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These days there is a lot of talk about going “local,” and with due cause. There is plenty to be said, both from an economic and an ecological standpoint, about the good done by choosing to consume food produced close to your home. But there is another kind of “local” that hasn’t been getting enough attention. Shopping locally. All over the city of Chicago there are small “green” businesses that help support your community and your planet at the same time. By choosing to do the majority of your shopping within walking distance of your apartment, you are not only saving the cost of a CTA ride/gas money(AND CO2 emissions), you gain a better understanding of our beautiful city.
Take the Edgewater neighborhood for example. Though mostly known for its relationship to Loyola University Chicago, it is also a hamlet of sustainable businesses. In under 3 square miles, Edgewater contains several businesses with green rooftops, delicious vegetarian restaurants, and even a green car rental program. If you live in Edgewater, and don’t know about these places, here is a short list.
First of all, there is the lovely (small but variety packed) grocery store, True Nature Health Foods at 6034 North Broadway. This mostly organic grocery store hosts a farmers market on Saturdays during the summer. They also grow some of their own produce (weather permitting) on their roof.
Another green roof company is Uncommon Ground, a restaurant and lounge at 1401 W Devon. One of two in the city, this location not only offers a fabulous selection of drinks at the bar, but they also host hoards of Chicago’s musical artists. Like True Nature, Uncommon Ground also holds a weekly farmer’s market (on Fridays). However, even better than True Nature, if you volunteer at one of Uncommon Ground’s sustainable workshops, you can actually get a chance to see their roof and check it out for yourself.
Another great green restaurant is Alice and Friends at 5812 North Broadway. This non-for-profit restaurant will not only fill you with both delicious food and with a sense of satisfaction that your little indulgence of eating out went to a good cause.
Here is one business you have probably already heard of, I-Go. If you can’t shack the urge to get out of the neighborhood, think about joining I-Go. This car sharing program is actually based in Edgewater! The owners of the organization began with the ecological mission to reduce the average number of miles traveled by cars in Chicago. By making it easier for Chicagoians to not own a car, many Edgewater locals have switched to only renting a car when they really need one.
This is just a short list of places to get you started shopping locally in one neighborhood. Start walking around your neighborhood today, get some exercise, and see what you can find!
Tags: Alice and Friends, Chicago, Edgewater, environment, Going Green, I-Go, True Nature Health Foods, Uncommon Ground
Erwin Heid says:
Paint your car and your restaurant green has nothing to do with going green.
Or do you drive a car with only renewable energy, or your restaurant is using only food from biological acriculture?
I don´t think so.
You should think in your city about more relevant problems, as;
Everybody who is environmentally minded be supposed to be thinking about green power especially with the diminution of fossil fuels being imminent.
Sideways from the fact that we are purely running out of them and the price is becoming exorbitant, fossil fuels pollute the environment and there is just no pardon to be rely on them going forward.
Green energy sources are a much better bet for the future. Energy from these resources is sustainable and renewable – things like the water, the wind in the sun will never run dry and if we use them correctly and dependably we can be confident to have an unlimited supply of energy that will not destroy our environment.
And the green energy will be automatically present new jobs.
But the politicans should give the normal people the chance to do theire own DIY – Energysystem, wihtout stoping it with any law and give only the Energy Multies the possibility still present high energy bills than before with the fossil fuels.
And they should stop the industry for still producing eco unfriendly product .
By the construction biology of grenn houses too, mostly one seldom follows the many-sided health effects arising from it. Instead of trouble-free natural building materials which the industry never can deliver and constructions more and more artificial building materials and constructions, incompatible to nature come increasingly to the use.
Geo-biological location relations are not taken into consideration at all.
Do not forget this our Ancestry preach for.
Do know where your food is coming from, and use only regional food solve a very small part of invironment issues.
your advocate for going green, architect and building biologist and owner of the site <a href=\"http://www.just-a-green-life-4u.com\">Why Go Green For Our Childrens Future.
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