Join a virtual interactive conversation about rising water tables, well water, wetlands, gullies and ditches in Riverwoods with the Executive Director of the Lake County Stormwater Management Commission, the Riverwoods Village Ecologist and the Riverwoods Village Engineer. This event is sponsored by the Riverwoods Preservation Council.
Go Green Wilmette resumes twice monthly beach clean ups at Gillson Beach beginning June 6 from 10am to noon. Look for our table at the south end of the park. Bring reusable gloves (not single-use plastic gloves) and a bucket or container to collect micro-plastic pieces that wash up during every storm. Please have a […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
