Pumpkin Pitch 2022

Various Wilmette Locations Wilmette, IL, United States

The 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 […]

Pumpkin Pitch 2022

Various Wilmette Locations Wilmette, IL, United States

The 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 […]

Pumpkin Pitch 2022

Various Wilmette Locations Wilmette, IL, United States

The 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 […]

Go Green Reads: Fen, Bog and Swamp

Virtual IL

A lifelong environmentalist, Annie Proulx brings her wide-ranging research and scholarship to the subject of wetlands and the vitally important yet little understood role they play in preserving the environment—by storing the carbon emissions that greatly contribute to climate change. Fens, bogs, swamps, and marine estuaries are the earth’s most desirable and dependable resources, and […]

Go Green Illinois meeting

IL, United States

Topic: Regional greenhouse gas emissions: how to use data to inform your local work Register here for this virtual meeting.

The Power of Sustainable Investing

Virtual IL

Learn why investing in companies with high environmental and social priorities makes good financial sense. Three investment professionals will discuss how to develop an investment portfolio that combines building equity with helping to secure a livable world for you, your family, and our future. In partnership with Go Green Northbrook and Northbrook Chamber of Commerce. […]

CANCELLED: Gillson Beach Clean Up

Gillson Park Lake Ave. and Michigan Ave., Wilmette, IL, United States

CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER Join us for another beach cleanup!  Look for the Go Green Wilmette table at the south end of the park near the diagonal beachfront parking. Please bring your own bucket or container. Family-friendly – kids are encouraged to participate.

Harms Woods East Workday

Harms Woods – South Harms Road, Morton Grove, IL, United States

If 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 […]

Midwest Grows Green Giving Tuesday

Zoom

Almost another year of synthetic lawn chemical reduction is in the books! Hear from Midwest Grows Green's (MGG) Ryan Anderson how the initiative has identified, taught and implemented sustainable landscaping in 2022. After covering our achievements, Anderson will preview MGG plans for 2023. Before the MGG update, 7th grader Anusha Vaish from Eastchester, NY and […]

Free

Harms Woods East Workday

Harms Woods – South Harms Road, Morton Grove, IL, United States

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 […]