Start your Birding Journey. Part of the Be A Better Birder Series Join us as a representative from the Forest Preserves District introduces you to technology that can be used to enhance your birding experience. This is a Zoom presentation. Register on Eventbrite
Are you concerned about the loss of Birds? Want to do something? Are you interested in making your yard a place for birds to visit, feed, bathe, nest, and raise their chicks? Learn what birds need to make your yard their home. Pam Karlson transformed her small one-tenth of an acre in urban Chicago into […]
Green Minds LFLB & Elawa Farm Foundation presenting a Composting at Home 101 In this free program, Marion Cartwright, former co-director of the Garden at Elawa Farm Foundation and a Board member of Green Minds LFLB, will teach participants how to successfully compost at home. This class will be meeting both indoors and outdoors. Please […]
Join the City of Lake Forest and local organizations as we celebrate Earth Day 2022 in a series of events throughout the entire month of April 2022. Come out to this fun event and submit your Act For Earth Intention (as a person, group, organization or business). Jump into the fun photo booth, learn about […]
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 […]
From expanding bike lane access and electric vehicle charging, to green infrastructure and water supply management, cities are responding to the impacts of climate change and preparing for a much different future. What should cities in the Midwest focus on to be resilient in the face of climate change, and how can we ensure it […]
Join the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, Department of Sustainability Management and the Career Center for The Hale Sustainability Conference at DePaul University (1 E. Jackson Blvd, 8th floor, ste. 8005). The purpose of this conference is to provide career development opportunities to students interested in sustainability and further connect the DePaul sustainability community with the larger […]
DePaul University is excited to invite you to the Sustainability Career Fair, part of the Hale Sustainability Conference on Wednesday April 13th from 4-6 pm CST. This fair is open to students and alumni from all years and majors. We expect at least 150 students (combined total) from both the graduate and undergraduate programs. […]
Include native Illinois prairie plants in your garden and watch the pollinators arrive! Native prairie plants can make a ho-hum garden intriguing. Naturalist and author Cindy Crosby will discuss which species work well in a home garden setting and how to choose the best plants for your conditions. Cosponsored by the Friends of the Green […]
Whether photographing trillium at Somme Woods or a Red-tailed Hawk in Somme Prairie Grove, Lisa's photos capture the exquisite and fragile beauty of our ecosystem. If Lisa's photo's inspire you, attend her upcoming virtual library program. She'll focus on techniques to photograph plants, insects, and birds using basic equipment. She will discuss how to look […]
