Citizen's, Stormwater and Construction Sites

Stacy James of Prairie Rivers Network http://www.prairierivers.org shows how the public can recognize when nearby construction follows good stormwater pollution prevention practices, when it's in violation of Illinois regulations and how to report it...and what it means for the health of waterways. Part II of the program "Don't Muddy My Waters" sponsored by the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County held October 24th 2006 at the Woodstock Public Library

Judith Pelman discusses A Citizen's Guide to Conservation Activism

Author Judith Perlman discusses her role in the successful fight against an inappropriate development that led to her book "A Citizen's Primer for Conservation Activism", and also speaks about the promise of green conservation development as a way to enlist private capital to keep natural areas from being lost to sprawl. Talk given November 5th sponsored by the Green Sanctuary Committee of the Congregational Unitarian Church of Woodstock and Read Between the Lynes bookstore

Organic Eating on a Dime

In this workshop session at the August 2006 Illinois Renewable Energy Fair , Lisa Kivirist and John Ivanko explore simple, creative approaches to insure that organic, healthy eating needn't cost more. John and Lisa are the proprietors of Wisconsin bed & breakfast Inn Serendipity http://www.innserendipity.com and authors of Rural Renaissance: Renewing the Quest for the Good Life (New Society Publishers http://www.ruralrenaissance.org

An Experimental Green Roof Using Native Prairie

Patricia Armstrong of Prairie Sun Consultants and her husband Chuck install a green roof and photovoltaic solar panels on the roof of their Naperville, Illinois home. Most green roofs employ dry-tolerant plants like sedums, but Pat experiments with the addition of midwest prairie flowers and grasses.

Photovoltaic Power: One Homeowner's Solution

Steve and Caron Wenzel of Woodstock, Illinois research, buy and install a grid inter-tied photovoltaic solar generating system on the roof of their suburban home.

Groundwater in McHenry County

What's the future of drinking water in McHenry County? Don't count on Lake Michigan. Public presentation by Baxter & Woodman's Larry Thomas of McHenry County's draft groundwater study. Taped at Diggins Library in Harvard, Il Tuesday January 10th, 2006.