Looking to electrify your ride? Are you interested in buying an electric vehicle (EV)? Join the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) and discover valuable tips and tricks to become a more informed and savvy EV shopper. Program hosted by the Wilmette, Glenview, and Winnetka-Northfield Public Libraries. REGISTER HERE
We will discuss Purified: How Recycled Sewage Is Transforming Our Water, by journalist Peter Annin. Veteran journalist Peter Annin shows how wastewater has become a surprising weapon in our country’s war against water scarcity. Annin probes deep into the water reuse movement in five water-strapped states—California, Texas, Virginia, Nevada, and Florida. He drinks beer made […]
Join us for a virtual discussion of Inconspicuous Consumption, a fascinating and unexpectedly entertaining look at the way our everyday lives impact environmental pollution and climate change. You don’t have to read the book in advance to participate. With urgency and wit, former New York Times science writer Tatiana Schlossberg examines unseen environmental impacts in […]
Buckthorn is a highly invasive shrub that forms dense thickets and crowds out native plants . Learn how to identify buckthorn, find out why it threatens wildlife habitat and native species, and learn how to control it in your own landscape. Alternative replacement shrubs will be discussed. Presented by Matt Evans, Managing Ecologist of Woodlands […]
In Secondhand, Adam Minter delves into the vast, multi-billion-dollar industry that resells used stuff around the world. He follows the trail of “one’s-trash-is-another’s-treasure” objects from the closets, garages, and storage units of Middle America to epic used-goods markets around the world. Secondhand takes us through the often painful and heartbreaking process of cleaning out a […]
Doug Tallamy returns to the Glencoe Library to share details about his newest initiative, Homegrown National Park. The author of Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants and other acclaimed books on environment, Tallamy is calling on public and private spaces to offset the rapidly rising impacts of climate change by supporting and […]
Find out how you can save money, make your home more comfortable, and reduce your carbon footprint at the same time. Register HERE David Weaver of Citizens Utility Board (CUB) will explain many ways renters, condo dwellers and homeowners can address climate change through energy-efficiency and cost-saving programs and electrification. Receive information on: Tax credits […]
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 […]
WHAT ARE THE TAKEAWAYS FOR THE US FROM URUGUAY’S TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE CHANGE MEASURES VIRTUAL on ZOOM Registration Requested HERE Uruguay is an international Climate Change leader which has transformed its energy sector to 90% renewables, planned relocation of vulnerable coastal communities, built climate resilient infrastructure and changed agriculture as well as cattle ranching, for sustainability […]
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 […]