You are invited to learn about and celebrate the impact of Centennial Volunteers stewardship in our forest preserves. After measuring the biodiversity of nine river edge preserves, the significant changes brought about by volunteers are clear and the results are scientific, encouraging and amazing!
The Wild & Scenic Film Festival is a three-day event presented annually by the Evanston Environmental Association (EEA) and the city of Evanston. Different movies are shown on the three separate days of the festival. This is the festival’s eighth year in Evanston and its popularity in past years has now led to the addition of a […]
The conference will feature over 100 Presentations, 60 Exhibits, and a multitude of Performances, Poster Sessions and Networking Opportunities celebrating this region’s nature and how people enjoy and protect it. With our larger venue, Wild Things may host up to 3,000 attendees this year. The 2019 Keynote speaker will be Gary Nabhan, noted ecologist and author
Screening of Bag It! The Movie; is your life too plastic? Tues. Feb. 26, 9:30 am Wilmette Theatre, 1122 Central Ave., Wilmette Hosted by the Garden Guild of Winnetka; discussion to follow Try going a day without plastic. In this touching and often flat-out-funny film, we follow “everyman” Jeb Berrier as he embarks on a […]
The Downtown Streetscape Plan is focused on improvements to Wilmette and Central Avenues within downtown, including improvements to lighting, sidewalks, roadways, plantings, and amenities. The Village is working closely with the design team and downtown stakeholders to review public comments and prepare a Preliminary Streetscape Concept Plan. The Concept Plan will be shared with the community […]
Green Drinks: Bringing Solar to Evanston Evanston’s Climate Action Plan calls for the City to achieve 100% renewable electricity supply for all properties by 2030. Although purchasing renewable energy credits (RECs) has played a large part in working toward this goal, the City also will also look to onsite generation of renewable energy through sources […]
SAVE THE DATE Climate Action: Thinking Globally – Acting Locally Speakers; Rebecca Boyd, Environmental Attorney, LWVUS Delegate to the UN Conference on Climate Change in Poland, Commissioner of Wilmette’s Environmental and Energy Commission, Lauren Marquez-Viso, VP of Citizens’ Greener Evanston and Co-Chair of Evanston’s Climate Action and Resilience Plan Task Force Jonathan Nieuwsma, President […]
The Devil We Know – Part of the One Earth Film Festival Saturday, March 2, 2 p.m. Wilmette Theatre, Wilmette Admission $8 FILM DESCRIPTION: “The Devil We Know” is the story of how one synthetic chemical, used to make Teflon products, contaminated a West Virginia community. But new research hints at a much broader problem: […]
Meet passionate teenage innovators from around the globe who are creating cutting-edge solutions to confront the world’s environmental threats—found right in their own backyards—while navigating the doubts and insecurities that mark adolescence. Youth ages 9–13+ are encouraged to take a journey with these inspiring teens as they prepare their projects for the largest convening of […]
The Okavango River Basin provides a vital source of water to about one million people, the world’s largest population of African elephants, and significant populations of lions, cheetahs and hundreds of species of birds. However, this once unspoiled oasis is now under siege due to increasing pressure from human activity. From National Geographic Documentary Films, […]
