UIC's new taxonomic garden, a collaborative project of Facilities Management and Biological Sciences, will grow native plant species representing the flora indigenous to the Chicago area. Each garden plot will represent a different plant family, from the pink Gramineae to the blue Scrophulariaceae. The plants will be used both to propagate seeds to be shared with Cook County natural areas, as well as to provide an educational resource for biology students and others in the UIC community. Light refreshments and garden gloves provided. UIC Bike Week - Cars and trucks create more than 40 percent of the air pollution in our region.
Bikes create none.
750 S. Halsted St. Those arriving by bike will be treated to free food and bike-related prize drawings. Glowacz will speak on the nitty-gritty of choosing city routes, carrying stuff, looking and smelling good, and beating bike theft. Steingraber is both a poet and a biologist, and her book combines gripping personal narrative with a scientific analysis of the evidence linking cancer to environmental contamination. Her focus is the people of Illinois, who daily face industrial and agricultural poisons and who strive to lessen their use.