Monty and Rose tells the story of a pair of endangered piping plovers that successfully nested at Chicago’s Montrose Beach in the summer of 2019, the first of the species to nest in Chicago in 64 years. The short, independent documentary chronicles these special birds and an unpredictable series of events including a proposed music […]
A Women’s Exchange Program As we work to become more conscious about ever-expanding environmental products and services, Women’s Exchange has invited Jack Davenport, co-owner of Davenport Family Funeral Homes and Crematory to speak about ‘green’ burials.This talk will cover options for biodegradable caskets, shrouds, and water-based cremation used to reduce carbon footprint. Be among the […]
A Women’s Exchange Program In this transformative program with Kathleen Skoller, we will view a series of short film clips to explore what it means to be human at this critical moment in time. There will be discussion from “Climate: A New Story”, journaling or art making prompts each week. We’ll reflect on the opportunities […]
Join us for a lively discussion of Artic Dreams by Barry Lopez. This award-winning, bestselling, and groundbreaking exploration of the Far North is a classic of natural history, anthropology, and travel writing. Written in prose as pure as the land it describes, Arctic Dreams is a timeless meditation on the ability of the landscape to […]
Go Green Illinois Schools Meeting (run by Katie Narhwold of GGILS and Go Green Kenilworth) Join Go Green Illinois Schools for its Winter Meeting and learn about Ravinia School’s amazing greenhouse and their Green Growers student club. Students use a hydroponic system to grow lettuces in the fall and winter months, selling some produce to a local restaurant, and […]
Join us for a special screening of Renewal, which presents eight different stories about America’s growing religious-environmental movement. Each story is set in a different religious tradition and addresses a different environmental concern.
Northbrook Public Library is hosting a discussion of the book Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet by Michael Bloomberg & Carol Pope. Bloomberg, an entrepreneur and former mayor of New York City, and Pope, a lifelong environmental leader, approach climate change from different perspectives, yet they arrive at similar conclusions. Pick […]
Saturdays, December 7 2019 – April 25, 2020 Make your Saturday morning destination the Evanston Ecology Center Indoor Farmers’ Market. Come support Midwest vendors selling your winter time favorites. Parking: Free parking is available in the lot at Bridge and McCormick. This parking lot can be accessed from McCormick Blvd.
A Women’s Exchange Program In this transformative program with Kathleen Skoller, we will view a series of short film clips to explore what it means to be human at this critical moment in time. There will be discussion from “Climate: A New Story”, journaling or art making prompts each week. We’ll reflect on the opportunities […]
Cam Davis will kick off the “The Elemental Spirits” sermon series with an Adult Education presentation. He will also do a dialogue sermon with Bill Evertsberg on Sunday, February 16. Cam Davis is a public interest Clean Water attorney and in 2018 was elected commissioner at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) […]