BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Go Green Deerfield - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Go Green Deerfield
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://gogreendeerfield.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Go Green Deerfield
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Chicago
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20180311T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20181104T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20190310T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20191103T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20200308T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20201101T070000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190831T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190831T123000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193019
CREATED:20190821T164016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190821T165431Z
UID:935-1567234800-1567254600@gogreendeerfield.org
SUMMARY:GGD at Deerfield Farmers Market
DESCRIPTION: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. \nKeep Deerfield #GreenAndBeautiful! #2500Treesby2025 #TreeCanopyChallenge \nPost your newly planted trees and follow our hashtags\, social media\, and website to track our community’s progress and share your thoughts!
URL:https://gogreendeerfield.org/event/ggd-at-deerfield-farmers-market/
LOCATION:deerfield farmers market
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190814T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190814T200000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193019
CREATED:20190804T165817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190804T170231Z
UID:1034-1565807400-1565812800@gogreendeerfield.org
SUMMARY:Microplastics Forum
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe event is being held on Wednesday\, Aug. 14 from 6:30p until 8:00p at the Highland Park Library (494 Laurel Avenue).Illinois
URL:https://gogreendeerfield.org/event/microplastics-forum/
LOCATION:Highland Park Library\, 494 Laurel Ave.\, Highland Park\, IL\, 60035\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190803T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190804T160000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193019
CREATED:20190723T023002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190723T023126Z
UID:965-1564826400-1564934400@gogreendeerfield.org
SUMMARY:Green Built Home Tour
DESCRIPTION: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.”
URL:https://gogreendeerfield.org/event/green-built-home-tour/
LOCATION:IL
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190729T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190729T180000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193019
CREATED:20190703T220400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190703T220400Z
UID:941-1564419600-1564423200@gogreendeerfield.org
SUMMARY:Monarch Maniacs
DESCRIPTION: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.\nAfter 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.\n(Rain Date: Friday\, August 2nd\, at 5 p.m.) \nFor more information https://www.sierraclub.org/Illinois/woods-wetlands
URL:https://gogreendeerfield.org/event/monarch-maniacs/
LOCATION:IL
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190727T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190727T140000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193019
CREATED:20190528T024354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190715T232600Z
UID:866-1564221600-1564236000@gogreendeerfield.org
SUMMARY:Sustainable Yard Tour
DESCRIPTION: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.  \nFor 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! \nPick 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.
URL:https://gogreendeerfield.org/event/sustainable-garden-tour/
LOCATION:IL
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190720T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190720T160000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193019
CREATED:20190703T210615Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190703T210615Z
UID:931-1563631200-1563638400@gogreendeerfield.org
SUMMARY:Film Screening: Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution
DESCRIPTION: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. \nAbout 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. \n 
URL:https://gogreendeerfield.org/event/film-screening-happening-a-clean-energy-revolution/
LOCATION:IL
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190713T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190713T140000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193019
CREATED:20190712T042134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190712T042134Z
UID:945-1563015600-1563026400@gogreendeerfield.org
SUMMARY:Go Green Deerfield 2nd planting day at PTC Sat 7/13
DESCRIPTION: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. \nWe’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. \nStay tuned for the last planting day after the pavers are installed\, when we will add more fresh herbs around the new walkway. \nPlease contact Amy Call at 773-456-7266 for questions or more details.
URL:https://gogreendeerfield.org/event/go-green-deerfield-2nd-planting-day-at-ptc-sat-7-13/
LOCATION:Patty Turner Center\, 375 Elm St.\, Deerfield\, IL\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190708T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190708T200000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193019
CREATED:20190703T213453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190703T213453Z
UID:938-1562608800-1562616000@gogreendeerfield.org
SUMMARY:Help with the Clean Energy Jobs Act - Sierra Club
DESCRIPTION:The Clean Energy Jobs Act is a groundbreaking bill that would bring Illinois to 100% clean\, renewable energy\, while creating jobs and economic opportunities for communities that need them most. \nJoin Sierra Club Air + Energy for a special Air + Energy meeting to learn more about this bill\, and how you can help build momentum this summer.
URL:https://gogreendeerfield.org/event/help-with-the-clean-energy-jobs-act-sierra-club/
LOCATION:IL
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190704T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190704T140000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193019
CREATED:20190626T195441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190626T195546Z
UID:909-1562241600-1562248800@gogreendeerfield.org
SUMMARY:July 4th Deerfield Parade
DESCRIPTION:Join Go Green Deerfield as we walk\, ride\, and cycle in the Deerfield Parade. Why just watch the parade when you can be part of it! If you want to join us\, meet at Deerspring pool about 11:30 a.m. for this family event. Step off is at noon. \nFun at the Deerfield Parade!
URL:https://gogreendeerfield.org/event/july-4th-deerfield-parade/
LOCATION:IL
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190615T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190615T120000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193019
CREATED:20190516T025619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190516T025825Z
UID:840-1560592800-1560600000@gogreendeerfield.org
SUMMARY:Battling Buckthorn
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, June 15\n@ Deerfield Public Library\nLearn how to identify buckthorn\, remove it and replace it in your yard!\nBuckthorn has harmful effects on surrounding trees\, wildlife and native landscapes. Learn from an expert why these invasive woody plants need to be removed and how to establish a plan for eradication. Our presenter\, Matt Ueltzen\, Restoration Ecologist\, LCFPD\, has more than 20 years’ experience conserving habitats in the region. \nNote: This is the first program of a 3-part tree education series. Please save the dates of Sept. 21 for an educational tree walk and Oct. 12 for a hands-on tree planting activity. \nFor more information about this program or other upcoming events call 847.719.7404 or visit deerfield.il.us/green. \nSponsored by the Village of Deerfield’s Sustainability Commission\, the Deerfield Public Library and Lake County Forest Preserves.
URL:https://gogreendeerfield.org/event/battling-buckthorn/
LOCATION:Deerfield Public Library\, 920 Waukegan Road\, Deerfield\, IL\, 60015
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190601T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190601T100000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193019
CREATED:20190516T030443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190516T030447Z
UID:848-1559381400-1559383200@gogreendeerfield.org
SUMMARY:Go Green Deerfield at Village Hall
DESCRIPTION:GGD has been invited to present to the Village Board on Saturday\, June 1 at 9:30 a.m. \nAfter many months of research\, this is our first opportunity to publicly present our findings and recommendations to the Board. Will you take thirty minutes out of your Saturday morning to show that our community is committed to making sustainability the norm? \nOur presenters\, Art Wilde & Deb Singleton\, will be the first speakers on the Board’s agenda. Please show your support and join us at the Village Hall\, June 1st\, 9:30-10 a.m.
URL:https://gogreendeerfield.org/event/go-green-deerfield-at-village-hall/
LOCATION:Deerfield Village Hall\, 850 Waukegan Road\, Deerfield\, IL\, 60015\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190514T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190514T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193019
CREATED:20190410T011659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190410T011705Z
UID:824-1557838800-1557846000@gogreendeerfield.org
SUMMARY:Go Green Illinois Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The next Go Green Illinois meeting is on Tuesday\, May 14\, 2019 from 1-3 pm in the Pullman Room at Chicago Botanic Gardens. \nThe topic is Native Plants and Natural Lawn Care. We will learn about the environmental benefits of native plants and about how to reduce pesticide use in the landscape. Guest speakers include Stuart Wagenius\, Conservation Scientist at Chicago Botanic Gardens and Ryan Anderson\, Community IPM Outreach Specialist at the IPM Institute. Stuart will speak about the importance of native plants. Ryan will provide information about the Midwest Grows Green natural lawn care initiative. Beth Drucker of Wilmette and Mary Munday of Glenview will provide information about leaf blower regulations and alternatives. \nFeel free to arrive at 11:45 to grab your lunch at the cafe and join us for informal conversation before the meeting.
URL:https://gogreendeerfield.org/event/go-green-illinois-meeting/
LOCATION:Chicago Botanic Gardens
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190511T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190512T140000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193019
CREATED:20190409T032811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190409T033606Z
UID:812-1557565200-1557669600@gogreendeerfield.org
SUMMARY:Lake County Forest Preserve Native Plant Sale
DESCRIPTION:Visit the LCFPD’s annual native plant\, rain barrel and compost bin sale at Independence Grove Forest Preserve in Libertyville. The event runs Saturday May 11th from 9am to 3pm\, and on Sunday May 12th from 10am to 2pm. \nThe Native Pant Sale\, held on Mother’s Day weekend\, is an annual fundraiser benefiting the forest preserve’s environmental education programs. Purchase native flowers and woody plants\, a rain barrel\, or a compost bin. As you shop\, learn about eco-friendly practices to benefit your home\, pocketbook\, and community. Get tips for buckthorn removal from a restoration ecologist on Saturday\, May 11. \nUse the link above to learn more about the event on the LCFPD’s website.
URL:https://gogreendeerfield.org/event/lake-county-forest-preserve-native-plant-sale/
LOCATION:Independence Grove\, Libertyville\, Libertyville
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190510
DTSTAMP:20260423T193019
CREATED:20190415T154409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190415T154655Z
UID:829-1557360000-1557446399@gogreendeerfield.org
SUMMARY:Clean Energy Lobby Day
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, May 9th\, join supporters of the Illinois Environmental Council\, Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club\, and Faith in Place at the Capital in Springfield for the 2019 Environmental Lobby day.  In past years\, these events have been vital in passing important environmental policies including the Future Energy Jobs Act\, and it’s now more important than ever to make sure that state legislators hear our concerns loud and clear.  To make sure we are heard\, we will be rallying in front of the Capital building!  \nBuses to/from the event leave from a variety of locations in the early morning\, including Chicago loop\, Schaumburg\, and Libertyville\, arrive in Springfield and lobby legislators prior to 12:45 pm\, attend the 1:00 pm rally in front of the Capitol\, then eat lunch and lobby legislators prior to departure. \nIf you plan to come down on your own (not on one of the buses)\, please use the link on the website. to register for the event. \nIf you plan to come down on a bus\, please click on the Sign Up! link on the website. \nhttps://ilenviro.salsalabs.org/2019registration/index.html \n 
URL:https://gogreendeerfield.org/event/clean-energy-lobby-day/
LOCATION:Illinois State Capital\, 301 W. 2nd St\, Springfield\, IL\, 62701\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190407T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190407T160000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193019
CREATED:20190330T005131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190331T152054Z
UID:768-1554645600-1554652800@gogreendeerfield.org
SUMMARY:Go Green Deerfield Open House
DESCRIPTION:Join us Sunday\, April 7 from 2-4pm at the Deerfield Public Library\, as we Go All In to grow a greener Deerfield.\nMeet Go Green Deerfield. We are Deerfield residents striving to make a positive environmental impact in our community by advocating for renewable energy\, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions\, promoting native plants and trees\, and much\, much more.\nDiscover this new community action partner who can help you plug into environmental sustainability projects\, both large and small in Deerfield. \nJoin your neighbors for this important conversation\, and be a part of a growing movement to foster community wide sustainability.\nBring the family and invite the neighbors! This event will be interesting\, inclusive and interactive. \nPlease RSVP. Space is limited and we want to make sure you have the opportunity to be part of the conversation. \nWe look forward to seeing you on April 7! \nGGD Collaboration Team –\nArt\, Deb\, George\, Camilla\, John\, Amy\, Chris
URL:https://gogreendeerfield.org/event/go-green-deerfield-open-house/
LOCATION:Deerfield Public Library\, 920 Waukegan Road\, Deerfield\, IL\, 60015
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR