SYMPOSIUM: SUSTAINABILITY 2012 -SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES

Date: Next Thursday, May 3rd, 2012, 5:30 – 8:00pm

Place: Green Home Chicago Design Center, 213 N. Morgan St. #1D, Chicago, IL 60607 click here for directions

Registration required, $10 per person, limited seating

Payment

Background:
The issue of sustainability as it pertains to commercial and residential building is large, multi-dimensional and evolving. Join us as a panel of leading national experts discusses the current state of the industry, and addresses important, relevant questions about its status and growth. To focus the forum, the panel will begin with the intellectual and philosophical question – “What is sustainability?” – and will then move to discuss its applicability to building specifically. This is intentional to focus discussion along the parameters of whether we are, as an industry, focusing on the right issues in day-to-day business.

Format:
The symposium features a panel presentation with audience question-and-answer. Diana Tychsen, senior editor, CS Interiors, will moderate the session, which is hosted by Karen Kalmek, president, Green Home Chicago Design Center.

Panel:
Ken Dunn
Founder and Director, The Resource Center

Helen J. Kessler FAIA, LEED Fellow
HJ Kessler Associates, Inc.

Christopher R. Drew Ph.D
Director of Sustainability, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architects

Amanda N. Mahon LEED AP BD+C
Interior Designer and LEED Consultant, Green Home Chicago Design Center

Panelists will be answering specific questions and the audience will be invited to participate in the moderated event.

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In peace,

Karen Kalmek, Founder
Green Home Chicago

213 N. Morgan #1D | Chicago | IL | 60607 | 312.432.9400
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ReCreate celebrates the new Creative Reuse Warehouse
at the ReBuilding Exchange!

Grand opening April 28, 3:00-5:30pm
2160 N. Ashland Avenue in Chicago (enter from Webster).

Ken Dunn, Founder and President of Resource Center, along with Marilyn Jones, founder and President of Consolidated Printing, and Eco-Entrepreneur Barry Bursak were honored for their pioneering contributions at a special Green Drinks event held on December 7^th at Haworth’s showroom in the Merchandise Mart.

These “trailblazers” in the Chicago green community were recipients of Foresight Design Initiative’s first ever Sustainable Transformation Award. The honorees were recognized for their relentless drive to bring about positive and green change in their communities. Together, they have a combined 80 years of experience in environmentally sustainable practices.

As recyclers, we have persisted through both periods of great public interest and periods when it felt like we were the lone voice for recycling. And we will continue to advocate and promote recycling and sustainability initiatives throughout Chicago. We invite you to join us and support the Resource Center’s efforts.

And announcing the closure of the Wrightwood Recycling Drop-off site pains us because, as friends of the Resource Center know, we are passionate about helping Chicago recycle more. A letter from Founder & President, Ken Dunn, follows with details on the closure.

Changes in Resource Center’s Recycling Operations:

Wrightwood Drop-Off Location to Close on November 9th

Dear Resource Center Supporters,

For more than thirty years, the Resource Center has provided free recycling drop-off centers for residents at locations around Chicago.  We currently operate four drop-off centers: Wrightwood & Lincoln, Uptown, North Park Village and the Railyard. We maintain these drop-off sites and keep them open to the public because of our commitment to sustainability and our belief that communities should have access to recycling services. And this has been possible through the generosity of individual donors and the organizations that own the sites. Specifically, we owe a debt of gratitude to Tom Long his colleagues at the 7 Eleven at 2600 N. Lincoln Avenue for twenty-seven years of hosting our Wrightwood Neighbors Drop-off Center.

What’s Changing?

The Wrightwood collections site, located in the parking lot of the 7 Eleven on 2600 N. Lincoln Ave., is closing. The last drop-off day at this site will be Wednesday, November 9^th. This change will not affect our other recycling services. We will continue to operate the three other drop-off sites, and all residential and commercial recycling collections will continue uninterrupted.

What You Can Do.

We value your commitment to recycling and we encourage you to continue your efforts. If you are affected by the Wrightwood site closure, we recommend taking your household recyclables to the recycling facility nearest you.  You can visit one of our other three drop-off locations or a nearby City of Chicago center. The nearest City of Chicago Blue Recycling Drop-Off Center is located at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (2430 N. Cannon Drive). For information on hours, materials collected and other City drop-off sites, visit the City of Chicago’s website. We support the City of Chicago in its efforts to expand responsible single stream recycling throughout the City.  While we still believe in the value of our Clean Stream approach, which keeps recyclables separate from one another and as pure as possible, we recommend using the drop-off center closest to you.

Recycling Collections for Commercial and Residential Buildings

We are Chicago’s largest not-for-profit recycler. We provide pick-up services for a variety of businesses, schools, universities, restaurants, museums and multi-family residential buildings. If you are interested in finding out more about our collection services, contact Mike McNamee to request a proposal or call us at (773) 821-1351.

Recycling is our core. Nearly forty years ago, we were one of the first organizations to recognize the value of recycling in Chicago. Today we recycle more than 6,000 tons of material every year. Read more about our 99% guarantee and the story about our recycling services here.

Thank you for your continued support. We invite you to contact us if you have any questions or concerns about the Wrightwood site closure. We want to continue to be your recycling partner and your source for all things sustainable. Visit our website to find out more about our other resource recovery and urban agriculture programs. Together we can make a difference.

Your Chicago recycling partner,
Ken Dunn

Founder & President