Green Mansions Foundation was lucky enough to visit the Chicago Green Music Fest. Check out our blog post to see photos and learn more about the event.

Green Mansions Foundation is looking for some fresh design ideas. If you are interested in learning more about our design competition, visit our blog.

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Over 300 of today’s finest indie-craft talents will be setting up shop at The 8th Annual Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago, where the craft, art, design and DIY spectacular was born and raised!  On September 11 + 12, 2010, from 11am – 7pm, all of Division Street between Damen and Paulina will be chock full of incredible handmade goods made by craftspeople from all over the nation!

Saturday, September 11, 2010, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. 

Sunday, September 12, 2010, 11 am - 7 p.m.

For more information, visit Renegade Craft Fair Chicago's website.

Enjoy cycling through Chicago’s beautiful historic neighborhoods with the Boulevard Lakefront Tour, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Active Transportation Alliance, Chicagoland’s voice for better biking, walking and transit.

The Boulevard Lakefront tour takes place on August 29, 2010 throughout Chicago, and this year’s start and finish will be in Chicago’s West Loop. Registration includes an event T-shirt, volunteer support, rest stops along the routes, a ride guide with points of interest and a post-ride festival with live entertainment. Registration costs $25 for Active Trans members, $30 for non-members, and $12 for youth 17 and under.

West Loop, Chicago, Illinois

Sunday, August 29, 2010, 7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

For more information, visit Boulevard Lakefront Tour's website.

On October 16 and 17, 2010, enjoy a fascinating reenactment of frontier life at the McHenry County Conservation District's Trail of History interpretive event. Interpreters from across the country portray and demonstrate life as it was from 1670 – 1850 in the former Northwest Territory which encompasses present day Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and portions of eastern Minnesota. The event’s focus is to show the interrelationship between nature, man and cultural development. The Trail of History encampment is nestled at the foot of the glacial kames in the rolling terrain of Glacial Park. It occurs annually the third weekend in October just as the prairie grasses and trees display their vibrant colors.

Glacial Park 6316 Harts Rd., Ringwood, Illinois
(located off of Rt. 31 between the cities of McHenry & Richmond)

Saturday, October 16, and Sunday, October 17, 2010
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information, visit the Trail of History website.