Go Green Illinois meeting

Online

Topic: Getting your suburb ready for Electric Vehicles The meeting will focus on how your group can help get your suburb ready for the transition to electric vehicles. The Metropolitan Mayors' Caucus EV Ready program provides tools to help put in place the policy and infrastructure for electrification. Electric car shows provide a good opportunity […]

Collaborative Conversations: Anti-Racism & the Environment

Zoom

This is a three-week virtual workshop series regarding environmental inequality in local green space and how participants can build an anti-racism practice. Session #1 ("Equity & the Environment") features award-winning educator and artist Jose Gonzalez, founder of Latino Outdoors, who will discuss the impact of racism on access to green space, the response of environmental […]

$5

Collaborative Conversations: Anti-Racism & the Environment

Zoom

This is a three-week virtual workshop series regarding environmental inequality in local green space and how participants can build an anti-racism practice. Session #1 ("Equity & the Environment") on January 14 featured award-winning educator and artist Jose Gonzalez, founder of Latino Outdoors, who discussed the impact of racism on access to green space, the response […]

$5

Collaborative Conversations: Anti-Racism & the Environment

Zoom

This is the third session in a virtual workshop series regarding environmental inequity in local green space and how participants can build an anti-racism practice. This session ("Owning Anti-Racism Work") will include a collective discussion by participants on how to build and sustain their own anti-racism practice. Session #1 ("Equity & the Environment") featured award-winning […]

$5

Staying Comfortable While Conserving Energy

Glenview Public Library 1930 Glenview Rd., Glenview, IL, United States

There’s snowplace like home! When the days are short and the nights are cold, how can homeowners keep energy bills down? Learn about free energy assessment programs and much more. Free virtual event at the Glencoe Public Library.

Free

Seed Starting for Your Garden (Virtual)

IL, United States

Get a head start to Spring and join us to help up your gardening game! You'll receive a variety of tips, tricks, resources, and techniques to lead you to success in the garden. The University of Illinois Extension, Lake County and SWALCO (Solid Waste Agency of Lake County) are happy to present the 2021 Garden […]

Free

A Green Bay Trail stroll from founding through restoration 

Glencoe Public Library 320 Park Ave., Glencoe, IL, United States

The Friends of the Green Bay Trail celebrates its 10th anniversary with a review of its beginning to today’s greatly appreciated healthy habitat.  What began as a spontaneous small volunteer effort to remove buckthorn trees has evolved into an extensive restoration of a long-neglected portion of the Green Bay Trail. It is now a valued North Shore […]

Free

Biomimicry — Copying Nature in Design

online IL, United States

All guests are welcome at the Barrington Breakfast Rotary meeting to hear Amy Coffman Phillips, licensed architect, naturalist, and expert in biomimicry and systemic resilience. She is the Youth Programs Manager with The Conservation Foundation and a Network Leader for biomimicry Chicago.  She is developing initiatives to empower us to learn from our native ecosystems […]

Active Transportation Alliance’s Suburban Action Week

Online

Join the Active Transportation Alliance in February for a week-long mobilization event aimed at creating better walking, biking, and transit in Chicagoland’s suburban communities. Suburban Action Week, taking place February 15 – 20, will feature a series of short online talks and workshops with advocates, county staff, and community leaders from around the region. Throughout […]

Free