A Tour of the Wilmette Centennial Park Prairie

Centennial Park Crawford and Old Glenview Rd., Wilmette, IL, United States

  A 2-ACRE CREATED Midwestern Tall Grass PRAIRIE GROWING IN THE STORM-WATER DETENTION BASIN Nature’s Best Hope Book Club, located in Lake Bluff , is sponsoring a “Tour of the Prairie and Book Discussion” at Wilmette’s Centennial Park . The tour and discussion will be led by Charlotte Adelman, prairie initiator/creator and co-author of books including “The  Midwestern […]

Gillson Beach Clean Up

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

Join us for a beach clean up at Gillson Beach from 9am – 11am. Look for our table at the south end of the park near the diagonal beachfront parking.  Feel free to come early or stay beyond 11am, but please check in at our table. View the short video we filmed about plastic pollution and our […]

Gillson Park Bird Habitat Work Day

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

Join Go Green Wilmette for a chance to work on Gillson Park’s beautiful bird habitat. Thanks to our many volunteers for helping us keep this lovely space in great condition. We will have tools available for those who wish to do a bit of habitat maintenance. Please wear a mask and gardening gloves. Watch this […]

Zero Waste Buildings Webinar

Online

This webinar will cover zero waste case studies and how they are recovering from COVID-19 impacts, tips on how to start going zero waste, and the TRUE zero waste certification process. Zero Waste is focused on waste prevention that encourages the redesign of resource life cycles so that all products are reused. The goal is […]

Habitat Helpers of Mallinckrodt Park Workday

Mallinckrodt Park 1960 Elmwood Ave, Wilmette, IL, United States

Habitat Helpers of Mallinckrodt Park will meet on Thursday, August 19. Meet outside the Mallinckrodt Community Center. We will weed some native plant beds in Mallinckrodt Park for about 90 minutes and plan our schedule of work days. Bring water to drink and gardening gloves. Dress for the weather. Trowels and tools provided by the […]

Gillson Beach Clean Up

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

Join us for a beach clean up at Gillson Beach from 9am – 11am. Look for our table at the south end of the park near the diagonal beachfront parking.  Feel free to come early or stay beyond 11am, but please check in at our table. View the short video we filmed about plastic pollution and our […]

Habitat Helpers of Mallinckrodt Park Work Day

Mallinckrodt Park 1960 Elmwood Ave, Wilmette, IL, United States

Habitat Helpers of Mallinckrodt Park will meet outside the Mallinckrodt Community Center. We will weed some native plant beds in Mallinckrodt Park. Bring water to drink and gardening gloves. Dress for the weather. Trowels and tools provided by the Wilmette Park District.

Gillson Beach Clean Up

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

Join us for a beach clean up at Gillson Beach from 9am – 11am. Look for our table at the south end of the park near the diagonal beachfront parking.  Feel free to come early or stay beyond 11am, but please check in at our table. View the short video we filmed about plastic pollution and our […]

Go Green Winnetka Fall Native Plant Sale

Winnetka, IL IL, United States

Don’t put your trowels away for the season quite yet, because fall is an ideal time to plant native plants for them to thrive next summer. Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or looking to begin, Go Green Winnetka’s fall native plant sale will provide you with the plants and information you need to create your […]

Morton Grove Sustainability Expo

Morton Grove Civic Center 6140 Dempster St, Morton Grove

Join the Morton Grove Environment and Natural Resources Commission at the Morton Grove Sustainability Expo. This free event is family friendly, all are welcome, and encouraged to attend. Over 30+ vendors and exhibitors. Come learn about solar options in IL, sign up for a free energy audit, pick up a sapling to plant, design an eco-focus […]

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