building, west and outside of the Lincoln Park Zoo.
(formerly Chicago Academy of Sciences)
Nov. 13, Tuesday 7:30PM Brookfield Zoo - Rolf Peterson PI for Moose and Wolves. SORRY SOLD OUT. Brookfield Zoo's Discovery Center, information Mary Feay mfeay@att.net The Wolves of Isle Royale. Peterson will discuss the predator-prey relationship between wolves and moose in this island national park, emphasizing findings that have emerged especially because of the long-term (50-year) nature of the research. Results of this research have helped turn around public attitudes toward wolves and revolutionize wildlife-management and wolf-reintroduction policies worldwide.
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