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UHC co-sponsors the Lifecycle Building Challenge 2
This free national, web-based competition invites engineers, designers, architects, planners, contractors, builders, educators and students in any field to submit innovative ideas related to deconstruction — creating buildings that can be easily taken apart so that you can reuse the building materials.
June 18, 2008
Greywater system featured on Chicago Public Radio
UHC President Mike Repkin’s low-tech (but effective) home greywater system was the subject of a Chicago Matters: Growing Forward segment.
Read and listen here.
June 10, 2008
The Future of Urban Habitat Chicago
At a visioning retreat weekend, our Board of Directors met to plan for the coming years at the idyllic Lake House in Burlington, Wisconsin. We hope our efforts will contribute to making UHC a stronger, more effective organization in helping make Chicago a better place for all.
June 9, 2008
July and August lectures
Rethinking Independence Day will be our next lecture on Wednesday, July 2 at 6:30pm, Budlong Woods Branch Library, 5630 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL.
More information to come shortly.
The August 6 lecture will be High-Performance Residential Rehab.
June 5, 2008
UHC + AIA
Urban Habitat Chicago is seeking to become an AIA Continuing Education System provider soon. So all you architects out there needing to keep up with licensure… look to us in the near future!
June 5, 2008
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Deconstruction is the right thing to do at the end of a building's life.
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Lifecycle Building Challenge 2
June 18, 2008 Post a Comment
Urban Habitat Chicago is a co-sponsor for the Lifecycle Building Challenge 2, so please check out this great competition, help spread the word, and be part of an innovative solution. The challenge This free national, web-based competition invites engineers,... Continued…
Why Cloth Diapers?
April 3, 2008 Post a Comment
Why parents should chose cloth vs. disposable diapers We as parents or parents-to-be need to look to our past for answers to today’s problems. How did we get here? What has happened in our lifetime that has made the... Continued…
Introducing Lisa Joy Rosing
March 3, 2008 1 Comment
I am going to be writing a guest blog series for Urban Habitat Chicago. My environmental focus is on reducing trash, returning to the methods used before disposable products were invented, “reusables” and diet.... Continued…
Building-integrated food production FAQ
January 30, 2008 Post a Comment
Thanks to all of you for your questions on rooftop agriculture, or, more specifically, our building-integrated food production at the Rooftop Victory Garden at True Nature Foods. Here are some frequently asked questions and our responses. We hope you... Continued…
Household Chemicals and Electronics Recycling Center
January 4, 2008 Post a Comment
Image source: Greenworks Studio The City of Chicago Household Chemical and Electronics Recycling Center gives people in Chicagoland a place to take hard-to-dispose-of items and know they’ve done the right thing. NOTE: While Urban Habitat Chicago appears to be... Continued…
