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News from
Go Green Wilmette
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Visit our GGW Booth at the Farmers Market this Saturday |
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Dear Robin:
How can I view the Sustainable Yard Tour videos?
Whether you visited the yards or not, there's lots to learn and much to enjoy in the videos. Each video is just about five minutes long and features the yard hosts sharing information and inspiration - and more beautiful views of their gardens. Find these videos and more on GGW's You Tube Channel.
We are looking for inspiring yards for next year's tour. Please contact Saima Abbasi if you want to suggest your yard or a neighbor's.
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“In the past, we have asked one thing of our gardens: that they be pretty. Now they have to support life, sequester carbon, feed pollinators and manage water.
Don't miss the Sept. 29 program featuring Doug Tallamy sponsored by Friends of the Green Bay Trail, the Glencoe Sustainability Task Force and the Glenoce Public Library. Register.
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GOING GREEN MATTERS WEBINAR SERIES |
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Our Going Green Matters Webinar Series continues with another great program, Green Your Life - Simple Swaps for Low Waste Living, on Sept. 22. Details below. You can watch recordings of previous webinars like Greening Condos & Apartments, Gardening with Native Plants, Dark Skies, Birding in Gillson Park, Protecting Lake Michigan and more on GGW's You Tube Channel. Visit the goinggreenmatters.org website for details on all upcoming webinars and links to webinar recordings.
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"Green Your Life - Simple
Swaps for
Low Waste Living"
September 22 at 7pm
It is estimated that the average American produces 4.4 pounds of waste each day! Want to do something about that? From grocery shopping to your kitchen/bathroom/travel to the clothes you buy, this webinar will help you make simple changes to your daily routine that will really make a difference. Register now.
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Go Green Winnetka's
Native Plant Sale
Sept. 11, 9 - 11am
Fall is a great time to plant native plants. Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or just get started, Go Green Winnetka’s fall native plant sale will provide you with the plants and information you need to create your very own native garden, pollinator habitat, and more. (If you have any garden space in an alley behind your home, now's a good time to make it a habitat haven!)
The sale will be an in-person event, with no pre-orders. Information and a list of available plants can be found here. Cash, check, Zelle, and credit cards will be accepted. (Or ask your local nursery for natives you can plant in the fall.)
Go Green Winnetka is looking for volunteers for this event. If you would like to volunteer to help make this first Fall Native Plant Sale a success please email them.
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Don't Miss the
Wilmette Solar Tour!
September 25
10am - 2pm
Learn how and why your neighbors have installed solar panels on Go Green Wilmette's first annual Wilmette Solar Tour on Sept. 25. The local tour is in conjunction with the Illinois Solar Energy Association's state-wide tour. There will be about a dozen Wilmette homes on the local tour! Addresses and solar system information will be available several days before the event.
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Go Green Reads Presents
"The Fate of Food"
Featuring
Author Amanda Little
Sept. 20, 7 - 8pm
Join us for a special Go Green Reads with author Amanda Little who will lead a discussion of her book, "The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World." The book is a fascinating story of the sustainable food revolution and winner of the 2019 Nautilus Book Award. Register here.
Go Green Reads is a lively—and growing—virtual book discussion group that aims to raise environmental awareness one compelling book at a time! Go Green Reads is offered through a collaboration between Go Green Northfield, Go Green Wilmette, and Go Green Winnetka, in partnership with The Book Stall and the Winnetka-Northfield Public Library District.
Go Green Reads meets for one hour every other month. Read the book in advance, or sign in to learn why you should read it! Email us to join our mailing list and discussions.
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Gillson Park Habitat Workday
Sunday, Sept. 12
9am - 11am
Join us for a work day to help maintain this beautiful and important habitat located at the north end of Gillson Park in Wilmette. Meet fellow volunteers by the wide path down to the beach in the middle of the habitat area.
Come when you can and leave when you need to - even 15 minutes is a help! Bring a friend and visit while you garden. Children welcome.
Save the Date: Gillson Park Habitat Fall Festival, Oct. 17, Time TBD
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Final Beach Clean Up
Sept. 18
9am - 11am
Join us for our final beach clean up of the season at Gillson Park. Look for the Go Green Wilmette table at the south end of the park near the diagonal beachfront parking. We recommend reusable gloves – not single use plastic gloves - to protect yourself. Please bring your own bucket or container. You can also do a clean up anytime you are at the beach.
Reducing plastic use in your daily life and supporting restrictions on plastic helps protect beaches and waterways.
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Habitat Helpers
of Mallinckrodt Park
Sept. 16
8:30am - 10:30am
Do you live at Mallinckrodt or in the neighborhood? Or do you just enjoy this beautiful park? Habitat Helpers of Mallinckrodt Park (in partnership with the Wilmette Park District) will meet again on Thursday, Sept. 16 at 8:30am outside the Mallinckrodt Community Center.
Learn about the native plants in the park, meet neighbors, and weed out unwanted plants to help the natives thrive. Stop by to say hi or stay for as long as you wish to help out. Tools provided by the Wilmette Park District.
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Final Community
Solar Webinars
Sept. 9 and 13
With community solar fields nearly full, you have just two more opportunities to participate in a webinar with Trajectory Energy to learn more about the program and how to subscribe. If you have been meaning to do so, now is the time. Register for a webinar or contact Hal Sprague. Subscribe by Sept. 15!
Register for the Thursday, September 9th at 7pm webinar here.
Register for the Monday, September 13th at 12pm webinar here.
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Guided Tree Walk
October 3 at 2pm
Go Green Wilmette will host our annual Tree Walk at Gillson Park by the Wallace Bowl on Oct. 3 at 2pm. Come with questions and suggestions for protecting and enhancing Wilmette's beautiful trees.
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Help Us Find Wilmette's
Oldest and Largest Trees!
GGW is partnering with the Village to find our oldest and largest trees. If you know of one, please let Saima know where it is.
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Recycling Update
We are pleased to report that clear plastic clamshell containers are recyclable in Wilmette's curbside program if there is a #1 symbol on them. Rinse and close containers before recycling.
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Gas Powered Leaf Blower Ban Remains in Place Until Oct. 1.
If you see your service - or any yard care company - using gas-powered leaf blowers this month, please ask them to comply with Wilmette's ban from May 15 to Sept. 30. Call 847/256-1200 to report violations or email our code enforcer at blume...@wilmette.com.
Talk to your yard service company about continuing to use electric equipment through the fall and blowing less for a cleaner and quieter Wilmette. Leave the leaves to provide habitat throughout the year. Ask them to mulch your leaves on your yard and put them on garden beds or under trees for mulch. Keep the leaves to use in your backyard compost bin.
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Click here for our full calendar.
Sept. 9: Community Solar Webinar, Register, 7pm
Sept. 11: GGW at Farmers Market, 8am - 1pm
Sept. 12: Gillson Park Habitat Work Day, 9am - 11am
Sept. 12 - 14: Faith in Place Green Team Summit, Register
Sept. 13: Community Solar Webinar, Register, 12pm
Sept. 14: Go Green Illinois Meeting, Register, 1pm
Sept. 16: Mallinckrodt Habitat Work Day, 8:30am - 10:30am
Sept. 18: Beach Clean Up, Gillson Park, 9am - 11am
Sept. 22: Simple Swaps for Low Waste Living, Register, 7pm
Oct. 3: Tree Walk, Gillson Park by the Wallace Bowl, 2pm
Oct. 16: Gillson Park Bird Habitat Gathering, Time TBD
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Forward this newsletter to someone you think might be interested! Or have them text GGW to 22828. |
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Explore our Website
Go Green Wilmette's website is updated weekly, has a full calendar of north suburban environmental events and provides relevant information on a variety of topics. Visit our website often.
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Get Involved
Whether you get involved with GGW or take action on your own, the planet needs all hands on deck! Come to our events, share our newsletter and let us know how you'd like to get involved here.
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Start a Go Green Group
Don't live in Wilmette? Join or start a Go Green group in your community. We can help! Visit Go Green Illinois's website to see if there is a group in your town. Go Green Illinois meets every two months at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
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Support Go Green Wilmette
Consider a tax deductible donation in any amount or become a "Friend of Go Green Wilmette" with a $250 donation. Donate online with Pay Pal or credit card, or mail a check made out to Go Green Wilmette to P.O. Box 954, Wilmette, IL 60091.
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P.O. Box 954, Wilmette, IL 60091
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