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 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 […]
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.
The Go Green Reads discussion group meets to discuss Ecopiety: Green Media and the Dilemma of Environmental Piety by Sarah McFarland Taylor. This unique book examines the intersections of environmental sensibilities, contemporary expressions of devotion and reverence, and American popular culture. The author asserts it is through a framework of play and delight that we […]
Go Green Reads’s May selection is The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor. The quick read provides a lively and important argument from award-winning journalist Mark Schatzker proving that the key to reversing America’s health crisis lies in the overlooked link between nutrition and flavor. We will provide a virtual discussion of […]
Email us for the Zoom link and login info Join us for a discussion of The Overstory, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction – a sweeping, impassioned work of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of—and paean to—the natural world. From the roots to the crown and back to the seeds, […]
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 […]
A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos Foreword by Naomi Klein FREE virtual discussion via Zoom Email us for the Zoom link and login info Join us for a discussion of A Planet to Win, which calls for profound, […]
Forever Open, Clear and Free Book Discussion Join members from multiple communities for a discussion of Forever Open, Clear and Free: The Struggle for Chicago’s Lakefront by Lois Wille. Every inch of Chicagoland’s shoreline has been threatened and needs continued protection from development. This book chronicles the hard-fought and never-ending battles Chicago citizens have waged to keep […]
