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POSTPONED: First Annual Teen Summit and Maker Faire
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STAY TUNED FOR NEW DATE!
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Dentmon Center, 880 High Street, Carbondale IL 62901
Description: The Green Venture Fest aims to inspire, educate and empower our youth to solve problems and become leaders in our communities. This is a brand new combination of curated activities and programs to build the cooperative energy of our youth:
- Summit: Conversations on teen-chosen topics, team-building activities
- Maker Faire: With creative/artistic/scientific exhibits, demonstrations, workshops
- Club Forum: School clubs can share their activities and achievements and sign up new members
Students at schools from all over Southern Illinois are invited to attend! You can come as a club, or a group of interested students, or both!
Maker Faire
This event is an official Maker Faire Event! Carbondale Community High School’s Maker Club has been helping to organize the event from the start, which is why their name is on the logo, but this event is for ALL SOUTHERN ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOLS!
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Upcoming Events in Feb 2022
Join us each Thursday in February at 10am for a webinar series aimed to help businesses adapt and recover, build resilience, and reduce costs through sustainability practices. We’ll talk about why sustainability matters for small business and cover a variety of low to no cost savings opportunities to get your business started down its sustainability journey.
First Resilience Fair in Carbondale, Illinois
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All Together Now, Southern Illinois!
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 2, 2020 Contacts: Aur Beck, AES Solar, 618 893 1717, tech@aessolar.com; Amy McMorrow Hunter, The Climate Economy Education Inc, 618 713 2896, amy@theclimateeconomy.com Website: https://acommunitythrives.mightycause.com/story/Coal2sol ...
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