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Mightybytes goes Green! Part 1: What?!

by Travis Chandler

Tim, our fearless leader, is often coming up with ideas to improve our business. When he suggested recently that our company go green, we all cheered.

Perhaps referring to him as fearless is a tad extreme. When I say he's fearless I mean he doesn't fear irrational things, like, oh, cake. He fears no cake. But he does have rational fears, about things like, say, we humans screwing up our environment so badly that poor ol' Mother Earth can't fix herself back up again. And we, his employees, share that fear.

"But what's the first step in going green?" I asked in a trembling, afraid-of-new-things kind of way.

"Take a look at the 'eco-Andersonville Sustainable Business Certification Program Worksheet'" he boomed in a commanding baritone. Baritonally commanded, I did so. Once finished printing the sizable document I shook my fist at the heavens, suddenly realizing the irony of printing out on mashed-up trees a document specifically dedicated to reducing the amount of things we print out on mashed-up trees. Damn. Karma-wise, I deserved to be chopped up into cubes and scattered about the roots of a young sapling as fertilizer.

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Highlights of Sustainable Agriculture in the Media and Film

by Stacy

‘Industrial agriculture as it exists today is a ticking time bomb that has placed human and environmental health in great jeopardy. The sustainable food movement is transforming both public opinion and the food industry.'

As part of  Andersonville Green Week, Free from Harm, an educational and advocacy resource, is staging a multimedia event: Highlights of Sustainable Agriculture in the Media and Film—a montage of footage ‘from some of the leading films and non profits of our time, including Dirt The Movie, Fresh The Movie, Farm Sanctuary, celebrated authors Michael Pollan and David Kirby, as well as Wes Jackson, founder of The Land Institute, to name a few.’

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GASLAND: A film by Josh Fox. Chicago Premiere during Andersonville Green Week

by Stacy

Do you know what ‘fracking’ is and how it affects our air and drinking water? It’s time you do.

Mightybytes is proud to co-sponsor the Chicago theatrical premiere screening of GASLAND: A Film by Josh Fox, along with Andersonville Green Week, and the Peace on Earth Film Festival.

Presented by Chicago Filmmakers, GASLAND is a Special Jury Prize Winner - Sundance Film Festival 2010.

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Lessons in Creativity II: Tonight’s Neo-Futurists Event

by Stacy

Get inspired tonight Chicago at The Neo-Futurists Event, Lessons in Creativity. Find out how The Neo-Futurists, home of the longest running show in Chicago, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, create new work every week. This event includes a reception, performance and post-show presentation of how The Neos work. Details: Nov. 12, 2009 7p.m. to 10p.m. Neo-Futurarium 5153 N Ashland Ave Chicago, IL 60640 Buy tickets Check out our prior conversation with The Neo-Futurists about creative process. Enjoy the…

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Halloween Show: Bumpus at the Elbo Room

by Stacy

Halloween is here…what better way to spend it than hearing things go Bumpus in the night? MB’s own James Johnston and Travis Chandler are in Bumpus, a Chicago music group that plans to “go old school and return to their roots” at this weekend’s show. Halloween show info: Elbo Room 10/31/09 10 p.m. 2871 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago, IL Q: James, what can we expect by spending Halloween at the Bumpus show? James: Scary music, a giant zombie banana, something to…

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