Return to Calendars
and Directories. Parks home.
Park
and Green-related Links:
Green
Links (many of these provide grants) (many more in
Green page)
- Alliance
for the Great Lakes (was Lake Michigan Federation)
- American
Academy for Park and Recreation Administration
- Center
for Neighborhood Technology (CNT), Clean
Air Counts
- Chicago
Audubon Society
- Chicago
Botanic Garden
- Chicago
Wilderness coalition and The Nature Conservancy
local office
- Chicago
Wilderness Magazine
- Cultural
Landscapes Foundation-national with lots info and
events/tours about wonderful landscaping incl. parks around the country.
- Delta
Institute
- Earthshare
- Friends
of the Chicago River
- Friends
of the Parks (now Forest Preserves too)
- Gatherings
Online. We encourage
you to visit from TNC The Nature Conservancy the Illinois newspage, including
volunteer and learning opportunities in the area: "Gatherings Online":
http://www.nature.org/illinois.
- Great
Lakes and beaches watch listserve
- Great
Lakes Aquatic Habitat
Network and Fund
(GLAHNF). Other wetlands too, not just the lakes! Ask them for their packet,
CPR for Wetlands!
- GreenCorps
Chicago (City Dept. of Environment extension and
experimental project)
alt. web address
- Hyde
Park Garden Fair Committee
- Illinois
Action Project (Center for
Neighborhood Technology linked lobby for open lands
& wetlands acquisition. Go to CNT to inquire about a new CNT affiliated
new Parks Alliance-Karen Hobbs, and Dark Nights and Sustainability Circle
projects-Claire Butterfield or
see our stargazing page )
- Illinois
Clean Energy Foundation (in
2004 provided the funds for Ducks Unlimited to buy Beaver Island in the Illinois
river as a permanent protected sanctuary)
- Metropolitan
Planning Council/Campaign for Sustainable Growth
- National
Recreation and Parks Association
- Public
Interest Research Group- IllinoisPIRG/Clear
Air
- NeighborSpace
(helps Community Managed gardens and open space)
- Open
Lands/TreeKeepers
- Open
Lands (and others) Regional
Green Infrastructure Map and mapping project
for ne Il, se Wisc., nw Ind.
- Open
Lands listserve for Garden volunteers (Community Garden Volunteers E-Newsletter):
jsamuels@openlands.org
- The
Resource Center (recycling and mats, City Farm and
more- see in Neig.
Dir.)
- Scorecard
(latest
assessments)
- University
of Chicago Environmental Center Club. e-mail
- Urban
Lands Institute
-
Urban
Park and Recreation Alliance (This url goes to the Trust for Public Land,
connected to Center
for Law in the Public Interest?)
- Urban
Parks Institute
- Elected
Officials
- City
of Chicago and the Mayor's Office
- Chicago
Dept of Environment
- Chicago
Dept of Planning and Development
- Chicago
Dept of Transportation
- Chicago
Park District
- Chicago
Park District Parkways Foundation or from Park District
site
- Illinois
Department of Natural Resources: Water Resources,
Fish and Wildlife, Geographical/Geospatial
Data and Clearinghouse, Land
Management and Parks, a big site
- Illinois
Department of Agriculture
- Illinois
Natural History Survey
- National
Park Service
- U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S.
Department of Agriculture
- U.S.
Department of the Interior
- U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, green
landscaping (best practices at home)
- U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service
- U.S.
Geological Survey including water resources and
Great Lakes
Other
and Specialized Links