The Holly House Chicken Lady sat all afternoon at the DeKalb Farmers’ Market yesterday. See what happened to her there.
Category: Energy & Environment
The Holly House
Citybarbs is pleased to add to our blogroll another local voice, The Holly House, a blog devoted to “green living on a blue collar budget.” The blog owner, a 4th Warder like me, has begun developing a proposal for amending DeKalb’s municipal code to allow residents to raise a few hens for eggs, as well…
Wind Farm Fun!
To drum up local tourism, invite some base jumpers for a visit:
Gilpin Family Whisky
Just saw this and can’t vouch for the authenticity of the product source, but note there are no photos of anyone drinking the stuff. Gee.
Calling Fowl in Batavia
The Daily Herald reports that the City of Batavia’s Community Development Committee is researching the possibility of allowing residents to house chickens. This Kane County development seems kind of fitting in view of Garfield Farm’s efforts to save the Black Java breed. I’ve done some homework on keeping chickens in the city, and I know…
LUST at First & Locust
On July 22, 2010, the City of DeKalb received a No Further Remediation (NFR) Letter from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for the property it owns at First and Locust streets (AKA “skating rink site”). [A]n NFR Letter signifies that compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements has been achieved, all corrective action (if any) has…
Recycling Story: Summer Pavilion Built of Speedos
OK, this demonstrates the utter weirdness of my news feeds but I can’t help sharing. In short (heh), a summer architectural expo in London featured a pavilion built from Speedo swimsuits. Find story and photos here. Hope you had a great 4th of July.
How To Save $340K, Easy!!
My mother retired from the Plainfield School District in Indiana but keeps tabs on what happens there. The school district recently introduced measures to save on utility bills, including making sure people turned off the lights when no one was in the room. Total Savings in One Year: $340,000 Because of cost cutting measures that…
“Rubes:” Wind turbines generate animosity, health concerns among some in DeKalb County – chicagotribune.com
Wind turbines generate animosity, health concerns among some in DeKalb County – chicagotribune.com Posted using ShareThis I stumbled upon an article in the “Chicago Tribune” about the wind farms in DeKalb County. I made the mistake of reading their comments. I already knew the “Trib” allows nastier comments than the “Daily Chronicle.” Anyway, a lot…
Request for Assistance: Letter to Illinois PIRG about the Mega-Dump
The following letter about the proposed county mega-dump is addressed to the Illinois Public Interest Research Group (PIRG). I swiped it off of Facebook; speaking of which, the Stop the DeKalb County Mega-Dump Group on FB has grown to 453 members and 9 officers in little more than a week. On to the letter…