Find out where your plastic waste is going and how to prevent it from entering Lake Michigan from a Shedd Aquarium educator. Nearly 22 million pounds of plastic enter the Great Lakes each year. We can stop this flow of pollution and keep the lakes healthy and safe for ourselves and the animals that call […]
Join us for a panel presentation with a local farmer and other experts to discuss an exciting solution to climate change and how each of us can participate. A link to the film will be provided. Watch the award-winning documentary Kiss the Ground and then ask the experts your questions. We will provide a link to the […]
Join us to discuss Nature's Best Hope by Doug Tallamy.
Northbrook has one of the few remaining original prairie acreage in THE Prairie State. Please join us for a nature walk where Volunteer Steward, Laurel Ross will share with us the significance of the site, the rare flowering plants and grasses. We are sure to see wildlife too. Laurel Ross was appointed Volunteer Steward in 1992, […]
Some of us are succeeding in refusing, reducing, reusing and recycling the physical items that come into our lives. Do you want to learn more about where to find the best local products? Join us for a presentation by librarian Jill Franklin. Please share your ideas in advance, so we can include them in the […]
Whether photographing trillium at Somme Woods or a Red-tailed Hawk in Somme Prairie Grove, Lisa's photos capture the exquisite and fragile beauty of our ecosystem. If Lisa's photo's inspire you, attend her upcoming virtual library program. She'll focus on techniques to photograph plants, insects, and birds using basic equipment. She will discuss how to look […]
In partnership with the Village of Northbrook: Citizens Utility Board will explain the basics of solar power & how you can save money while transitioning to clean energy. A local resident will describe her experience with the group buy program. Learn in-person about the process with opportunities for Q&A for your situation from representatives of: […]
Northbrook Public Library - Pollak Room AB - First Floor Learn how switching your appliances from gas to electric reduces demand for fossil fuels and benefits your health and your wallet.
Join Mardi and Jake to discuss The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger, about the ingenious ways plants communicate, recognize sounds, morph, and trick animals. In partnership with Go Green Northbrook.
LRS operates a material recovery facility (MRFs) to sort and divert recyclables from the north suburban area. On the tour of this state-of-the-art facility, we will explore the technology and people power that makes recycling possible. We will also identify recycling rules and discuss how recycling is important to protecting our natural resources, combating climate […]