Woodlawn Students Give O2 For You!
This morning, eight students from Woodlawn’s Guiding Our Talented Youth Ahead (GOT-YA) program joined Roots&Shoots and O2 For You at the Kenwood Healthcare Center to give peace lilies to the...
View ArticleEdible Arts Garden In Final Stages
Here are the latest pictures of the Timuel D. Black Edible Arts Garden at 5710 S. Woodlawn. CKP Intern Cecilia Donnelly in the garden. Cecilia Donnelly and Michael Cheong-Leen in front of the...
View ArticleTim Black Garden Open!
Our first harvest! It’s been a big couple of weeks for the Timuel D. Black Edible Arts Garden at 5710 S. Woodlawn. Our opening ceremony was a smashing success. It was extremely well-attended –...
View ArticleGreat Conversations: The Environmental Edition
The Great Conversations series continues, with some of the University of Chicago’s own best environmental thinkers. Don’t miss these upcoming events! While these events are usually $30, contact Bart...
View ArticleDonoghue School Students visit the Timuel D. Black Edible Arts Garden
It was very fitting that the first school group to visit the Timuel D. Black Edible Arts Garden did so on Dec. 7, 2009–Timuel D. Black’s 91st Birthday! Happy Birthday Tim! As always, your students were...
View ArticleDR. JANE GOODALL–GOMBE AND BEYOND
Friday, May 7th, at 7:30 pm at Rockefeller Chapel. Tickets are available through the Rockefeller Chapel ticket office. Please see the story at http://rockefeller.uchicago.edu/ Dr. Jane Goodall
View ArticleNOMKHUBALWANE AND YOU!
Trust you all know about the Chicago visit of controversial South African artist Andries Botha and his life size elephant sculpture Nomkhubalwane. You can read about one leg of his visit here:...
View Articlewisdom from Jane Addams
From Jane Addams, “A Modern Lear”: It is so easy for the good and powerful to think that they can rise by following the dictates of conscience by pursuing their own ideals, leaving those ideals...
View ArticleThe Chicago Wilderness Tour
On Saturday, July 7th, the inaugural Chicago Wilderness tour provided participants with an unforgettable experience in seeing and appreciating the environmental wonders of our region! Chicago...
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