A swarm is coming! The Beehive Design Collective will present a Graphic Workshop and Picture-Lecture at the Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center on October 6, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. to release their long-anticipated “True Cost of Coal” graphic campaign! This innovative graphic is a visual exploration of Mountaintop Removal coal mining and Resistance. Two years […]
Events
Bag It: Plastics in the Environment
Guest Blog Post by Dr. Walt Kelly, Groundwater Geochemist Read Walt’s Blog: Water Quality, Focus on Illinois The award winning documentary Bag It will be shown at the Art Theater in downtown Champaign on Tuesday, September 20, 2011, at 7 PM. I have seen the film and highly recommend it. It starts out as a critical […]
Bag It – Is your life too plastic?
Prairie Rivers Network invites all of our members and friends to a special showing of Bag It. Bag It started as a documentary about plastic bags and evolved into a wholesale investigation into plastics and their effect on our waterways, oceans, and even our bodies. Prairie Rivers Network would like to give a very special thanks […]
Join Prairie Rivers Network at ReVamped Eco-Fashion Show
Join us at EarthShare of Illinois’ Second Annual ReVamped Eco-Fashion Show When: Friday, May 20, from 7:00 – 11:00 pm, Where: Bridgeport Art Center in Chicago. EarthShare of Illinois is a nonprofit representing environmental groups in Illinois through its workplace-giving program. In supporting ReVamped you are supporting Prairie Rivers Network’s efforts to ensure clean water and healthy […]
Register Now for Southern Illinois Coalfield Tour, April 30th – May 1st
Join citizen activists, award-winning author Jeff Biggers, and water quality professionals from the Heartland Coalfield Alliance for a two-day tour of southern Illinois’ coalfields. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS AND REGISTRATION Participants will explore the impacts that the entire coal life cycle has on the lands, waters, health, and quality of life of southern Illinois communities. […]
