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April 1, 2025

April 1, 2025

Electronics Recycling Resumes, Design a Native Garden, Food Waste Prevention Week, Compost Facility Tour, Conservation Lobby Day, Go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting, International Dark Sky Week, Earth Day/Arbor Day, One Earth Film Festival, Climate Education Fundraiser, Spring Clean-Up Week, IMEA Update, Welcome Spring Migrants, Go Green Reads: The Backyard Bird Chronicles

March 3, 2025

April 1, 2025

Village Council Study Session, Composting 101, Winnetka Tree Walk, Go Green Illinois Meeting, Go Green Reads, Monthly Meeting, Packing Materials Reuse Center

February 4, 2025

Winnetka Village Council Study Session, Go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting, Branching Out: Trees as Spiritual Beings, Go Green Reads, Junk the Junk Mail, Grand Foods Plastic Bag Recycling, BYOBag

January 7, 2025

December 9, 2024

New Year's (Household) Revolution, Waste Not Want Not, Junk the Junk Mail, Go Green Illinois Meeting, Go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting, Go Green Reads, Grand Plastic Bag Recycling, Book Stall Shopping Bags

December 9, 2024

December 9, 2024

December 9, 2024

Village Council Study Session, IFSCC Compost Industry Tour, Go Green Reads, New Sustainability Coordinator, GGW Monthly Meeting, Twelve Days of Christmas, Holiday Light Recycling, 9th Annual Winter Solstice, Activity: Compost in a Bottle, Household Hazardous Waste Pickup

December 9, 2024

December 9, 2024

November 4, 2024

September 4, 2024

November 4, 2024

Your Vote Matters, Pumpkin Composting Options, Go Green Illinois Meeting, "Tapped" Movie Screening, Go Green Reads, Go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting, IEC Environmental Town Halls, Winnetka Future Energy Forum Recap, Leave 'Em Be, Rethink Thanksgiving

October 1, 2024

September 4, 2024

November 4, 2024

Winnetka Future Energy Forum, A Call to Action, Understanding Our Trash, Unlawning America, Tree Identification Tour, Go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting, Your Vote Matters, Make a Difference Day, Plan Ahead for Pumpkin Disposal, Go Green Reads

September 4, 2024

September 4, 2024

September 4, 2024

Fall Native Plant Sale, Movie Screening and Discussion, Skokie Lagoons Environmental Tour, Fast Fashion at the Farmers Market, Go Green Reads, Go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting, EV Car Show, Winnetka Caucus Annual Survey, Powering Our Future

August 6, 2024

August 6, 2024

September 4, 2024

Native Plants at the Farmers Market, Monthly Meeting Cancelled, Take a Bag Leave a Bag, Fall Native Plant Sale, Go Green Reads, Homegrown National Park, We're All Plastic People Now

July 8, 2024

August 6, 2024

July 8, 2024

Yards That Work tour, Volunteers Needed, Farmers Market: Plastic Free July, Take a Bag/Leave a Bag, Green Bay Trail Day, Go Green Reads, Save the Dates

July 2, 2024

August 6, 2024

July 8, 2024

Go Green Reads, Go Green Illinois Meeting, Yards That Work tour, Volunteers Needed, Meet The Author and Book Launch, Go Green Winnetka Meeting, Farmers Market: Plastic Free July, Take a Bag/Leave a Bag, Go Green Wilmette Sustainable Yard Tour, Green Bay Trail Day, Save Dates, Farmers Market Program Guide

June 4, 2024

April 2, 2024

June 4, 2024

Summer Volunteer Opportunities, Host a Yard Sign, Seeking Earlybirds, Go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting, Save The Dates for Summer Events, Farmers Market Program Dates, Take a Bag–Leave a Bag, Go Green Reads, Seeking Communications Volunteer, 

May 2, 2024

April 2, 2024

June 4, 2024

International Compost Awareness Week, ICAW Legislative Lunch & Learn, All About Composting program, Spring Cleanup Week, IEC Lobby Days, Go Green Wilmette Native Plant Sale, Go Green Reads, Go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting, Save These Dates, Seeking Early Birds to Assist with Event Setups, Help Wanted: Communications Intern, Expanded Gas-Powered Leaf Blower Ban, Cicadageddon Is Nigh

April 2, 2024

April 2, 2024

April 2, 2024

Environmental Policy 101: Conservation, Bird Collisions: Hazardous Features and Easy Solutions, This Land Is Your Land: An Earth Day Conversation, Go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting, One Earth Film Festival, LRS Materials Recovery Facility Tours, Presentation: Evanston's First Passive House, IEC Lobby Days, Okay—I Left the Leaves, Now What?, Electronics Recycling Resumes, Gas-Powered Leaf Blower Ban Extended, Environmental Policy 101: Zero Waste—Recording Available, Up First Podcast About Electric Vehicles, Food Waste Prevention Week, International Dark Sky Week, Go Green Reads: The Secret Life of Groceries

March 4, 2024

February 1, 2024

April 2, 2024

Save Illinois Wetlands, Green Team Solar Program, IEC Lobby Day, Wild & Scenic Film Festival, Go Green Reads: Beaverland, Go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting, Village Tree Planting, New Homeowners Guide Available, Consumer-Owned Reusable Container Law, Monarch License Plate Available

February 1, 2024

February 1, 2024

February 1, 2024

Explore the Arctic With Author Carolyn Armstrong, Gift a Tree This Valentine's Day, Go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting, Green Award Nominations Accepted, Go Green Reads: Beaverland, Building a Greener Winnetka, BLAST Competition, Monarch License Plates Now Available, 

January 9, 2024

February 1, 2024

February 1, 2024

New Year's (Household) Revolution, Waste Not Want Not—A Guide for Post-Holiday Waste Diversion, Go Green Illinois Meeting—Multi-Family Buildings, EFC to Discuss Trees and the Green Bay Trail, Call on Congress to Prioritize Food Waste Efforts, Watch This Space for Environmental-Related Bills, Go Green Reads—Purified, Go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting, Green Award Nominations Accepted, Plastic Bag Recycling Returns to Grand Food Center

December 7, 2023

December 7, 2023

December 7, 2023

On the Twelve Days of Christmas, My Good Friend Gave to Me, Decarbonization at Home and in the Community Webinar, Zoom in For Our Monthly Meeting, Winter Solstice Parade of Lights, Vacation Days Family Activity, Plastic Bag Collection Returns to Grand Food Center,  

November 1, 2023

December 7, 2023

December 7, 2023

Pumpkin Composting Options, Residential Food Scrap Drop-off Program Expands, EPA: New Info on Wasted Food,Go Green Reads: Inconspicuous Consumption, Go Green Illinois Meeting, Zero Waste Town Hall, Go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting, Leave 'Em Be, Rethinking Thanksgiving, 

October 4, 2023

December 7, 2023

Rewilding Landscapes Big and Small, GGW Monthly Meeting, Invasive Buckthorn Virtual Program, Make a Difference Day, Go Green Reads, Leave the Leaves, Compost Bin Sale, Bike/Walk Advocacy Group, Share Surplus With Evanston Grows, Don't Trash That Pumpkin!

September 15, 2023

Visit Us at the Farmers Market, Fall Sale on Native Plants, GGW Monthly Meeting, Go Green Reads: Secondhand, Village Caucus Survey, Illinois Solar Tour, GG Wilmette Repair Cafe, Wilmette EV Car & Bike Show, Public Works Building Solar Array, Leave the Leave i a Compost Bin, Evanston Grows, 

September 6, 2023

September 6, 2023

Fall Native Plant Sale, Upcoming Events, Home Compost Bins Available, Homegrown National Park, Go Green Illinois Meeting, Evanston Grows, Go Green Reads: Secondhand, Liz Kunkle–Live Winnetka Magazine and Podcast, GGW Monthly Meeting, GGW Solar Tour

August 7, 2023

September 6, 2023

 Learn About Native Plants at the Farmers Market, Take a Bag–Leave a Bag, Annual Fall Native Plant Sale, Home Compost Bins Available, Compost Drop-off Available, Yards That Work Tour Thank You, Laundry's Dirty Little Secret, Go Green Reads: Secondhand, Homegrown National Park, GGW Monthly Meeting, Solar Tour, Host a Yard Sign, 

July 6, 2023

July 6, 2023

 Go Green Reads, Plastics and the Future of Our Planet Webinar, Celebrate Plastic-Free July, Go Green Wilmette Sustainable Yard Tour, Go Green Winnetka Yards That Work Tour, Green Bay Trail Day, Homegrown National Park, Go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting, Proud to Announce Liz Kunkle's New Position, Upcoming Events, Compost-Drop Off at Farmers Market

June 2, 2023

July 6, 2023

Compost Drop-off Now Available at Farmers Market, Why Do We Care About Composting?, Leaf Blower Ban Begins, Virtual Doug Tallamy Event, What is Homegrown National Park?, Activities for a Greener Father's Day, In-person Compost Demonstrations, Go Green Reads In-person Author Visit, Celebrate Plastic-Free July, Yards That Work Tour, Learn About Native Plants, Fall Native Plant Sale, Summer Volunteer Opportunities, Home Compost Bin Sale, Bird Guides Available, Go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting

May 2, 2023

International Compost Awareness Week

International Compost Awareness Week, Illinois Declares Compost Awareness Week, Compost Bin Sale, Start Composting in Winnetka, Where to Drop Off Food Scraps, Go Green Reads, Go Green Wilmette Native Plant Sale, Green Bay Trail Restoration Day, Happy Mother's Back on the Chainsaw Gang, Birding Guides Available, Go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting, Save These Dates, I Saw the Sign, Volunteer for Go Green Winnetka, Calling All Sustainable Gardeners,

April 4, 2023

February 15, 2023

Be Green When You Garden Virtual Program, Spring Tree Planting, Climate Change and Lake Michigan, Spring Clean-up Week, go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting, Go Green Wilmette Repair Cafe, Home Compost Bin Sale, Save the Dates for Yard Tour • Native Plant Sale • Solar Tour, Host a Yard Sign, Go Green Reads, Join a Committee, Become a Yard Tour Host

March 1, 2023

February 15, 2023

February 15, 2023

Plan Commission Meeting, Uruguay's Transformative Climate Change Measures, One Earth Film Festival, Go Green Illinois Meeting, Go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting, Go Green Reads, Webinar: Your Energy Smart Home, Recycle Right in Winnetka, Yard Sign Program, Compost Bin Sale, Witness Slip Opportunities, Winnetka Composting Options Expand, Join a Committee

February 15, 2023

February 15, 2023

February 15, 2023

Go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting, Plan Commission Meeting, Witness Slip Opportunities, Green Bay Trail Open House, Winnetka Composting Options Expand, Compost Bin Purchase Program, Green Award Nominations Accepted, Uruguay's Transformative Climate Change Measures, 

February 2, 2023

February 2, 2023

February 2, 2023

Webinar: The ABCs of EVs, Environmental and Forestry Commission Meeting, Go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting, Plan Commission Meeting, Green Award Nominations Accepted, Recycle Right in Winnetka, Can I Get a Witness?, Trex Plastic Film Challenge, Bread Tags for Wheelchairs, Join a Committee, 

January 10, 2023

February 2, 2023

February 2, 2023

Green Actions to Remember and Take, Go Green Illinois Meeting: Sustainable Schools, Go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting, Sustainable vs Fast Fashion, Go Green Reads: Paddling to Winter, Plan Commission Meeting, Recycle Right in Winnetka, Trex Plastic Film Challenge, Bread Tags for Wheelchairs, Join Go Green Winnetka

December 2, 2022

February 2, 2023

Happy Mindful Holidays, Go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting, Webinar: Cold Climate Heat Pumps, 7th Annual Winter Solstice Parade of Lights, Dear Friends of Go Green Winnetka, Go Green Reads, Non-Curbside Recyclables, Lakeshore Recycling Systems Presentation, Bread Tags For Wheelchairs, Join Go Green Winnetka

November 15, 2022

America Recycles Day, Non-Curbside Recyclables, Lakeshore Recycling Systems Presentation, Bread Tags for Wheelchairs, Go Green Winnetka Monthly Meeting, Additional Resources about Composting, Leave the Leaves, Rethink Thanksgiving

November 2, 2022

Pumpkin Composting Options, Vote Yes on Nov. 8, EFC Meeting, Go Green Reads, Go Green Illinois Meeting, Go Green Winnetka Meeting, Join Go Green Winnetka, A Smashed Pumpkin is Better Than a Rotted One, Start Composting in Winnetka, More Composting Options for Winnetka Residents, More Composting Options for Winnetka Businesses, Too!, The Benefits of Leaving the Leaves, Reduce Your Stress, Waste, and Carbon Footprint Around the Holidays

October 4, 2022

Start Composting in Winnetka, More Commercial Composting Options for Winnetka Residents, More Commercial Composting Options for Winnetka Businesses, too!, Visit Us at the Farmer's Market in October, A Smashed Pumpkin is Better Than a Rotted One, The Benefits of Leaving the Leaves, LRS and the EFC Talk Trash, Go Green Reads

September 19, 2022

Go Green Winnetka Solar Tour, New Composting Options for Winnetka, Go Green Reads: Cradle to Cradle, Village of Winnetka Open House, Winnetka Park District Fall Fest, Rebecca's Natives Fall Sale, Go Green Winnetka Meeting, Join Go Green Winnetka

September 1, 2022

Fall Native Plant Sale, Go Green Winnetka Solar Tour, New Composting Options for Winnetka, Simple Ways to Be More Sustainable, Go Green Reads: Cradle to Cradle, Go Green Illinois Meeting, Go Green Winnetka Meeting, Green Bay Trail Photo Contest, Join Go Green Winnetka

August 2, 2022

Fall Native Plant Sale, Solar Tour, New Composting Options, Winnetka Comprehensive Plan, Go Green Reads: Cradle to Cradle, Let's Water Wisely, Leaf Blower Ordinance, Green Bay Trail Photo Contest, Join Go Green Winnetka

July 5, 2022

June 15, 2022

Plastic-Free July, EcoVoice Film Festival, Go Green Reads, Go Green Illinois Meeting, Winnetka Comprehensive Plan, Environmental Justice Discussion Group, Visit Us at the Farmer's Market, Sustainable Yard Tour, Green Bay Trail Day, Native Plant Sale, More Composting Options for Winnetka, Thank You to Our Zero Waste Heroes, Let's Water Wisely, Winnetka's Leaf Blower Ordinance

June 15, 2022

June 15, 2022

June 15, 2022

Join Us at Our Monthly Meeting, Winnetka Children's Fair and Winnetka Music Festival Go Green, Visit Us at the Farmer's Market This Summer, Let's Water Wisely, Winnetka's Leaf Blower Ordinance, Go Green Reads, Volunteer for Go Green Winnetka

June 2, 2022

June 15, 2022

June 15, 2022

Visit Us at the Farmer's Market, Zero Waste at Winnetka Children's Fair and Winnetka Music Fest, Let's Water Wisely, Winnetka's Leaf Blower Ordinance, Go Green Reads, Join Us at Our Monthly Meeting, Volunteer at the Winnetka Children's Fair, Environmental Justice Discussion Group, Volunteer for Go Green Winnetka

May 16, 2022

Revisit Your Lawn and Yard, Give Your Lawn a Break This Spring, So Many Reasons to Plant an Oak Tree, Go Green Reads, Food Choices: Farm and Community Webinar, Winnetka's Leaf Blower Ordinance, Be a Zero Waste Volunteer, Visit Us at the Farmer's Market This Summer, Winnetka Comprehensive Plan Process

April 29, 2022

Get a Free Tree Sapling, International Compost Awareness Week, Compost Gift-Back, Go Green Wilmette Native Plant Sale, Winnetka Beach Cleanup, Earth Day Challenge 2022, Environmental Justice Discussion Group, Go Green Reads: Bright Green Future, No Mow May, "Bee Bill" Passes in Illinois, EFC Green Award Winners, Jan Schakowsky Event Recording, Winnetka Futures Comprehensive Plan

April 19, 2022

Reasons to Plant an Oak Tree, Compost Awareness Week, Webinar — Beneficial Bugs: Getting the Balance Right in Your Yard, Non-Toxic Cleaning and Recycling Event, Go Green Reads: Our Irreplaceable Wild World, Earth Day Challenge 2022, Book Stall Event: Girls Who Green the World, Collective Resource Compost Gift Back, Winnetka Comprehensive Plan Process

April 5, 2022

Winnetka Public Works Recycling, Environmental Justice Discussion Group, An Invitation to Join Us, Webinar — Beneficial Bugs: Getting the Balance Right in Your Yard, Go Green Reads: Our Irreplaceable Wild World, Earth Day Challenge 2022, Spring Clean-up Week

March 14, 2022

Winnetka Comprehensive Plan Process, Village Council Endorses Climate Action Plan, Go Green Reads: The Book of Hope, An Invitation to Join Us, An Evening With Jan Schakowsky, Go Green Reads: Our Irreplaceable Wild World

March 1, 2022

Winnetka Comprehensive Plan Process, Go Green Illinois Meeting, Environmental Justice Discussion Group, Gardening the New Perennialist Way, Go Green Reads: The Book of Hope, An Invitation to Join Us, An Evening With Jan Schakowsky, Celebrate Earth Day With Author Julian Hoffman, Yards That Work Tour Postponed

February 1, 2022

Winnetka Comprehensive Plan Process, Compost Awareness Week, Environmental Justice Discussion Group, Shopping Sustainably North Shore, Go Green Reads: The Book of Hope, Jan Schakowsky Event, Join Go Green Winnetka

January 3, 2022

Commit to Making a Difference in 2022, Go Green Reads: The Myth and Mystery of Ground Water, Climate Change and the North Shore, Zero Waste 101, Polystyrene Recycling, Let Your Voice Be Heard

December 1, 2021

December 1, 2021

Rethink the Holidays, Give the Gift of Composting, National Recycling Strategy Released, Go Green Reads: The Myth and Mystery of Ground Water, Gas-Powered Leaf Blower Multi-Community Update Meeting, It Was a Very Good Year

November 1, 2021

September 2, 2021

December 1, 2021

Pumpkin Collection Event, Go Green Reads, EFC Meeting, CEJA Presentation, Plastic Wars, Plastics Blog, Holiday Composting, Leave the Leaves, Invasive Plants Webinar, Ancient Prairie Spared

October 4, 2021

September 2, 2021

September 2, 2021

Join Us at Our Monthly Meeting, Winnetka Children's Fair and Winnetka Music Festival Go Green, Visit Us at the Farmer's Market This Summer, Let's Water Wisely, Winnetka's Leaf Blower Ordinance, Go Green Reads, Volunteer for Go Green Winnetka

September 2, 2021

September 2, 2021

September 2, 2021

Fall Native Plant Sale, Emerge Winnetka Aims for Zero Waste, Go Green Reads Welcomes Author Amanda Little, Doug Tallamy Discusses Book "The Nature of Oaks" 

August 2, 2021

August 2, 2021

August 2, 2021

First Annual Fall Native Plant Sale, Emerge Winnetka Aims for Zero Waste, Go Green Reads Welcomes Author Amanda Little, Paper Shredding Event, Illinois Ranks #1 in Sustainability Rankings

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