[Communications] [Education] Community Garden Sustainability

[Lorraine Kells]

Please go ahead with anything you wish to send. CCGA has a number of pieces
we are gathering for the newsletter. Again no date has been determined, but
we hope by the end of July at the height if mid summer to have a draft copy
and a send date.

Lorraine

On Tue, Jul 2, 2019, 7:09 PM Blake C <doubleb243 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Good Evening Lorraine,
> I wanted to touch base on the below. We look forward to providing some
> pictures and anecdotes from our board and gardeners.
> Blake
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 24, 2019, at 2:21 PM, Lorraine Kells <lxkells at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you so much! I'll get back to you as soon as possible with that
> information but it make take a day or so to get the rest of the team
> together with what they have.
>
> Lorraine
>
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 2:11 PM Blake Bowen <doubleb243 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> No problem! Please advise as to deadline for material.
>>
>> On Monday, June 24, 2019, 2:06:28 PM CDT, Lorraine Kells <
>> lxkells at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Blake,
>>
>> We'd like to depend on you to stay in touch with your co presidents and
>> Carly to make sure each can find the time to send us the story and photos.
>> You can send stories and photos to  photos at chicagocommunitygardens.org
>>
>> Best,
>> Lorraine
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 1:55 PM Blake Bowen <doubleb243 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> We'd love that! We've worked really hard on getting our shed and new beds
>> built, and we've got so many new excited gardeners! I have cc'd our
>> Co-Presidents as well as Carly who worked tirelessly on securing the NEEF
>> Grant which was integral in funding our new build. I'll of course be here
>> for whatever you need. Thank you so much for your quick response and
>> willingness to help me champion paper free products!
>> Blake, and The Maxwell Street Garden!!
>>
>> On Monday, June 24, 2019, 1:41:46 PM CDT, Lorraine Kells <
>> lxkells at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Thanks Blake,
>>
>> We'll look into this and possibly use this infomation in an upcoming
>> newsletter.  I understand Maxwell Street Community Garden has relocated.
>> Any chance we could feature that in our upcoming newsletter as well?  We'd
>> love photos of the garden.
>>
>> Best,
>> Lorraine Kells
>> Co-Chair CCGA Education Committee
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 11:20 AM Blake Bowen via Education <
>> education at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote:
>>
>> Good Morning,
>> I was recently struck by something I learned in regards to the amount of
>> trees cut down in Canada's boreal forest to make toilet paper. I am a
>> financial analyst at the Tribune in Chicago, as well as a board member for
>> Maxwell Street Community Garden. As a gardener it is a passion of mine to
>> treat the earth with kindness and gratitude, as well as to do my part to
>> keep it around for a while. I am reaching out to you so that we may become
>> partners in educating our gardeners and our surrounding communities.
>>
>> America alone clears 28M Acres of Canada's boreal forest a year to make
>> toilet paper.Canada's boreal forest(270 million hectares) stores carbon,
>> purifies the air and water, and regulates the climate.
>>
>> Bamboo toilet paper is the same price as regular tp but is better for the
>> environment because bamboo grows so much faster than trees. (Quilted
>> Northern has an Eco Smart toilet paper that is produced with 100% renewable
>> energy and plants 3 trees for every 1 used if you're not ready to take the
>> plunge). If people are gardening I feel like they're already a little more
>> earth conscious and would like to take this as an opportunity for us all to
>> reduce our carbon footprint. I have reached out Aria, Caboo, and Seventh
>> Generation all Sustainable paper product companies, in hopes they will also
>> partner with us by providing samples for our communities to try.
>>
>> Thank you for your time and I look forward to your feedback!
>>
>> Blake
>> 773-710-1586
>>
>>
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