6th ANNUAL WINTER SOLSTICE PARADE OF LIGHTS

Shelton Park 385 Old Green Bay Road, Glencoe, IL, United States

Decorate yourself, family, dogs, strollers or wagons with lights and things that glow. No candles or open flames, please! Meet at the Shelton Park playground for a surprise presentation then stroll the Green Bay trail to sing songs and celebrate the arrival of longer days.  Festivities will end at the Shelton Park fire pit to […]

6th Annual Winter Solstice Parade of Lights

Shelton Park 385 Old Green Bay Road, Glencoe, IL, United States

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 for a surprise presentation and then stroll the Green Bay trail to sing songs and celebrate the arrival of longer days. Festivities will end at the Shelton Park fire pit […]

Holiday Styrofoam Recycling Collection

Various Locations IL, United States

Monday, December 27, 2021, to Sunday, January 9, 2022 Go Green Wilmette (GGW) is partnering with the Village of Wilmette to host a white Styrofoam recycling collection.  This is an opportunity to recycle block white polystyrene/Styrofoam (PS 6), which cannot be recycled through the Village of Wilmette’s residential Refuse and Recycling Program. Only White Styrofoam […]

Go Green Reads: The Myth and Mystery of Ground Water

Online

Join Jon Grand of The Book Stall for a discussion of his article, The Myth and Mystery of Ground Water and related topics. To access the article, click HERE   Register HERE

Go Green Illinois meeting

online IL, United States

Topic: Energy efficiency, renewable energy, CEJA implementation. This meeting will be held virtually.

Climate Change and the North Shore

What does climate change mean for our area—what can we expect, and what can we do about it? Please join international climate expert and University of Illinois professor emeritus Dr. Don Wuebbles in unpacking the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2021 Report and its implications for the North Shore.   Dr. Wuebbles led a […]

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 […]

Zero-Waste 101- Virtual

online IL, United States

Some of us are succeeding in refusing, reducing, reusing and recycling the physical items that come into our lives.  Do you want to learn more about where to find the best local products?  Join us for a presentation by librarian Jill Franklin. Please share your ideas in advance, so we can include them in the […]

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Be a Better Birder: Getting Started

Online

Start your Birding Journey. Part of the Be A Better Birder Series Join a naturalist to learn about how to get started birding. Learn about the history of birding, what equipment you might need and birds to expect.  Virtual via Zoom.  Register at Eventbrite

The Conservation Foundation: Environmental Summit 2022

Online

Building Climate Change Resiliency into Our Landscape We are pleased to announce that our Keynote Speaker for the 2022 Environmental Summit is Doug Tallamy. Doug Tallamy is a professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware. Doug won the Silver Medal from the Garden Writer’s Association […]