The Green Team Summit is less than two weeks away! We look forward to creating inspiring and healing spaces during the Summit to reconnect us with ourselves, one another, and our Earth. Check out a few of the Summit highlights: Practice Using Journaling as a Healing Practice Enjoy a Meditative Forest Bathing Walk through Heron […]
The Green Team Summit is less than two weeks away! We look forward to creating inspiring and healing spaces during the Summit to reconnect us with ourselves, one another, and our Earth. Check out a few of the Summit highlights: Practice Using Journaling as a Healing Practice Enjoy a Meditative Forest Bathing Walk through Heron […]
Habitat Helpers of Mallinckrodt Park will meet outside the Mallinckrodt Community Center. We will weed some native plant beds in Mallinckrodt Park. Bring water to drink and gardening gloves. Dress for the weather. Trowels and tools provided by the Wilmette Park District.
Join us for a beach clean up at Gillson Beach from 9am - 11am. 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 […]
Gerald Adelmann is the President and CEO of Openlands, an Illinois organization with national and International reach which combats climate change and protects natural and open spaces to ensure cleaner air and water. Jerry, as he is known to one and all, organized an Openlands program leading to the creation of the Illinois and Michigan […]
Join us for a special Go Green Reads with author Amanda Little who will lead a discussion of her book, "The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World." The book is a fascinating story of the sustainable food revolution and winner of the 2019 Nautilus Book Award. Register here. Go Green Reads is a […]
It is estimated that the average American produces 4.4 pounds of waste each day! Want to do something about that? From grocery shopping to your kitchen/bathroom/travel to the clothes you buy, this webinar will help you make simple changes to your daily routine that will really make a difference. Register Required HERE
Renowned author and professor Doug Tallamy will discuss the link between plants, insects, and human well-being, and steps we can take to restore biodiversity. Humans are nature's best hope. Recent headlines about global insect declines, the impending extinction of one million species worldwide, and three billion fewer birds in North America are a bleak […]
Learn how and why your neighbors have installed solar panels on Go Green Wilmette's first annual Wilmette Solar Tour on Sept. 25. The local tour is in conjunction with the Illinois Solar Energy Association's state-wide tour. There will be more than a dozen Wilmette homes on the local tour!
The Illinois Solar Tour is a series of FREE, public open houses and video tours all across the State to demonstrate how Illinois homes and businesses are using solar, wind, geothermal, passive solar design, energy efficiency, and more to be energy independent. This year, the Solar Tour will be in a HYBRID format! Some sites will hold in-person […]