Lindsay Welbers

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🚍🚆 Public transit is one of the few ways Illinois families can beat rising costs. It saves riders thousands each year on gas, parking, car repairs, and insurance.

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Informational flyer about Rogers Park Whistle Protocols, explaining how to use whistles to alert neighbors of emergencies, with color-coded alerts, steps for use, and encouragement to form a crowd and stay loud for safety.

I'm so proud of everyone from my old neighborhood of Rogers Park in Chicago. I see what you have been and are doing. I am so proud of how organized the community is and how much more so everyone is becoming. It is inspiring. Just one example... And this is something EVERYONE can do. Everyone.

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I’m out, I'm sore. I'll have more later, but right now I have to say a couple of things. First, walking out of there to learn about the kindness, support, and quick action from so many of you all has meant the world to me, my wife, and co-founder, Raven. Thank you.

‘Lights Out,’ Chicago. Bird Migration Will Be Intense Thursday Night and Millions Need Safe Passage Half a billion birds will be on the move across the U.S. tonight as migration begins to hit its peak, with some 25 million expected to pass over Illinois, putting the entire state on high alert to red...

Half a billion birds will be on the move across the U.S. tonight as migration begins to hit its peak, with some 25 million expected to pass over Illinois, putting the entire state on high alert to reduce collision risks. https://to.wttw.com/4nPuq6v

I love state parks and highway rest areas so much man I love the aesthetics of natural spaces reserved for the common good where one can exist without spending money

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The second edition of “Chicago Transit Hikes” by Lindsay Welbers discusses more great nature trails you can access without driving there
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The second edition of "Chicago Transit Hikes" by Lindsay Welbers discusses more great nature trails you can access without driving there - Streetsblog Chicago “Chicago Transit Hikes: A Guide to Getting Out in Nature without a Car” author Lindsay Welbers spent ten years living in an apartment in the Logan Square community before deciding to move. She describes...

The second edition of “Chicago Transit Hikes” by Lindsay Welbers discusses more great nature trails you can access without driving there

The Journey Isn’t About the Destination for Lindsay Welbers' <em>Chicago Transit Hikes</em> | Third Coast Review If you're a railway newbie, Welbers’ lets you know what to bring to make the excursion comfortable and carefree. Don't panic!

Lit Editor Business: Take the Train/Take a Hike. Caroline Huftalen reviews Chicago Transit Hikes: A Guide to Getting Out in Nature without a Car, by Lindsay Welbers @writingwelbers.bsky.social. @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social. Published by @illinoispress.bsky.social.

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Photos of natural settings surround the book title which reads "Chicago Transit Hikes: A guide to getting out in nature without a car" Second edition, Lindsay Welbers

Hi! 👋 Let me introduce myself to the new folks: I'm Lindsay Welbers, and I'm the author of "Chicago Transit Hikes: A guide for getting out in nature without a car" out today through @illinoispress.bsky.social. I'm based on the NW side of the city, hike in Ted Woods, and bike or take transit often.

Chicago Transit Hikes A Guide to Getting Out in Nature without a Car, Second Edition Author: Lindsay Welbers

Hikes in Chicago with illustrated map

Forest Glen and Edgebrook: LaBagh Woods and North Branch Trail table

Happy Pub Date to CHICAGO TRANSIT HIKES: A Guide to Getting Out in Nature without a Car, Second Edition, by @writingwelbers.bsky.social!
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Thank you to Caroline Huftalen for her kind words! 😁

That's a great idea! Works in Chicago, and many of our suburbs!

The second edition of my book "Chicago Transit Hikes: A guide to getting out in nature without a car" is landing in inboxes right now! This is a guide to over 30 natural spaces that anyone can get to, without a car.

Use code F25UIP for 30% off your order.

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Introducing . . . the UIP Fall/Winter 2025 catalog!
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I finished "Parable of the Sower" by Octavia Butler. (From the library!) I loved Butler's prose and worldbuilding, but I hate how prescient it was/is.

Chicago Transit Hikes

The second edition of my book "Chicago Transit Hikes: A guide to getting out in nature without a car" is now available for pre-order, and will hit the shelves Sept. 9. @illinoispress.bsky.social

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Chicago Transit Hikes

The second edition of my book "Chicago Transit Hikes: A guide to getting out in nature without a car" is now available for pre-order, and will hit the shelves Sept. 9. @illinoispress.bsky.social

www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

#Chicago #UrbsInHorto #TransitHikes #GoOutside #ChicagoAuthor

The cheapest way requires more time, but if you smother your lawn with a tarp for a few weeks and then replace the ground with seeded groundcover. If I were going to do that I'd start in August, so your seeds have a chance to root before winter. That's the cheapest option of all.

I killed my lawn in 2020 with a ton of cardboard boxes, a few hundred dollars worth of fresh topsoil, and about $30 in seeds. I've spent probably an equal amount on bare-root plants and seeds. It's a fragrant oasis with milkweed, rattlesnake master, mountain mint, violets, and dogwoods, to start.

Hate mowing and endless watering? Rip out your lawn and replace it with something more wild Native landscaping requires minimal maintenance, benefits the environment and, with a bit of acceptance, can be a thing of beauty.

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I love this article about replacing your lawn with native plants, but I do take issue with one thing: that it could cost thousands of dollars to replace your lawn.

You can do it yourself for way, way less. Cheap as free, even.

I also enjoyed @trapperhaskins.bsky.social "Crooked Old River," a tale of one guy's desire to build an old boat, and paddle it from the mouth of the Mississippi, all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico. The story rolls at the pace of the river itself, first slow and leisurely, then fast and messy.

I want to call attention specifically to "Diana of the Dunes: The True Story of Alice Gray" a woman whose probable genius was restricted by the the times her gender allowed for her. So she fucked off to go live in the still-wild Indiana Dunes. I love her and want to be her. Truly an icon.

Quick update on my finished reads:

"We Kept Our Towns Going" The story of (women) union garment workers in the UP.
"Minong - The Good Place" the indigenous history of Isle Royale.
"The Cereal Killer Chronicles of Battle Creek" lil murder book.
"Moonlight in Duneland" - South Shore Line posters.

President Preckwinkle Unveils New All-Terrain Wheelchairs During Nature is Accessible! Event President Preckwinkle Unveils New All-Terrain Wheelchairs During Nature is Accessible! Event Cook […]

Cool news alert:

"The 13 all-terrain wheelchairs will be stationed across Cook County, with one at each of the Forest Preserves’ six nature centers, as well as camps Sullivan, Reinberg and Bullfrog Lake campgrounds.'

Accessibility in the outdoors is actually cool af.
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40% transit cuts in Chicago next year are avoidable

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