CANCELLED:Nature-based Solutions for Urban Environments
Virtual ILPROGRAM CANCELLED We hope to reschedule this program for the spring of 2023. Visit the Friends’ website for program updates and event calendar.
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Environmental Law & Policy Center Webinar: 2023 Outlook for EVs
Virtual ILEnvironmental Law and Policy Center's (ELPC) webinar will discuss the 2023 outlook for electric vehicles in the Midwest. Find out why "range-anxiety" will soon be a thing of the past. Significant federal and state legislation and market forces are creating tremendous opportunities for funding, manufacturing and purchasing electric vehicles of all kinds: passenger cars, public […]
Goodfest at St. John’s
St. John's Lutheran Church 1235 Wilmette Ave., Wilmette, IL, United StatesSt. John's Goodfest Goes Green! Go Green Wilmette will be at the Goodfest gathering at St. John's Church on Oct. 1 helping to make it a "Zero Waste" event. Do you belong to a group planning an event? If so, let GGW help you reduce waste, compost food scraps and make it an earth-friendly event. Three cheers […]
Fall Seed Spreading and Tree Walks Day
Gillson Park Lake Ave. and Michigan Ave., Wilmette, IL, United StatesWhere: Gillson Park Bird Habitat Northwest corner of the park above the beach parking lot Join Go Green Wilmette as we enjoy autumn in Gillson Park. For the last habitat workday of the season in the Park’s Bird Habitat, we will celebrate the space by gathering seeds from several species of native plants growing there. […]
Going Green Matters Webinar Series: We’re Ovar It – Earth Friendly Menstrual Wellness
Virtual ILRegister now! Join us for "We’re Ovar It," a webinar discussion about earth-friendly menstrual wellness. It’s time to address how period products affect the health of our bodies and the earth through a discussion and Q&A with activists and experts within the earth-friendly wellness space. A bit of background: In the United States alone, approximately […]
Net Zero Building Tour
Techny Prairie Activity Center 180 Anets Drive, Northbrook, IL, United StatesJoin Illinois Green Alliance and the Northbrook Park District IN-PERSON for a guided tour of one of the first net zero energy verified projects in Illinois! Designed by Wight & Company, the 44,200 square foot Techny Prairie Activity Center (TPAC) is a PHIUS+ 2015 & Source Zero Certified Project. The facility received a $1.78 million […]
Recycle Right: Your Questions Answered
Virtual ILAre you uncertain about what is recyclable and where to recycle it? A representative from Waste Management & other experts provide an inside look at how to recycle effectively to help the environment. Do you find yourself “wishcycling” small plastic objects? Or confused about whether shredded paper is recyclable? Recycling helps the environment when done […]
Gillson Park Beach Clean Up
Gillson Park Lake Ave. and Michigan Ave., Wilmette, IL, United StatesJoin us for a beach clean up at Gillson Beach. Look for our table at the south end of the park near the diagonal beachfront parking. Feel free to come early or stay beyond 11am, but please check in at our table. View the short video we filmed about plastic pollution and our beach clean up efforts. […]
Harms Woods East Workday
Harms Woods - South Harms Road, Morton Grove, IL, United StatesIf you'd like to enjoy a beautiful day outdoors and help restore health to our local woodlands, please join us for a restoration work day at Harms Woods East! We'll meet in the Harms Woods South parking lot (Groves 1 & 2), which is the first parking lot north of Golf Road (the one shaped […]
Pumpkin Pitch 2022
Various Wilmette Locations Wilmette, IL, United StatesThe Village of Wilmette will once again provide dumpsters for you to “pitch your pumpkins” and turn them into compost. Painted gourds and pumpkins are OK, but remove all candles and decorations. Dumpsters will be in the Village Hall parking lot and the Centennial parking lot on November 5th. Dumpster at Village Hall ONLY on […]