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Urban Habitat Chicago

 

Join us at the library for activities!!

Come on by the Budlong Woods Branch Library!! Check out our scheduled events

successful Truman college community garden building day!!

On Saturday June 14th at 0930, the crew from UHC installed some raised bed planter boxes at the Gracie courtyard at Truman College. There is more work to be done and you can learn more here……

Truman college community garden building day!!

On Saturday June 14th at 0930, the crew from UHC will be installing raised bed planter boxes at the Gracie courtyard at Truman College. This is part of a larger engagement to support the students with opportunities to engage in urban agriculture.

previously transformed backyard by UHC

YIMBY - Yes In My BackYard - We’re looking for a few good yards….

May 2025 Urban Habitat Chicago is looking for candidates that would be interested in transforming their backyard into a productive space that demonstrates urban agriculture, material re-use/recycling and green infrastructure. Stay tuned…..

TRUMAN COLLEGE CLEAN UP

Recently the UHC crew was out surveying ang cleaning up a space at Truman College to get ready for a future install. It is going to be great to transform an underutilized space into a place that makes the world a little bit better…

CATFISH SPAWNING UNITS IN THE CHICAGO RIVER

there are now more places for our catfish friends to find shelter and lay eggs ! Learn more

Bloc’s blox made from the block!

With biofiber-reinforced concrete fresh in the mind, UHC has a plan. UHC decided to create biofiber-reinforced concrete blocks to facilitate the installation of planter boxes for The Bloc Chicago, a nonprofit that works with Chicago’s youth.

So many more Projects!

For more projects, look to the Past Projects tab, follow us on social medias, or subscribe to our mailing list to hear about all our upcoming ventures.

Our 20th Birthday!!!!

We celebrated our 20th anniversary in August 2024 with a cook out — with extraordinary chefs - and fun! Two decades of work with amazing people

Bloomingdale Trail(Er)

We worked with Omni Ecosystems, Perkins + Will, Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail, and Bike a Bee to build a cart for selling honey produced on the Bloomingdale Trail.

 

Urban Habitat Chicago

 
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What we do:

We teach, design, and implement environmental techniques in organic agriculture, water management, restorative landscape technologies and sustainable design, and food producing green roofs, for schools and community groups in Chicago. We have a particular interest in areas such as urban agriculture, green infrastructure, and material re-use/recycling.

UHC enables citizens to make direct environmental and social change. We provide “hands-on” training in environmental issues and urban agriculture through school programs, youth and adult workshops, internships, volunteer days and presentations at our teaching farm and other sites.