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One Seed Chicago picks winner for 2010

NeighborSpace’s One Seed Chicago will distribute over one million seeds to Chicago area gardeners.
CHICAGO-After four months of voting Bee Balm has emerged triumphant over Purple Coneflower and Nodding Onion as the One Seed Chicago for 2010. Area gardeners who voted for their favorite prairie plant will soon receive a free seed packet in the mail. [...]


3/50 Project

I learned about this project a while ago and keep meaning to post something about it on here but keep forgetting so here it is.
It’s such a great idea and something people should really try to incorporate into their normal routine. Instead of going to some big chain store to buy things try [...]


Reducing our Garbage

We’re finally getting a composting bin put in! I’m pretty excited about it. I brought it up to the board and the other owners in the building and found that some others were thinking the same thing so we’re going to do it.  That should help quite a bit with reducing the amount of garbage [...]


Ban on Styrofoam in Chicago getting closer…

This week there have been some big developments in movement to get styrofoam packaging, especially disposable trays used in Chicago Public Schools, banned in the city of Chicago.
There was a nice article in the Chicago Tribune early in the week. Check it out here.
If you want to keep up to date on this issue consider [...]


Happy Holidays!

It’s been a while since I’ve posted an update here but I wanted to write a quick note to say Happy Holidays to everyone and please check back in the new year for some new articles and features here at NeedleCloud.
I’ve been settling into the routine of a new job and also helping out over [...]