Natural Awakenings Chicago - July 2012

Inspiring Communities to Build Sustainable Food Systems: An Interview with Growing Power Founder Will Allen

<i>The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities</i>. Read More »

Summer Recipes

Delicious recipes for outdoor dining in the summertime. Read More »

‘Hugging Saint’ Inaugurates New Center

Mata Amritanandamayi, a tireless humanitarian affectionately known as “Amma” or “Ammachi,” is offering free public programs at the new Mata Amritanandamayi Center Chicago. Read More »

Building a Healthier Chicagoland: Through Community Gardens

The “Eat fresh, eat local” movement has slowly grown from a bandwagon of locavores in search of fresh produce into a national trend. Locally, Building a Healthier Chicago (BHC) is a collaborative initiative. Read More »

Enjoying Every Last Morsel

Chicagoan Todd Jones wants "to give gardeners the opportunity to share the fruits of their labor with the neighbors they didn’t know they had.” Read More »

Creating Local Food Sustainability in Lake County

Sylvia Zaldivar-Sykes, executive director of the Lake County Community Foundation, believes that "in Lake County, we have land we can use to farm." Read More »

New Sustainable ‘Sandwich Me In’ Restaurant in Lakeview East

Justin Vrany has opened a new casual dining, quick-service restaurant, Sandwich Me In, at 3037 North Clark Street, between Halsted and Wellington, in Chicago. Read More »

Erika Allen : A Woman with Growing Power

In 1987, Erika Allen, director of Chicago’s Growing Power Projects office and several national programs, thought the work of farming was behind her when she left her childhood home in Milwaukee. Read More »

Raw Restaurant and Juice Bar Opens in Highland Park

Raw foodies, rejoice! A new, all-natural raw food restaurant and organic juice bar, In The Raw, has opened at 483 Central Avenue, in downtown Highland Park. Read More »

Chicago's First Self-Sustaining Vertical Farm Operation

Chicago entrepreneur and Executive Director of The Plant, John Edel, has an ambitious vision. Read More »

Composting our Collective Resources

Evanston resident Erlene Howard founded Collective Resource, a service that picks up food waste and diverts the would-be-landfill product to a commercial compost site. Read More »

Exploring the Depths of Human Energy: An Interview with Qigong Practitioner Jeff Primack (Part 1 of 2)

Qigong teacher Jeff Primack discusses qi and the Qigong Revolution. Read More »

How to Grow: A Local Food System

There is a movement underway to encourage sustainable local food systems that meet present needs without compromising future needs. Read More »

Celebrate Green Week in Andersonville

Rhe residents and businesses of Chicago’s Andersonville community will celebrate Andersonville Green Week, from July 9 through 15. Read More »

A Feastival of Sustainable Living

Edible Alchemy, a local and sustainably minded food co-operative, presents their annual Summer Feastival. Read More »

Dahn Yoga: Taps Into Your Ki

Regular practitioners of “traditional” yoga may be surprised to learn of Dahn Yoga, a mind/body practice based on traditional Korean medicine and Korean Taoist philosophy. Read More »

New Healing Salt Room Open in Skokie

Solay Wellness has opened their new therapeutic So Well Breathing Room, a traditional healing center that uses the properties of Himalayan salts to relieve a variety of symptoms. Read More »

Awards Given for River-Friendly Watershed Development

The Friends of the Chicago River has recognized local ecological efforts with the third annual Chicago River Blue: Blue Ribbon Awards, at their Big Fish Ball gala. Read More »

New Location for Transcendental Meditation

Dr. Paul Morehead and Carol Morehead have opened a Center for Transcendental Meditation (TM) at 2734 Central Street, in Evanston. Read More »

New Book Sheds Light on Panic Attacks

Local author Sandra Scheinbaum, Ph.D., founder of Highland Park’s Feed Your Mind Wellness, has released a book, How to Give Clients the Skills to Stop Panic Attacks: Don’t Forget to Breathe. Read More »

Freedom Home Care Adds New Location in Hinsdale

Highland Park-based Freedom Home Care has opened a new facility at 907 North Elm Street, in Hinsdale, serving communities in and around the western suburbs of Chicago. Read More »

Conscious Living with Bhashkar Perinchery

Inner Metamorphosis University (I.M.U.) presents Living Consciously, Compassionately and Creatively for a Life of Lasting Fulfillment, led by IMU initiator Bhashkar Perinchery. Read More »

Lake County Fair Offers New Attractions

Attend the event that’s been dubbed A Fair to Remember: the 84th annual Lake County Fair, to be held from July 25 to 29, at the Lake County Fairgrounds, in Grayslake. Read More »

Cayce-Inspired Workshop with Joanne DiMaggio

“The Sleeping Prophet,” author and A.R.E. practitioner Joanne DiMaggio will hold a workshop, Soul Writing: Conversing with Your Higher Self. Read More »

Opportunity to Discuss Near-Death Experiences

Chicago International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) meets from 2 to 5 p.m., the second Saturday of each month, in Evanston Hospital’s Frank Auditorium. Read More »

Inaugural Fermilab Natural Areas Discovery Day

Take advantage of a unique opportunity to hike the grounds of one of the country’s biggest government research sites during the first Fermilab Natural Areas Discovery Day. Read More »

Community Garden Workshop in Chicago

A Home Consulting Business Alliance Education Green Drinks Events Oratorium will be held at the Chicago Center for Green Technology on the topic of Community Gardening in Chicago. Read More »

Eat, Drink and Buy Local

Everybody shops, and Independent Retailer Month is bringing a global Shop Local campaign to highlight the important role local businesses play in the community economy. Read More »

Chicago Area Couple Wins Natural Awakenings Costa Rica Contest

Elizabeth Sobol and her husband, Ronnie, won a week-long stay at the Farm of Life (Finca de Vida) natural healing and wellness center, in Costa Rica. Read More »

Help Shape Spirituality Goals for the 21st Century

Awakened World 2012: Engaged Spirituality for the 21st Century, will be from October 13 to 21, in Rome and Florence, Italy. Read More »

Illinois Renewable Energy and Sustainable Lifestyle Fair

Enjoy a weekend of information, education and entertainment at the 11th annual Illinois Renewable Energy and Sustainable Lifestyle Fair. Read More »

Midwest Power Plants Polluting Great Lakes Region with Mercury

The NRDC has released Poisoning the Great Lakes: Mercury Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants In the Great Lakes Region. Read More »