As part of the Active Transportation Alliance's Suburban Action Week, the Inclusive Community Engagement Workshop will help you brainstorm and explore how to involve a broad range of groups and individuals in your advocacy efforts for walking and biking. To register for this session and receive a Zoom link, please sign-up for Suburban Action Week […]
As part of the Active Transportation Alliance's Suburban Action Week, the Ask an Engineer: How Projects Get Built Workshop will explore the ins-and-outs of how pedestrian and bicycle projects get engineered and built. The session will be led by Mike Kerr, Engineer and President of Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd who has built many walking […]
SAVE THE DATE! Rep. Robyn Gabel plans to introduce a bill to ban certain pesticides which make their way to pollute our waters. Registration details to come. Speakers on the program are: Rep. Robyn Gable; MRWD Commissioner Debra Shore; Great Lakes Alliance Pres. Joel Brammeier; and Beth Drucker of Go Green Wilmette.
Pace Suburban Bus, dragging its feet on transitioning to electric buses, plans to add 78 damaging diesel buses to its fleet. To learn what you can do to help push Pace toward the electrification of its bus fleet, attend the virtual Town Hall, co-sponsored by Climate Reality Chicago and the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra […]
SOLAR AMBASSADOR MEETING: THE CLIMATE AND EQUITABLE JOBS ACT LEGISLATIVE OVERVIEW, NEW TOOLS, AND MORE Solar policy in Illinois is getting an update - and so is Illinois Solar Energy Association (ISEA)! This meeting, designed for all Solar Ambassadors whether new or experienced, will cover a brief overview of new legislation (CEJA), new tools for […]
Join us for a t-shirt to bag program hosted by Green Minds LFLB on April 5th, 4pm – 6pm at Gorton to celebrate Earth Month! Come and sew t-shirts into reusable produce bags. The bags will be donated to a farm on America’s largest food desert. You can also make a bag (or 2!) for […]
Join CPR for a Lobby Day to support a ban on foam foodware. You will be connected to your legislators so that you can let them know why this legislation is important to you and ought to be passed this session!
It’s A Night Thing: How Dispelling the Dark has Altered our World Ken Walczak Board of Directors, DarkSky International, helped co-found the local DarkSky Chicago chapter Senior Manager, Adler Planetarium Associate. REGISTER for the first speaker https://evanston.libnet.info/event/10078035 The Full Series: https://climate-action-evanston.webflow.io/natural-habitat-initiatives/nurturing-nature-speaker-series Artificial lighting has chased away the dark with devastating effect on insects, birds, humans and other species. Fireflies simply stop blinking rather than compete with lights, giving up their breeding success for our artificial lights. With Ken Walczak of Adler Planetarium and DarkSky Chicago, […]
Village of Hampshire will be distributing Free native seed envelopes to residents on Friday, April 26, at the following events: -10am Village Arbor Day Ceremony @ Henpeck Park -1pm Hampshire Township Park District Arbor Day Birthday Party @ Seyller Park Can’t make these events? Seed envelopes will be available at both Village Hall & Ella […]
Enacted into law in 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is a landmark piece of legislation and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. This historic law is the largest federal investment in clean energy in U.S. history and boldly addresses the pressing issue of climate change while empowering the public to contribute to a more resilient future through […]
