The Windy City Coop Tour is back for its 10th year showcasing backyard poultry, eco-yards and urban livestock across Chicagoland! During this self-guided tour, hosts open their yards to visitors and share their experience keeping backyard livestock in an urban setting. The Windy City Coop Tour provides access to local examples of the broader nation-wide […]
Leveraging the power of collective action, Shedd Aquarium is working with policymakers, restaurants, school and scout groups, community leaders and many others to reduce dependency on single-use plastic and tackle plastic pollution from every angle. Learn more about the problem of plastic pollution in the Chicago region and the Great Lakes, Shedd’s efforts to advance […]
The League of Women Voters of the Palatine Area and the Palatine Cool Cities Environmental Team host an online presentation by US Representative Sean Casten of the 6th Congressional District. Representative Casten is a leader in areas of clean energy policies and technology. He introduced the Efficient Vehicle Leadership Act, legislation that would combat the […]
Join the experts from the Lake County Forest Preserves as they introduce some of the common native wildflowers, grasses and trees of the area and provide information on how to get started with a native garden at your own home. This is an online presentation avalaible with a reservation.
Register at the link below for the Native Plant Sale at the Patty Turner Center this Saturday, and get an early jump on getting native plants into your home garden this Spring! Members from Go Green Deerfield will be on site to answer questions and give tips on these native plants. https://www.deerfieldparks.org/event/ptc-outdoor-spring-native-plant-sale/2021-04-17/
Reuse-O-Rama drives in the past have collected over 3,308 lbs. of reusable and recyclable household materials, and this year's drive-thru event will be even better! The City is hosting this special recycling event in partnership with the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County (SWALCO). Residents may donate a wide variety of items via the contactless […]
Join Go Green Deerfield, the Deerfield Park District, Trinity UCC and Friends of the Chicago River for Chicago River Day. This year with 2 locations! Register via Eventbrite for the Briarwood Park on River Rd. site here or for the Trinity UCC on North Ave site here. Both are the last remaining flatwoods in Deerfield […]
Help out Walden elementary students and their families do weeding and dividing in the prairie garden around the Walden sign from 10 am to 12 pm. Open this link for more info on this workday and others this Spring.
Join us to help the Deerfield Area Historical Society renovate the garden plots around the Deerfield Historical Site from 9 am to 11 am. This workday will focus on site prep for planting native plants at the next workday, with some additional veggie seed planting. Click here for more details.
Join us for a 2nd garden workday to help the Deerfield Area Historical Society renovate the garden plots at the Deerfield Historical Site from 9 am to 11 am. This workday will focus on planting some native plants that early European settlers in our area planted for medicinal purposes including bee balm, purple coneflower, milkweed, […]
