Apr
21
Families, hippies and environment nuts all turned out for the Green Apple Festival at Lincoln Park zoo on Sunday afternoon to delight in the (very loud) music, peruse various information stands put up by different environment organizations, and take in the eco-friendly demonstrations. Some highlights:
The Chicago Afrobeat Project was one of many bands to take the stage Sunday.
Hundreds of people attended.
People were really feeling it.
Hop a ride with BicyTaxi. They generally have routes along bike paths, but are sometime known to bike in the street, traffic accommodating them like it would a horse-and-buggy. Sometimes I try biking in a street lane, he said, but if the cars start honking at me, I get out of the way, he said.
The bicytaxis can fit two people comfortably, but a family with two small children are also welcome aboard. The going is slow but very pleasant. Prices are high though—
a ride from Grant Park to Navy Pier will cost you in the neighborhood of $40.
Among the stands was a Starbucks offering free samples. While most environment stands were lucky to have one or two interested folks, the starbucks stand was never lacking for eager customers.
What’
s this? Someone steps out of the starbucks line to ask about the weird-looking bicycle!
He peddles away, powering up five different kinds of lightbulbs. Slow down there, killer! We don’t know what will happen if you surpass a certain wattage, the standkeeper said. (See, isn’
t this more fun than standing in line for a mini-size cup of coffee?)
ComEd set up a display to show people up close what a solar panel looks like. Remarkably thin, and light. (They let me pick one up!) The power generated from the solar panels were hooked up to the popcorn machine, that you might be able to make out—it’
s behind that guy to the right.
Hi Joyce,
The general comment box on your blog doesn’t seem to be working, so I’m leaving you my site feedback here!
Your blog looks pretty good so far. I really enjoyed your “Lincoln Park animals rock out” post, partly because I was there that day too and wondered if the lions were bothered. It was cool that you found a couple of people at the zoo to talk about it, too. Good original reporting!
I really liked all the pictures you had for your “Green Apple Festival highlights” post, but I thought the post could have been improved a bit. I think it’s actually just that the photos didn’t line up as expected, but I got kind of lost in the post, because you seemed to be jumping around a lot. If you get that video working, that looks like it would be a nice edition.
Your blog’s theme seems fairly consistent except for one post: “Stories from the public transit.” I thought the post was interesting and well-written, but I’m not sure if it goes with your overall theme.
The only other thing that caught my eye was the lack of links. There are some posts without any, and I thought you could have improved the post and driven home the points you’re trying to make with a little bit of backup from other sites.
All in all, good job! I’m glad you’re back up online!
Erica