Presented by Electrify Now, this webinar will give you a jump start learning about the next best thing in reducing home energy use – heat pumps. High efficiency heat pumps – often called Cold Climate heat pumps – are a key technology in helping individuals and communities move towards rapid electrification and decarbonization no matter where they […]
Decorate yourself, family, dogs, strollers or wagons with lights and things that glow. No candles or open flames, please! Meet at Glencoe’s Shelton Park playground to mark the passing of the year’s longest period of darkness. Enjoy the Friends’ presentation of the Abbot’s Bromley Horn Dance, an ancient musical procession historically performed at this time […]
Free Styrofoam Recycling Collection in Wilmette The Village of Wilmette and Go Green Wilmette are sponsoring a Styrofoam collection for the year-end holidays. Residents can drop off white block Styrofoam for which will be taken to Abt Electronics for recycling. Where: Wilmette Public Works facility lobby, 711 Laramie Avenue (ring bell) When: Weekdays only, […]
Join Go Green Illinois members for a program on Sustainable Schools: How to get started or how to make progress after Covid setbacks. Register now for the meeting, but please be sure to unregister if you cannot attend so we do not exceed our registration maximum. When registering, please add your community name first, […]
If you’re looking for ways to get outdoors in the winter months, what better way to do it than cutting brush and peeling off layers while you warm up in the woods? To enjoy a beautiful day outdoors and help restore health to our local woodlands, please join us for a restoration work day at […]
The average American buys a new piece of clothing every 5.5 days. Our fashion choices affect the people who make the clothes, safe water, clean air, and what goes to the landfill. Learn from Amanda McCarty, host of the Clotheshorse podcast, how to make the best decisions about what you buy and where you buy […]
Julie Buckles and Winnetka native Charly Ray built a wood and canvas canoe together, exchanged wedding vows, and embarked on The Trip, planning to travel 2,700 miles in that canoe to the Arctic Ocean for their honeymoon. In Paddling to Winter, Julie tells the incredible true story of their year-long journey on the Voyageur Highway from Lake Superior in Wisconsin to Wollaston Lake in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Filled with […]
Save money, make your home more comfortable, and reduce your carbon footprint. Citizens Utility Board (CUB) and Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation will lead this workshop diving into ways renters and homeowners can access energy efficiency and community solar programs. During this workshop, you will receive information on: Free programs designed to save you energy and money […]
Vernon Area Public Library is hosting Go Green Highland Park member Jay Futterman, who will be presenting a talk about electric vehicles. EVs are rapidly moving from a niche product to the mass market. They are more fun to drive, better for the planet and can free you from pain at the pump and gas […]
If you’re looking for ways to get outdoors in the winter months, what better way to do it than cutting brush and peeling off layers while you warm up in the woods? To enjoy a beautiful day outdoors and help restore health to our local woodlands, please join us for a restoration work day at […]
