Climate Reality Project Presentation

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Join the Go Green groups in Winnetka, Wilmette, Northfield, and Kenilworth for this special presentation of the Climate Reality Project by Jane Goldenberg, a former Northfield Village Trustee. The Climate Reality Project works to catalyze local solutions to the climate crisis. Learn how to be part of the solution. Register here.

Free

Film Screening: Overload

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CHICAGO-AREA PREMIERE. FILM DESCRIPTION: Soozie Eastman learns that hundreds of synthetic toxins are now found in every baby born in America and the government and chemical corporations are doing little to protect citizens and consumers. With guidance from world-renowned physicians and environmental leaders, interviews with scientists and politicians, and stories of everyday Americans, Soozie uncovers how […]

Community Solar Webinar

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If you can’t put solar panels on your own home, but want to support 100% renewable energy in Illinois with no upfront investment, you can now subscribe to a community solar project. You can save money while also supporting local renewable energy. Learn more about community solar and what it means for you living in […]

Pumpkin Pitch

Wilmette Village Hall 1200 Wilmette Ave, Wilmette, IL

at the Village Hall parking lot and the Centennial parking lot If you can’t compost your pumpkins in your backyard compost container, and don’t have a yard waste/compost toter, bring them to either parking lot on Nov. 7th from 9am – 3pm so they can be commercially composted. Remove all candles and non-compostable decorations. Do […]

Virtual Tree Walk with Openlands

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Join us for another VIRTUAL tree walk from the comfort of your own home! Focus will be on identification, growth habit, and the history of the park. We’ll also see trees that Openlands has planted. Please do not come to Washington Park for this walk. Register HERE CEUs will be available for Certified Arborists.

The Story of Plastic Virtual Film Screening

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The Story of Plastic takes a sweeping look at the human-made crisis of plastic pollution and the worldwide effect it has on the health of our planet and its inhabitants. Spanning three continents, the film illustrates the ongoing catastrophe - fields full of garbage, veritable mountains of trash, rivers and seas clogged with waste, and […]

Free

Go Green Illinois meeting

Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL, United States

Topic TBD

Virtual Lobby Day – Clean Energy Jobs Act

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Every year the environmental community convenes in Springfield for a lobby day, where we talk to our legislators about vital bills, and rally for a healthy, livable planet and communities. This day is key to passing strong environmental bills, and showing our power as a movement. We know doing this day virtually will be a […]

Webinar: Bringing Nature Home

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Bringing Nature Home Sponsored by Wild Ones – Lake to Prairie Chapter Author Doug Tallamy will explain why specialized relationships determine the stability and complexity of the local food webs that support animal diversity, why our yards and gardens are essential parts of the ecosystems that sustain us, and how we can use our landscapes to connect the […]

5th Annual Sip Red, Go Green

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Save the Date! Join the Go Green Wilmette community for our 5th annual Sip Red, Go Green event brought to you virtually this year! The event will feature an at-home wine tasting focused on natural and organic wines. Learn how delicious they are, and how your wine purchases can promote a healthier planet and a […]