[Dialogue] [Oe List ...] ICA GreenRise Uptown Building

[Jann Barr]

I don't often give any imput. Reading Terry's report and the many coments
has brought tears to my eyes.  I have great graditude for  being a small
part of this continuing experiement. I am not invoved much any more, but
being part of proving the methods and seeing the next steps of the 'great
plan' unfolding under the excellent leadership fills me with  gradittude.
Thanks you Terry and all the others who so ably help you along the way.

Peace,
Jann Barr

On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Randy Williams <rcwmbw at yahoo.com> wrote:

> nfoldingSunny, I too appreciate all the good stewardship of the building
> that has gone on since 1972. However, what's going on there now is way
> beyond certainly what I, and I suspect many others, ever imagined.
> Randy
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 9, 2013, at 11:59 AM, Sunny Walker <sunwalker at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> What a long and arduous journey from the eighty's and the reading of
> Voluntary Simplicity by Duane Elgin. Back when in-kinded styrofoam meant
> coffee for a group without dish duty.
>
> I'd like to add the nearly 100 Chicago "gangsta" & African & Iraqi refugee
> youth who, in the summer of 2009, complained all the way to a butterfly
> garden in the parking lot, went office to office in Kemper & around Uptown
> doing a "how green are you?" survey. They suffered further punishment
> having to re-sort garbage from compost from recycling when they
> unconsciously tossed the remains of breakfast or lunch into one bin-though
> I imagine the categories stuck. (As an aside, many also wrote better ORID
> conversations than some of the adults I've trained.)
>
> Kudos to all who, over the years & of late, have maintained "the building"
> as a sign of HOPE.
>
> Terry Bergdall <bergdall2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>    On Wednesday, Lesley Showers, ICA-USA's Facilities Manager, and I
>> attended an event where the Mayor marked the expansion of the City's
>> Chicago Retrofit Commercial Building Initiative. The "ICA GreenRise Uptown
>> Building" -- which some of you remember it as "Kemper" -- received official
>> recognition (see link below). A full page ad in Chicago newspapers
>> showcases GreenRise with the other buildings (see attached).
>> http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press_releases/2013/march_2013/mayor_emanuel_announcesretrofitchicagocommercialbuildingsinitiat.html
>>
>>    The significance of this multifold. First, it opens the door for pro
>> bono assistance organized by the City to support our efforts to build a
>> green culture at 4750. This includes the creation of a major monitoring
>> system for the upcoming solar project on our roof. They understand
>> GreenRise to be a pilot for other nonprofits. Second, this occurred largely
>> because of the reinforcing strategies of our city-wide neighborhood work
>> with "Accelerate 77" and our leadership development program with
>> universities. As I think many of you know, over 220 students were involved
>> last year in the doing the crucial field work for A77. (If this is news to
>> anyone, let me know I'll elaborate.)
>>
>>    The synergy of GreenRise, Accelerate 77, and university partnerships
>> advance our strategy of becoming a high profile, reputable, nonprofit
>> player in our hometown of Chicago. This is crucial for building a durable
>> institutional home so that national and international programs of
>> transformative change can continue far into the future. Nothing less, of
>> course, is worthy of our history.
>>
>>    Take care, Terry
>>
>>
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