Raise your hand if you know what it feels like to have water issues at home - flooded basement, soggy yard, etc.? Join us at the farm for an engaging & practical discussion on ways to mitigate water issues at your own home by how you create your landscaping and what plants you use. Speakers […]
Midwest Grows Green is turning 4 and Patagonia is hosting a celebration for them! For this event, Patagonia will open space at their Lincoln Park store to MGG and their partners to share past and current pesticide reduction projects. The event will start with a fair format from 5-6pm, where MGG partner organizations will table […]
at Gillson Beach Join the global beach clean up movement right here at Gillson Park. Small pieces of plastic have washed up on our beaches – dangerous for kids, dogs and us! Bring a hand-held sifter if possible, a bucket and reusable gloves. (Plastic gloves and bags will not be supplied!) Meet on the sidewalk leading to […]
at Wilmette Public Library Join us for a meeting to learn details about the new community solar program for Illinois. Presented by Jon Carson and Trajectory Energy.
Women’s Exchange Program: What Do I Do With This? You have decided to let go of all those unneeded items cluttering up your home and your life, Congratulations! You want to get rid of them, responsibly and without sending them to the landfill. What? Where? How?? In this open-discussion salon, Karen York,Professional Organizer will […]
at the Village Hall 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 the Wilmette Village Hall parking lot on Nov. 9th from 9am – 3pm so they can be commercially composted. Remove all candles and non-compostable decorations. Do NOT put […]
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THIS SERIES IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE JANNOTTA FAMILY THROUGH THE GORTON PRODUCER PROGRAM At age 15, filmmaker Slater Jewell-Kemker began attending environmental summits, camera in hand, wide-eyed and ready to make a difference. What began as a single journey evolved into an intimate and challenging documentary shot behind the front lines of the largely […]
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 14 @ 6:30 PM Based on the autobiographical novel by Farley Mowat, Carroll Ballard’s film chronicles the work of Tyler (Charles Martin Smith), a biologist who sets out alone on a government-sponsored mission to study the lives of Arctic wolves, an experience which ultimately becomes a journey of self-discovery as well. The screening […]
