Transition Uptown

05/09/2018

Will be shutting this page down, thanks.

08/06/2017

05/01/2017

We marched here in Chicago in the rain. We do need a movement to come together!

04/21/2017

In 2008, on a dig in the First Nation’s Menominee Reservation in Wisconsin, archaeologists made a small but stunning discovery: a tiny clay pot.

02/08/2017

Much of society still seems to think scientists all wear lab coats, and study arcane issues that are irrelevant to most people. This…

08/29/2014

ICA GreenRise (4750 N. Sheridan Rd.) will be showing this movie on September 7th. RSVP to [email protected] to find out what time and to join us.

Watch and Share the trailer for this powerful new film -- and join me for the World Premiere on September 7.

07/22/2014

After witnessing the destruction of the rainforests around his home in South America, Pope Francis was compelled to stand up and defend this beautiful planet. And you don’t have to be Bill Nye the Science Guy to know he’s right.For best results, plant the Pope’s words in your heart, add water and su…

06/12/2014

The ICA GreenRise building is contributing to Chicago becoming solar this year with 500 solar panels.

Campaign to get solar panels installed on all government buildings

06/02/2014

Walmart has led the way, and therefore is the symbol of how our economy has transformed from businesses and services that actually provide a service to communities and their economiec, to businesses and services that are merely exploitative.

Walmart workers are leading the movement to change the Walmart economy. Join them at: www.WalmartEconomy.com

05/07/2014

We could learn from Julie's approach. I keep looking for how we use our power to actually create something new, like ways to actually grow our own food and businesses and ways to interact with people in our neighborhood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzabaYqS-O4

http://www.eomega.org/omega/faculty/viewProfile/35638fe80b04badf62774fa249c5e6d0/ Julia Butterfly Hill is known for climbing a 1,000 year-old redwood tree in...

05/02/2014

Winthrop Garden Workday coming up tomorrow 9:30 am May 3rd.