Smith Nature Symposium: Our Future Speaks

Online

Join us for the first session in Brushwood Center's live-streamed 37th annual Smith Nature Symposium series. The Smith Nature Symposium opens with the most important voices in this series: our future. Young leaders from Cool Learning Experience (CLE), a distinguished environmental education program and partner with Brushwood Center, share their vision for a more just […]

Lend a Hand on the Green Bay Trail

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

The Friends of the Green Bay Trail sponsors trail work days several times a month from 9-11 a.m. Meet at the Trail's Harbor St. entrance, just east of Green Bay Rd. in Glencoe. Restoration and stewardship work varies.  Long pants and closed toe shoes are recommended.  Bring  reusable gloves, clippers, bug spray and a mask.  […]

Free

Lend a Hand on the Green Bay Trail

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

The Friends of the Green Bay Trail sponsors trail work days several times a month from 9-11 a.m. Meet at the Trail's Harbor St. entrance, just east of Green Bay Rd. in Glencoe. Restoration and stewardship work varies.  Long pants and closed toe shoes are recommended.  Bring  reusable gloves, clippers, bug spray and a mask.  […]

Free

Gillson Beach Clean Up

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

Join us on for a beach clean up at Gillson Beach from 10am to noon. Look for our table at the south end of the park near the diagonal beachfront parking.  Feel free to come early or stay beyond noon, but please check in at our table. View the short video we filmed about plastic […]

Gillson Park Bird Habitat Workday

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

 Watch this short video to see why our bird habitat near Lake Michigan is so important. We will meet at the bird habitat that stretches south from the corner of Lake and Michigan Avenues in Wilmette. Please bring a mask to wear at times when we must be close to each other. We will weed […]

Smith Nature Symposium: Essential Water

Online

Join us for the second session in Brushwood Center's live-streamed 37th annual Smith Nature Symposium series. From biochemist Janet Angel’s powerful invention to transform oil spills into food for marine life, to artist Arica Hilton’s art advocacy for the oceans, you will not want to miss their underwater stories of life’s most critical resource. This […]

Recycling and Composting in the Time of Covid

Online

Hear how school systems are proactively responding to the implications of Covid (e.g., increased packaging, eating in the classroom, PPE waste, limitations on partners coming to schools, etc.) by pivoting recycling education, food reuse programs, and collection systems to ensure their programs stay on track during Covid.

Free

Zero Waste School Practices during Covid-19

Online

SGA’s Zero Waste Schools program and school leaders from around the region will exchange ideas and discuss ways to creatively adapt zero waste practices to our new circumstances. The conversation will center around reducing waste from the classroom and food service by adapting prevention, recycling, composting, and food recovery strategies. We’ll also share ways students […]

Free

Smith Nature Symposium: It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

Online

It’s raining, it’s pouring, there’s no time for snoring. The global implications of climate change reverberate in our homes and communities in the form of floods, impacted ecosystems, and increased public health threats. Join this dynamic conversation to learn how we collectively address these challenges. Ticket prices are very affordable and designed to be “give […]

Go Green Illinois meeting

Zoom

Topic: Having difficult conversations/talking with people with different views. To register for the meeting and receive the zoom link, click here. Prior to the meeting, please watch one or both of these TED talks: Katharine Hayhoe TED Talk J. Marshall Shepherd TED Talk