Since 2019, Go Green Wilmette has sponsored multiple beach cleanups each summer. On Saturday mornings, residents from Wilmette and beyond don reusable gloves and use reusable buckets to pick up the trash the waves have brought in: cigarette butts, shotgun shell...
THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY The administration in Washington has sent the clear signal to the world that the United States is back in the global fight for a healthy planet. We are back in the Paris agreement, COP 26 was held in 2021 and more commitments to...
There are many ways you can reduce your eco-footprint in your apartment or condo with small and simple changes. You can also help green your whole building by sharing our guidelines with your building owners or management. Use some or all of these documents to jump...
The Go Green Reads book discussion group aims to raise environmental awareness, inspire people to take individual and collective action, and create more sustainable and resilient communities. The group meets six times per year. Go Green Reads is offered through a...
Go Green Wilmette organizes a Sustainable Yard Tour (formerly called Alternative Yard Tour) each summer highlighting yards that work hard managing storm water, producing healthy organic food, composting food and yard waste, and providing critical native habitat for...
Go Green Wilmette hosts a Tree Walk each year in the autumn in partnership with the Village of Wilmette and the Wilmette Park District. Wilmette has many beautiful parks with majestic trees, so each year we select a park as the venue for a free, guided tour. The...
Go Green Wilmette partners with the Wilmette Park District to host bird walks each Sunday morning in May at Gillson Park. Migrating birds love Wilmette's lakefront! Gillson Park is an important place for them to rest and eat on their way north in the spring, and it's...
Go Green Wilmette occasionally hosts workdays to improve the habitat at the north end of Gillson Park. We’d love all the helpers we can get! Garden expertise is NOT required! The work involves things like transplanting of plants from dense areas into places that need...
What are Green Grants? Go Green Wilmette grants funds for programs, projects and events that are in keeping with the mission of Go Green Wilmette - To raise environmental awareness, inspire people to take action, and create a more sustainable community. Grant...
Go Green Wilmette attends the Wilmette French Farmer's Market three times during the season, usually once in June, July and September. It's an opportunity for you to learn more about what we do and how you can get involved. Check our calendar for the dates we will...
Go Green Wilmette works to improve Wilmette's air quality by helping to make residents and lawn care companies aware of Wilmette's ordinance which does not allow the use of gas-powered leaf blowers on residential property from May 15 - September 30 (ozone season.) You...
Members of Go Green Wilmette helped establish North Shore Green Women in 2013. Working with women from other north shore communities, we modeled this group after Chicago’s Women In Green (WIG) and the two groups are affiliated. The purpose of the group is to provide...
Each summer, Go Green Wilmette participates in Wilmette’s Summerfest, a two-day event that brings thousands of people into downtown Wilmette. We have an information booth manned by our summer intern and local volunteers. It is an excellent opportunity for us to share...