Because the Earnshaws completed the 13.1 course in the Walk Wisconsin walkathon, they were able to collect $425.50 in pleges for SETF. We appreciate all the time and effort they put in this fundraising campaign. We hope they will consider doing it again next year.
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Jim and Julia Earnshaw, members of SETF, completed the 13 mile Walk for Wisconsin marathon last weekend in Stevens Point, Wisconsin – and they did it all for SETF! The Earnshaws generously donated weekends of their time, working hard to build up their stamina and to collect pledges. They were determined to complete the course and they did.
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SETF’s Tom Shepherd and Rod Sellers of the Southeast Chicago Historical Society took the 7th grade students of Douglas Taylor Elementary on a Toxics to Treasures Tour of their own neighborhood. Students learned about the brownfields and the sources of pollution as well as the green initiatives that exist on the southeast side. ABC7 was there
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Trees R Beautiful received a “mini-grant” from the program sponsored by the Fuller Park Community Development and Openlands and that is funded by the USDA Forest Service. The money will be used to purchase trees to plant throughout South Chicago, the Eastside and Hegewisch neighorhoods. Trees can only be planted on public property or parkways.
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We had a great turn out for the first Eco-tour of the season. They were all busy chatting and drinking coffee when the red trolley arrived. Ruby, the trolley driver, parked on the side of the building and opened the doors in a welcoming gesture. We rounded up everyone and had them board the wooden paneled trolley as
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On April 21, the MWRD Board voted 9-to-0 to request a wildlife study of the area surrounding, and including, the proposed site for the Chicago Police outdoor firing range. SETF had opposed the construction of the firing range in an area identified in the Open Space Reserve Plan containing the O’Brien Marsh and Whitford Ponds, two
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Jim and Julia, residents of the Southeast Side and two of SETF’s biggest fans, have offered to fund raise for us by walking on behalf of the Task Force in the “Walk Wisconsin” marathon on June 4th. The 13.1 mile course utiizes the beautiful trail system in and around Portage County’s urban areas. Upon complition, they will
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The SETF office became a temporary lab on March 13th when Robert LeSuer, our President and resident Chemist, conducted his “Make a Solar Cell Workshop”. With the assistance of his chemistry students from nearby Chicago State University, he demonstrated how to use berry juices, iodine, Titanium Oxide, glass slides and other materials to construct and to create
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On March 15, SETF along with representatives from Chicago Audubon, Chicago Department of the Environment, The Chicago Legal Clinic, two Northwestern students, and a reporter gathered on a mission to scout for nesting Blue Herons near Whitford Pond. Blue Herons are large waterfowl that build their nests high atop trees next to ponds that serve as sources of