Great Lakes Forever c/o Biodiversity Project 4507 N Ravenswood #106 Chicago, IL 60640 773-496-4020 phone 773-906-1303 fax project@biodiverse.org   Intro :: Program News :: Great Lakes News :: News Links Great Lakes Forever is a unique and powerful tool for Great Lakes individuals, decision-makers and communities. By offering an informative and inspiring resource for the public, Great Lakes Forever strives to engage a wider constituency of informed and active citizens in the region.   Great Lakes Forever is a program the Biodiversity Project -a non-profit environmental communications group based out of Chicago IL,. The Biodiversity Project is dedicated to raising public understanding of biodiversity and ecosystems. Great Lakes Forever is part of Biodiversity Project's large-scale communications effort in the Great Lakes region.   Program News Quick Links Great Lakes Forever and Anheuser-Busch Sponsor Second Annual Great Lakes Photo Contest WI Public Television Teams Up for Great Lakes Budweiser & Anheuser-Busch Wholesalers "Coast" Into Partnership to Protect the Great Lakes Earth Friendly Products Joins Great Lakes Forever Great Lakes Forever receives $10,000 from sales of Michelob Golden Light Anheuser-Busch Support for Great Lakes Forever Great Lakes Forever Launches in Chicago GLF 2004 Evaluation Report Now Available Great Lakes Connecting Communities Communications Toolbox CD-ROM Released Great Lakes Forever Beer Coasters News Current Program Activities   Great Lakes Town Hall The Great Lakes Town Hall is a dynamic and interactive online forum for concerned residents in the Great Lakes region. Users can come together to learn about and discuss the issues that the Lakes - and its residents - face each day. The multi-layered website includes daily essays by fellow residents, weekly essays by the Town Hall moderators, an opinion poll, a Community Bulletin Board, and more. Join in on the discussion today!   Annual Great Lakes Photo Contest - sponsored by GLF and Anheuser-Busch This year Great Lakes Forever and Anheuser-Busch are teaming up to sponsor the second annual Great Lakes Photo Contest! Professional and amateur photographers are encouraged to submit up to three of their original Great Lakes photos. The grand prize winners will see their winning photograph on the 2008 educational beer coasters, to be distributed to bars and restaurants around the Great Lakes region! Other prizes include a Trek bike, a Coleman cooler and a portable fire pit. Click here for more information on registration, deadlines, rules and prizes!   Great Lakes Eco-Minutes In 2004, Great Lakes Forever came up with a minute-long radio spot that highlighted the beauty, value and vulnerabilities of the Great Lakes. After this successful airing, we are again releasing radio spots in 2008! This time, four (4) 30-second radio spots, called "Eco-Minutes", will feature the Great Lakes in fun, valuable and educational ways. Listen in to your Chicago radio stations, or check back to Great Lakes Forever this fall to hear the Eco-Minutes! Click here to listen to the 2004 radio spot .