Go Green Highland Park invites you to join us for our 2024 Drive Electric Earth Month Electric Vehicle (EV) Show. At the event, you can see various EV models in one place, and talk with their owners about the experience of driving an EV. By hearing directly from people who use EVs as a regular […]
Participants: Get your compost/composting events on our map of Illinois! SUBMIT YOUR ADVENTURE IN COMPOSTING, OTHER HAPPENING OR LIBRARY PROGRAM DETAILS BY APRIL 10. Attendees: Join individuals around the world to celebrate International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) this May 5 – 11. ICAW is the largest and most comprehensive education initiative of the global compost […]
Grab your lunch and join IFSCC to learn about the status of soil health, food scrap, and compost-related policy in Illinois and beyond, including: • legislation that’s been introduced this year, • how you can support what’s been introduced, and • how to turn your ideas into initiatives no matter where you are. Speakers: Liz […]
Let's talk dirt! To celebrate International Compost Awareness Week, a panel of speakers with experience in composting will help you get started and address your questions, comments and concerns. The panel will consist of residents, community and business leaders with experience in either composting on their own or hiring composting companies. The in person program […]
Join us for a spectacular and “soil-ful” evening of stories, songs, snippets and serenades. It’s all in honor of International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) and the wonder of compost and caring for our beautiful planet. Our “scrappy” group of entertainers and artists are digging up scoopfuls of fun to delight you with a special selection […]
Doug Taron, Curator of Biology and Vice President of Research and Conservation, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum "I don't see as many butterflies as I used to." Is this statement really true? Doug Taron from the Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network tracks long-term trends in butterfly populations. He sees a significant decline in abundance from 1997 to […]
Dr. Eli Suzukovich III, Northwestern University, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Program in Environmental Policy and Culture Dr. Eli Suzukovich III (Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa/Cree/Krajina Serb), will share his knowledge and research regarding urban forests and the impacts of local climate change. In Evanston, he developed the plan and selected plants for the new Native […]
Larry Heaney, Negaunee Curator of Mammals, Field Museum. Rats have lived with humans for many generations. They know us very well, and have diverse strategies that have allowed them to survive and even thrive. Human efforts to eliminate urban rats have severely impacted wildlife, and the rats are still here. What are we to do? […]
Mark Clifton, Ph.D., Executive Director, North Shore Mosquito Abatement District Climate change is widely expected to increase the range and distribution of mosquito and tick vectors of disease as well as the viruses they carry with serious implications for the future of public health. Against this backdrop, the catalogue of materials capable of controlling mosquitoes […]
Lise Van Susteren, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at George Washington University; Co-authored "The Psychological Effects of Global Warming on the U.S. - Why the US Mental Health System Is Not Prepared". Van Susteren is the expert witness on the psychological damages to young people from inaction on climate in Juliana v […]