Go Green Deerfield

Go Green Illinois Meeting
2020-01-14 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Chicago Botanic Gardens
Go Green Illinois’ next meeting is January 14 from 1-3 pm. The topic is solar energy. They will have 2 guest speakers – Jon Carson from Trajectory Energy and Rob Sabo from the City of Highland Park. They will share information about community solar options for homes and government, solar options for public buildings including power purchase agreements and lease arrangements, and alternative energy suppliers. We may discuss the status of the Clean Energy Jobs Act.There will also be a short explanation of electric buses. the status of Pace’s new north suburban garage, and what you can do to help encourage Pace to green their fleet.
Feel free to arrive at 11:45 to grab your lunch at the cafe and join us for informal conversation before the meeting.

Go Green Deerfield Monthly Meeting
2019-11-21 19:00 - 20:30, 2019-10-24 19:00 - 20:30
Stop by our monthly meeting at the Deerfield Public Libary to hear what projects the Branches have been working on. Perhaps you will want to join a branch, too. Our branches are Green Energy, Land & Water, Native Gardening, Waste, and Communications.

Clean Energy Town Hall
2019-11-19 18:30 - 20:00 | Highland Park Police Station
Tuesday, November 19th from 6:30 to 8 pm for a Clean Energy Town Hall at the Highland Park Police Station Community Room. Co-sponsors include Kim Stone, Highpark Councilwoman, State Representative Bob Morgan and Lake County Board Member Paul Frank. The event will feature expert speakers from Illinois Environmental Council, Union of Concerned Scientists, Respiratory Health Association and Climate Reality Project. The event is free and open to the public. You can reserve a spot here.

Deep Decarbonization: An Evening with Professor George Crabtree
2019-11-11 19:00 - 20:30 | McGowan South 1110 West Belden Avenue 1st Floor – Room 105 Chicago, IL 60614, McGowan South 1110 W Belden Ave, chicago, IL
Join 350 Chicago and the DePaul University Institute for Nature and Culture for an evening of discussion on Deep Decarbonization with Professor George Crabtree. This is a free event that is open to students and the public, however RSVP’s are greatly appreciated so that we can have an idea of a head count.
Professor Crabtree is the Director of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) at Argonne National Laboratory and a distinguished Professor of Physics at UIC. He has testified before Congress on how to meet sustainable energy challenges, presented his vision of the world in 50 years at Chicago Ideas Week, and has led US Department of Energy workshops on next-generation energy storage, hydrogen, solar energy, and more. He is a renowned scientist and is a captivating speaker with a very broad knowledge base.
In this talk, Professor Crabtree will be covering topics such as renewables, electric vehicles, grid transformation, distributed energy resources, sustainable mobility, and many more issues of great consequence to the environmentalism movement in 2019.

2019 Native Landscaping Conference: Creating Beautiful Native Communities
2019-11-09 08:15 - 13:30 | round lake beach cultural center, 2007 North Civic Center Way, Round Lake Beach, IL
You will learn a lot from several experts about using native plants in your home landscape whether you are a beginner or an experienced gardener.
This seminar is at the Round Lake Beach Cultural and Civic Center in Round Lake Beach on Saturday, November 9th, 2019, and is sponsored by the Lake to Prairie chapter of the Wild Ones, a community organization promoting native plants and natural landscaping.
Registration and event exhibitors are available from 8:15 am to 8:45 am, and speakers present from 9:00 am to 1:25 pm.
Contact Amy Call at acall71@gmail.com if you are interested in carpooling to this event from the Deerfield area.
For more info and registration: https://laketoprairie.wildones.org/

2019 Veto Session Lobby Day
2019-10-29 | Illinois State Capital, 301 W. 2nd St, Springfield, IL, 62701, United States
Join the Illinois Environmental Council (IEC) on Tuesday, October 29th, 2019 at the Capital in Springfield to support the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA). Buses all over Illinois are providing free transportation to this day of lobbying, including a bus leaving early am from St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Libertyville.
In addition to transportation, supporters from IEC will provide more information about where to go and how to lobby your legislators once you’ve arrived at the Capital building.
Register for a ride: https://ilenviro.salsalabs.org/vetolobby

Solar and Energy Workshop
2019-10-17 18:30 - 20:00 | North Suburban YMCA
A panel of experts will join Senator Fine and I to discuss solar power, energy efficiency and dynamic pricing options. I encourage you to attend the event, which is free and open to the public.
It will take place Thursday, Oct. 17 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at North Suburban YMCA at 2705 Techny Road, Northbrook.

Park Restoration Work Day
2019-10-12 10:00 - 16:00, 2019-10-02 10:00 - 13:00 | Briarwood Nature Area, 297 River Rd, Deerfield, 60015
Members of the Village’s Sustainability Commission and Park District invite you to join us as we work together to further beautify and restore a local amenity!
Community-wide activity and educational working day. Learn about planting trees and removing invasive species – improve
your skills. Bring your work gloves, boots, shovel and gardening tools
Located at Briarwood Nature Area – Parking available at 297 River
Road. Contact Assistant Village Manager, Andrew Lichterman, at
alichterman@deerfield.il.us or 847.719.7403

Clean Energy Town Hall
2019-10-10 19:00 - 20:30 | Freemont Library, 1170 N. Midlothian, Mundelein
Join Representatives Mary Edly-Allen and Dan Didech with Clean Power Lake Co, Faith In Place, Sierra Club, and Illinois Environmental Council for a town hall that supports the Clean Energy Act. RSVP ILENVIRO.ORG/Mundelein.

Oil Trains: Are Profits Worth Our Risks
2019-10-10 18:30 - 20:00 | Trinity United Church of Christ, Deerfield, 760 North Ave., Deerfield, IL
A “Bomb Train Dream Team” has been assembled to speak to communities about the dangers associated with hazardous materials that are transported yards away from our homes, schools, and otehr public places. They will be joined by rail workers, local activists and public officials to speak out about the need to keep our communities safe from tains carrying toxic and explosive cargo.

Coal Ash Rules Session - ILEPA
2019-10-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Whittier Elementary School, 901 N. Lewis Ave, Waukegan, IL
IL EPA is holding hearings on coal power, at which individuals can speak and/or submit comments in favor of responsible policy. The two hearings (2-4pm , and 6-8pm) are on regulations for how coal companies dispose of/handle coal ash.

These hearings were hard-won and are exceptional opportunities for Lake County citizens to have major impact both on how coal plants are permitted and how coal ash is handled – including at the Waukegan NRG coal plant. That plant has 2 coal ash ponds that are leaking into groundwater that ends up in Lake Michigan, contaminating our drinking water. The plant also has a coal ash landfill that can also leach into groundwater.

LCFP Native Tree & Shrub sale
2019-10-06 10:00 - 15:00 | Edward L Ryerson Welcome Center, 21950 North Riverwoods Road, Riverwoods, IL
Fall is the perfect time to plant trees and shrubs. Let Lake County Forest Preserve experts help you select the right mix for your yard.
Get your native shrubs and trees off to a healthy start by joining us for our Tree Planting 101, and Native Flowers and Grasses workshops.
Tree Planting 101: 9 am; 9:30 am; 2 pm; 2:30 pm
Native Flowers and Grasses: 9 am; 9:30 am; 2 pm; 2:30 pm
FREE. No registration required. Adult supervision required.

Recycle-O-Rama Village of Riverwoods
2019-10-06 09:00 - 12:00 | Riverwoods Village Hall, 300 Portwine Rd., Riverwoods, IL, 60015
Bring new, gently used or worn: clothes, shoes, stuffed plush toys and animals, shoes, belts, linens, paper documents (shredding available until truck is full), and clean dry styrofoam. Items will be reused, recycled, and donated. Visit swalco.org for details on what will be accepted.

Illinois Solar Home Tour
2019-09-28 10:00 - 15:00
The Illinois Solar Tour – a series of FREE PUBLIC OPEN HOUSES. Deerfield homes will be featured in this tour. Go to illinoissolartour.org for details.
Home and business owners with renewable energy installations will open their homes to the public to share their passion, knowledge and experience of owning and living with renewable energy.

Community Wide Recycling Event
2019-09-28 09:00 - 12:00 | Deerspring Pool, 200 Deerfield Rd., Deerfield, 60015
Go Green with Deerfield Park District by attending our Community Wide Electronics Recycling Event, in partnership with Midwest Computer Recycling! Event will be held on Saturday, September 28 from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm at the Deerspring Pool Parking Lot located at 200 Deerfield Road.

ITEMS THAT CAN BE RECYCLED FOR FREE
Computers, laptops, hard drives, printers, scanners, VCR’s, DVD’s, fax machines, stereos, radios, typewriters, keyboards, mice, circuit boards, cables, cell phones, telephones, cameras, camcorders, cordless rechargeable hand tools, video gaming systems, small kitchen appliances, vacuum cleaners and other miscellaneous small electronics.

GGD Monthly Meeting
2019-09-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Deerfield Public Library, 920 Waukegan Road, Deerfield, IL, 60015

National Drive Electric Week
2019-09-22 11:00 - 15:00 | Northbrook Court, 1515 Lake Cook Rd, Northbrook, IL
Come to Northbrook court and meet with local electric car drivers, hear what life is like with an electric car and go for a ride along or test drive with actual car owners. Northbrook Court has become a destination for EV drivers with their 5 charging stations. You can shop or watch a movie while filling your battery for free.

Chicago Climate Strike
2019-09-20 10:30 - 14:00
March in solidarity with students, the future leaders and heirs to the Climate Crisis. Starting Point: Meet at Grant Park at the intersection of S Columbus Dr and Roosevelt Rd. All will then march to Federal Plaza.
Climate Reality has put out a useful “Adult Ally Guidelines” to make sure you’re being an effective adult ally. https://tinyurl.com/y5lp42rh
On Fridays throughout the world this past year, students walked out of classrooms and went into the streets to compel action in addressing the climate crisis. What started as a one-person protest by Greta Thunberg has grown to a movement of millions in over 160 countries and at least 2000 locations. Youth are now calling upon adults to join them for a week of action from Friday, September 20th to Friday, September 27th. Already, the strike planned for the 20th is shaping up to be one of the largest mobilizations in the history of the climate justice movement.

Faith In Place, Green Team Summit
2019-09-14 08:00 - 17:00
Green Team Summit 2019
Saturday, September 14, 2019, 10 am – 5 pm
The Field Museum, 1400 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605
Registration is required. https://www.faithinplace.org/get-involved/register

Clean Energy Town Hall
2019-09-05 19:00 - 20:30 | Arlington Heights Memorial Library, 500 N. Dunton Ave., Arlinton Heights
Join us for a town hall on the Clean Energy Jobs Act. State Sen. Ann Gillespie, State Rep. Mark Walker, Illinois Environmental Council, Sierra Club Illinois, League of Women Voters and the Climate Reality Project will answer questions about CEJA and environmental policy in Illinois.
Arlington Heights Memorial Library, 500 N Dunton Ave

Open Lands Native Tree & Plant Sale
2019-09-04 08:00 - 2019-09-06 17:00
Openlands Native Tree & Plant Sale fall 2019 sale is open and accepting orders through September 30.
Save 10% on orders of $200 or more. Use code: SAVE10 at checkout! Be sure to record your tree planting #2500Treesby2025!
All orders must be picked up in Libertyville, IL on Friday, October 18 or Saturday, October 19.
For more information, please contact LakeCounty@Openlands.org.

GGD at Deerfield Farmers Market
2019-08-31 07:00 - 12:30 | deerfield farmers market
Our #TreeCanopyChallenge kicks off August 31st at the Deerfield Farmers Market. Come by our booth and sign on to the #2500Treesby2025 pledge. The first forty families to sign the pledge will get a FREE sapling donated by the Deerfield Park District. We’ll also be taking last minute applications for the Village’s 50/50 parkway tree program. Don’t forget your checkbook for the 50/50 application.
Keep Deerfield #GreenAndBeautiful! #2500Treesby2025 #TreeCanopyChallenge
Post your newly planted trees and follow our hashtags, social media, and website to track our community’s progress and share your thoughts!

Microplastics Forum
2019-08-14 18:30 - 20:00 | Highland Park Library, 494 Laurel Ave., Highland Park, IL, 60035, United States
Join State Senator Julie Morrison and the Illinois Environmental Council for a forum on the impact of microplastics. Expert speakers from the Shedd Aquarium, Alliance for the Great Lakes and the Prairie Research Institute will be on hand.
The event is being held on Wednesday, Aug. 14 from 6:30p until 8:00p at the Highland Park Library (494 Laurel Avenue).Illinois

Green Built Home Tour
2019-08-03 10:00 - 2019-08-04 16:00
The GreenBuilt Home Tour features exceptional, award-winning, and nationally-recognized homes throughout Illinois, which highlight attractive, affordable, and sustainable building practices. During the two-day event, attendees will learn the ways the built environment contributes to a healthier community. The tour includes Illinois’ finest builders, designers and homeowners who have created healthy, energy saving green homes. Together they send a clear message: to reduce our nation’s need to produce energy we must “build it tight and vent it right.”

Monarch Maniacs
2019-07-29 17:00 - 18:00
Join Monarch Maniacs of Northern Illinois for a one hour tour of Wilmette’s Centennial Prairie Park at the corner of Wilmette and Crawford Avenues.
After the tour, we’ll meet for dinner and ice cream nearby. Then we return to the park for twilight viewing of fireflies and other insects.
(Rain Date: Friday, August 2nd, at 5 p.m.)
For more information https://www.sierraclub.org/Illinois/woods-wetlands

Sustainable Yard Tour
2019-07-27 10:00 - 14:00
Go Green Deerfield invites you to attend our first annual Sustainable Yard Tour on July 27, 10 a.m. to 2p.m. The self-guided walk includes six low maintenance gardens spotlighting environmentally friendly features such as native plantings and stormwater management. Their environmentally conscious owners, will be available the day of the tour to share their passions and knowledge of gardening.
For added fun, download the iNaturalist app to help you find featured plants, shrubs, and trees on the tour, or just try it out for kicks on your next nature adventure!
Pick up a map on the day of the walk at 531 Woodvale Ave. After touring this first garden, visit the other gardens in any order. The event is free and open to all ages.

Film Screening: Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution
2019-07-20 14:00 - 16:00
The Climate Reality Project – Chicago Chapter, Go Green Northbrook and Go Green Deerfield will be screening this new documentary followed by a panel discussion on renewable energy options. Do join us! Register below to ensure a seat.
About the film: Filmmaker James Redford embarks on a colorful personal journey into the dawn of the clean energy era as it creates jobs, turns profits, and makes communities stronger and healthier across the US. Unlikely entrepreneurs in communities from Georgetown, TX to Buffalo, NY reveal pioneering clean energy solutions while James’ discovery of how clean energy works, and what it means at a personal level, becomes the audiences’ discovery too. Reaching well beyond a great story of technology and innovation, “Happening” explores issues of human resilience, social justice, embracing the future, and finding hope for our survival.

Go Green Deerfield 2nd planting day at PTC Sat 7/13
2019-07-13 11:00 - 14:00 | Patty Turner Center, 375 Elm St., Deerfield, IL, United States
Sign up to make the renovated front garden at PTC even more beautiful with our Go Green Deerfield volunteer planting group in cooperation with the Deerfield Park District.
We’ll be planting native plants like purple coneflowers, bee balm, and little blue stem grass, adding some sweet smelling herbs, and moving day lilies and ground cover plants to the side of the building.
Stay tuned for the last planting day after the pavers are installed, when we will add more fresh herbs around the new walkway.
Please contact Amy Call at 773-456-7266 for questions or more details.
