The Story of Stuff. With just 5 percent of the world’s population, the United States consumes 30 percent of the world’s resources and creates 30 percent of the world’s waste. If everyone consumed at U.S. rates, we would need three to five planets. This alarming fact drove Annie Leonard to create the Internet film sensation […]
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.
Join the Go Green groups in Winnetka, Wilmette, Northfield, and Kenilworth for this special presentation of the Climate Reality Project by Jane Goldenberg, a former Northfield Village Trustee. The Climate Reality Project works to catalyze local solutions to the climate crisis. Learn how to be part of the solution. Register here.
The Story of Plastic takes a sweeping look at the human-made crisis of plastic pollution and the worldwide effect it has on the health of our planet and its inhabitants. Spanning three continents, the film illustrates the ongoing catastrophe - fields full of garbage, veritable mountains of trash, rivers and seas clogged with waste, and […]
Don’t put your trowels away for the season quite yet, because fall is an ideal time to plant native plants for them to thrive next summer. Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or looking to begin, Go Green Winnetka’s fall native plant sale will provide you with the plants and information you need to create your […]
Plastic Wars, a joint investigation from FRONTLINE and NPR, reveals how plastic makers for decades have publicly promoted recycling, despite from almost the beginning privately expressing doubts that widespread plastic recycling would every be economically viable. Join us on November 16 for a discussion of Plastic Wars. This event is co-hosted by Go Green Winnetka, […]
Join Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky at the Winnetka Congregational Church for a discussion of environmental justice initiatives and federal policies. The event will be in-person and live streamed. This event is co-hosted by the Winnetka Congregational Church, Go Green Winnetka, and others. More info to follow.
Julie Buckles and Winnetka native Charly Ray built a wood and canvas canoe together, exchanged wedding vows, and embarked on The Trip, planning to travel 2,700 miles in that canoe to the Arctic Ocean for their honeymoon. In Paddling to Winter, Julie tells the incredible true story of their year-long journey on the Voyageur Highway from Lake Superior in Wisconsin to Wollaston Lake in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Filled with […]
Join us for our next discussion in March, which will be a fun one. Bookseller and environmentalist Jon Grand and economist and environmentalist Craig Witty will lead a discussion of the 1968 article, The Tragedy of the Commons, by Garrett Hardin. The Tragedy of the Commons explains individuals’ tendencies to make decisions based on their […]
Join us for a special in-person discussion with Jon Grand and local author Laurie Lawlor, at The Book Stall. Laurie’s book, Restoring Prairie, Woods, and Pond: How a Small Trail Can Make a Big Difference, is about something near and dear to our hearts – activism at the community level. It tells the story of […]
