GREENRISE GOES LIVE! JOIN ICA SUSTAINABLE SEPTEMBER ACTIVITIES!

ICA is proud to announce the launch of Sustainable September, a month of activities to raise awareness of global climate change issues.

Sustainable September will culminate by celebrating the diversity of the Uptown neighborhood and the installation of 483 solar panels on the roof of ICA GreenRise with an:
Uptown Sharing Approaches that Work and Solar Launch Event
Wednesday, September 24th
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
ICA GreenRise Uptown Learning Lab
4750 N. Sheridan Road

Photo by: Jonathan H. Lee

Saturday, September 6th
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Great March for Climate Action
Climate Marchers Celebratory Dinner

Inspired by non-violence principles employed by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, on March 1, 2014, climate patriots set out from Los Angeles, CA, on a 3,000 mile trek to Washington DC. The marchers will arrive in Chicago on September 6th and the ICA will host them at ICA GreenRise for three nights.
ICA is hosting a celebratory potluck to welcome the marchers.

Friday, September 12th
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
​Fixing the Future
Film Screening and Discussion
Follow David Brancaccio, of public radio's Marketplace and NOW on PBS, across America as he visits people and organizations who are leading a revolution: the reinvention of the American economy.

Join the post-film discussion and learn about how to get involved in alternative economies in Chicago from representatives of the Chicago Time Exchange and the Mutual Aid Network.

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Terry Bergdall with Karen Weigert at the 2012 Share Fair

Thursday, September 18th
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
LIVE STREAM of Preparing for Climate Change: The Chicago Story

ICA is the Uptown Community virtual broadcast host site for this panel discussion moderated by MarySue Barrett of the Metropolitan Planning Council. Panelists include:

• Dr. Don Wuebbles, National Climate Assessment Convening Lead Author
• Tom Skilling, WGN TV Meteorologist
• Karen Weigert, City of Chicago Chief Sustainability Officer
• Mary Gade, former Region V Administrator for the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency.

George Marshall

Friday, September 19th
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Communicating Sustainability in a Polarized Society: an Interactive Workshop

Join ICA for a witty, insightful, and groundbreaking take on one of the most urgent questions of our time:

Why, despite overwhelming scientific evidence, do we still ignore climate change?

In partnership with animalia project, ICA is hosting a limited number of guests at ICA GreenRise for an interactive workshop with climate change communications expert, George Marshall.​

The workshop is free; please consider donating to offset speaker expenses.