Go Green Winnetka has created a New Homeowners Guide, a go-to resource to help people moving homes make a sustainable transition. The Guide has numerous suggestions for conscious choices before and after the move that positively influence our environment. Practical tips are offered, from eco-friendly packing materials to waste diversion strategies.
Please pass this link along to friends and neighbors who are moving or have recently moved.
Join award-winning author of middle grade fiction, Carolyn Armstrong, for a book launch of the second in her Eco-Warrior series, No Time to Waste—at The Book Stall, 811 Elm Street, Winnetka.
Registration required.
Twins on a mission. Talking with animals. Tackling the greatest threats against ocean habitats.
A SEA OTTER.
Fresh from their Arctic adventure of saving polar bears, eleven-year-old twins Sydney and Sierra visit a sea kelp habitat off the coast of California. While scuba diving, Sydney meets her animal contact, a sea otter named Sunny, who enlists Sydney’s help. Ocean plastic pollution has entangled another otter, and it needs to be rescued. Even if the girls are able to release the otter from its plastic prison, there’s a much greater threat in the ocean.
Together, they’ll have to use all of their wits, ingenuity, and determination to somehow help their animal friends. But as they try and fail again and again, Sydney has a sinking feeling that she’s in over her head. One thing is clear: there’s literally no time to waste.
The exciting second installment in the award-winning Eco Warriors series will transform readers’ eco-anxiety into eco-action, inspiring a new generation of youth activists.
Go Green Winnetka meets monthly to discuss current initiatives and sustainability efforts. This month we will meet on Zoom on Wednesday, July 17 at noon. Join us to find out what's coming up as the days get warmer, add to the discussion, find opportunities to volunteer, or just listen in. All community members are welcome. Please reply to gogreenwinnetka@gmail.com to receive the meeting link.
Reduce Plastic Use and Waste this Summer
Bring any of the following items, and we'll recycle them for you. Even better, we'll tell you where to recycle them in the future!
Go Green Wilmette's popular Sustainable Yard Tour returns on July 21st, highlighting several private yards plus the Wilmette Library’s lovely pocket prairie and some plots in the West Park community garden! Learn how gardeners make attractive and insect-friendly spaces using green practices such as composting, rain barrels and native plant species. Gardeners can share how they make their efforts affordable by sharing plants and dividing them. West Park gardeners will have tips on growing vegetables and other produce in limited spaces using sustainable practices. There’s a front yard prairie and a yard full of native plants that are happiest in the shade.
A map with addresses will be posted on their website at gogreenwilmette.org a few days prior to the event. Event occurs Rain or Shine.
Don't miss our 4th Fall Native Plant Sale on September 7! Fall is regarded by many horticulturists as the ideal time to plant. Temps are cooler, but there are still several weeks for plants to establish themselves in order to thrive next spring. Check back here as the date gets closer to find out more.
That's why Go Green Winnetka is partnering with other organizations to collect Bread Tags for Wheelchairs. These tags (bread, bagel, muffin, produce, veggies) are pristine plastic and a valuable raw material and billions are made each year. They can’t be recycled through standard curbside programs because they are too small and too lightweight to sort easily. Most are made from #6 plastic/polystyrene.
Look for Mason jars at Grand Food Center and D36 schools—and start saving those bread tags!
260,000 bread tags = 200 lbs of plastic = one basic wheelchair
Check out these websites of participating organizations for more information.
Go Green Winnetka
Glencoe Sustainability Task Force
SCARCE
Danielle Cares for Chairs
Contact Go Green Winnetka with any questions.
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