Visit the EWB-USA Chicagoland Chapter at the Chicago Building Congress Annual Table Top Tradeshow.  Last year, over 250 industry professionals attended. Visit the CBC website or see the attached flyer for more information.

Date: April 21, 2010, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM

Location: Union League Club, 66 W. Jackson, Chicago

Come one, come all to the Canchias Bridge Project Fundraiser, Thursday, March 25th at 6:00 pm at the Sidebar Grill @ 221 N. LaSalle. For more details of this fun social and fundraiser event see the attached flyer.

Todd Doweidt will be demonstrating a ram pump that will be installed for the Cuetzala water supply project.    Contact Ron Niehaus and Margaret Renas, Research and Training co-chairs, for more information at research@ewb-chicago.org

The Rotary District 6440 has invited our EWB chapter to be part of their annual conference.  This is an exciting opportunity to interact with many of our biggest supporters. Approximately 400 Rotarians from clubs throughout north and west suburban Chicago and northern Illinois will be in attendance.  We will have have a booth, speak to Rotarians about our projects, and book speaking engagements.

Please contact Marcella Bondie Keenan at communications@ewb-chicago.org if you are interested in participating

Date: April 29- May 2, 2010

Location: Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

Thank you to Rotary District 6440 for this invitation, and thank you to Rotary International for their continued support of our projects.

We are thrilled to formally introduce our speakers and sponsors of the EWB-USA 2010 International Conference, March 18-21, 2010 in beautiful Denver, CO.  Take a look below to see what we have to offer you this year!

Please note: Regular registration rates are ending midnight February 28, 2010.  Check out the discounts you can receive here.

Keynote Speaker

Joseph Grenny: True Power Starts with the Heart

Plenary Speakers

Bryan Willson: Got Impact? Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships for Long-Term Global Change

Karen Luken: Using Waste as a Resource

Panel Presentations

Panel: Challenges of Sustainable Economic Development

Corporate Panel: Embracing Change and Leveraging the Power of New Generations

Green Earth Institute is looking for volunteers to help assemble an underground 25,000 gallon cistern on their property at McDonald Farm in Naperville. This is part of a rainwater harvesting and irrigation system for the farm. The cistern will be assembled using the Aquabox technology (http://www.rainxchange.com/products/aquablox.php ).

Date: April 27, 2010, weather permitting

Contact: RSVP to Steve Tivald 630-664-5681 or stiwald@greenearthinstitute.org

The 7th Annual Green Earth Fair will take place Sunday Afternoon, May 2, 2010 from 12:30 – 5 PM at the McDonald Farm in Naperville, Illinois. The Fair is a family event with entertainment for children and adults, as well as several informative presentations on converting biomass to energy, beekeeping, rainwater harvesting, the smart grid, organic lawn care, organic farming and others. In the past there was participation from local renewable energy contractors, including some of our own EWB-USA CPC members.

Requested Donation: $5 donation

Website: http://www.greenearthinstitute.org/fair/index.html.

Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010 @ NOON – 6:00 p.m

Location: UIC Forum, 725 W. Roosevelt Rd., Chicago

Transportation: CTA Halsted bus (#8) bus to Roosevelt Road or limited $8 parking  in Lot 5 ( 1135 W. Morgan)

Visit the EWB-USA Chicagoland Chapter at the Chicago Building Congress Annual Table Top Tradeshow.  Last year, over 250 industry professionals attended. Visit the CBC website or see the attached flyer for more information.

Date: April 21, 2010, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM

Location: Union League Club, 66 W. Jackson, Chicago

Come one, come all to the Canchias Bridge Project Fundraiser, Thursday, March 25th at 6:00 pm at the Sidebar Grill @ 221 N. LaSalle. For more details of this fun social and fundraiser event see the attached flyer.