Wheaton Green Drinks
Green Drinks Wheaton
DuPage, IL
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Mary Krystinak and Xris Rahn
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Honey Cafe
499 N. Main Street Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 US |
| When: | Monday, April 24th 6:00PM |
| Phone: | 630-776-4604 |
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Peter Gorr installed one of the largest residential solar PV systems in the
state on his home. He will present his experience and the outcomes including
what motivated him to undertake this project, some solar basics, what the
project involved, and a complete financial overview.
retired business executive and holds a MBA from the University of Chicago in
Marketing and Statistics. He is on the Executive Committee of the NW Cook
County Group of the Sierra Club as well as a member of the Energy Transition
Committee of the Sierra Club State Chapter, he is a member of the Policy
Committee of Illinois Solar Energy Association, and active in several local
conservation groups including being on the Board of Directors for the Friends of
Busse Woods.
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
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So…What exactly is Green Drinks???? As the founder of Green Drinks global, Edwin Datschefski, describes us:
Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up at informal sessions known as Green Drinks. We have a lively mixture of people from NGOs, academia, government and business. Come along and you'll be made welcome. Just say, "are you green?" and we will look after you and introduce you to whoever is there. It's a great way of catching up with people you know and also for making new contacts. Everyone invites someone else along, so there’s always a different crowd, making Green Drinks an organic, self-organizing network. These events are very simple and unstructured, but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity. It's a force for the good and we'd like to help it spread to other cities. Contact your local node to get the latest info about coming along.
Please feel free to bring a friend, car pool if possible, walk or bike is even better.
We are happy to provide links to your business or organization once you have attended a Green Drinks. So… another reason to attend…FREE ADVERTISING!!!
OUR ORGANIZERS:
Xristina Rahn - www.itsourearth.com “Recycling only works when you are making and selling products made from recycled materials”. Check out their website for fabulous recycled unique items. http://www.itsourearth.com/
Mary Krystinak – www.maryswholesomeliving.com – Back to basic green living skills, including canning, bread making, cheese making, kombucha tea, organic gardening, composting, worm farming and so much more. We are dedicated to providing education, real life experiences and helpful connections to live a more down to earth lifestyle. Check out the website for class schedules. Custom classes also available.
Kombucha
Learn How to Can
Cheesemaking
Bread and Butter
Gluten Free Bread and Ghee
Irish Soda Bread
Jams, Jellies and Marmalades
Knitting Retreats
Some of our most recent attendees were: (Here is the FREE advertising!)
Bill Scheffler and Izabella Kowalski, Pure Prairie Farm.
David A. Gravel, RLA, Vice President, Green Organics, inc.290 S. Main Place, Suite 103, Carol Stream, IL 60188, (630) 871-0108 (630) 588-1107 fax dave@greenorganicinc.com, www.greenorganicinc.com
John Hamilton - Onyx - Chicago-based Onyx Distribution is the Eco-friendly single-source provider for everything from compostable food service products and the Greenest cleaning products available to LED Lighting and Green business consulting! Phone 312.421.6699 x 7012 F: 312.421.6696 C: 773.615.3912 jhamilton@onyxdistribution.com
Joan Scheib - Joan Scheib Interiors Creating extraordinary living through inspired design.
Jodi Blair - Market America – unfranchise owner
Christy Kabbani - Two Mothers Foods – Reduced waste lunch shop.
Theresa Suchy-McGraw – Whole Foods - theresa.sm@mindspring.com
Mary Gorski - Gorski Green Supply - Your One-Stop Shop for Healthy and Eco-Friendly Institutional Cleaning Supplies
Denise Field -Young Living Safe, Natural and Chemical-Free Products for Family and Home -630-344-9079
Alexandra Gnoske - Environmental Expert, Environmental Expert, B.S. Wildlife Biology, J.D. Environmental Law, Author/Illustrator "Loui Saves the Earth" - President RECYCLE ME® - alix@recyclemeorganictees.com - 773 655 4210 - www.AlexandraGnoske.com
Linette George - www.getorganizedbygeorge.com has been “dealing with other peoples' stuff” since 2003. After seeing firsthand how overconsumption can negatively impact the lives of her clients, it became her passion and her goal to help people live and work better with less… and go green. Linette is a Certified Professional Organizer®, Certified GO System Trainer, and proud member of Green America's Green Business Network™.
Sr. Glenna M. Czachor, OSF, is a Wheaton Franciscan Sister who currently serves as the Director of the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Office (JPIC). The Office directs the outreach and advocacy efforts of the community, and advances efforts both local and global. The JPIC Office collaborates with Tau Center, the spirituality ministry center sponsored by the Wheaton Franciscan community, which offers programs on topics of social interest such as care of creation, advocacy for the poor, and many other areas of justice and peace related to Catholic Social Teaching.
Steve and Ann Matravers - The Davey Tree Expert Company provides many services which make our planet more "Green". These include but are not limited to tree health care, tree planting, proper tree selection and siting, tree inventories and management plans for large sites and municipalities, tree preservation for construction sites, and wetlands mitigation projects. We can help make your trees and shrubs healthier which extends their lives and improves ours. http://www.davey.com
Bonnie Gahris bgahris@gmail.com
Mark Kutek - http://vfp-corp.com/ Virtus Fitus Probo (Excellence, Truth, Proof) VFP provides quality sustainable construction and contracting work, from small-scale residential rehabs to large commercial developments.
Loni Morris is the Cool Cities Chair and member of the River Group of the Illinois Sierra Club which offers a variety of ways you can learn about and take action on local, state and national environmental issues. herbndove@comcast.net
Jeff Gahris jgahris@wideopenwest.com is part of the Glen Ellyn Cool Cities Coalition. This group of local organizations and citizens working to reduce Glen Ellyn’s impact on the environment. A major item on our agenda is to ask the Village of Glen Ellyn to join more than 1,000 other communities by signing the U.S. Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement. This is part of a movement started by municipalities to address the global climate change issue by reducing energy consumption while saving local taxpayer dollars. www.sierraclub.org and www.coolcities.us
Moyra Gorski - As a Shaklee distributor I work with others to educate them about the Shaklee Get Clean products that are green, safe and a powerful clean. As a Practical Nutrition Advisor and an RN I offer solutions for those who want to make changes in their lives to live more healthy and green. With Shaklee being the first company to develop a green cleaner, we believe that the home should be the safest place in the world and that cleaning your home or office should not involve dirtying the earth. www.moyragorski.myshaklee.com and moyragorski@shaklee.net
Elizabeth Lambert, Sr. Director, EIS&M - Belongs to the Chicago Chapter of AIIM, an international not-for-profit organization dedicated to Information Management. As AIIM looks for ways to manage, organize and deliver business information in the most accessible, timely and efficient manner it focuses on helping organizations learn current and emerging technology capabilities. AIIM is hosting a World Paperless Day to emphasize the effect of limiting the use of natural resources and becoming much more environmentally friendly if you have an interest in learning more about AIIM, please contact Elizabeth at elambert@wowway.com
Alice Drewek, osf - adrewek@comcast.net "Participating in Green Drinks is a very supportive experience for me and for the others who come. Just telling my story about what I am doing to respect and reverence Mother Earth deepens my commitment to continue doing what I can in my own way. Hearing the story of others' is inspirational and a great way to connect with new people and new ideas. Because the task of reversing what has been done to our planet seems so insurmountable at times, it is great to have companions on the journey who are support in this important endeavor."
Ron Nosek and Tim Cronin - www.natedpro.org Ancient Skills for Today’s World
Teresa Danna-Harbaugh - www.usechartreuse.com - Chartreuse offers a selective array of products that will help you on your path to going green such as our chic shopping bags, organic personal care, baby and cleaning products as well as our Reusable Essentials.
Please mark your calendars for this wonderful opportunity to meet, mingle, exchange ideas and generate new business! Every second Wednesday of the month.
Green Drinks is FREE - no meeting costs, no membership dues
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