Spring Eco Calendar

Find more details by following links (→) to the sponsoring organizations.  See also Glen Ellyn Sustainability Group’s Facebook page.

Event Listing:

April 2 (Elgin) – Meet lawmakers in an informal setting, Legislative Solar Social, →ISEA

April 5 (Wheaton) – 10th Annual Sustainable Design Challenge for High School Students, →SCARCE

April 5 (Wheaton) – Learn about residential solar energy, registration suggested →Wheaton Public Library

April 7 (Glen Ellyn) – Earth Friendly Yards, 
→Glen Ellyn Park District

April 7 (Carol Stream) – Program about sustainable butterfly gardening, DuPage Organic Garden Club

April 9 (Naperville) – Solar energy class, PV 101: Introduction to Photovoltaics, →Illinois Solar Energy Association

April 13 (Chicago) – showing of the highly-regarded film Catching the Sun, → ISEA

 April 20 (Wheaton) – Succession Planning and Body Smart Gardening, →Sweet Home Organics

April 20 (Wheaton) – Spring Kickoff Volunteer Meeting, →The Gardenworks Project

April 21 (Springfield) – Sign up for Environmental Lobby Day, →Illinois Environmental Council

April 21 (Wheaton) – Stormwater From the Ground Up, a presentation by Krista Grimm, →League of Women Voters of Wheaton

April 22 (Glen Ellyn) – Our Earth Day Festival returns! This annual event is co-sponsored by the Glen Ellyn Park District, the Glen Ellyn Environmental Commission, and Glen Ellyn Sustainability Group.  New location -Maryknoll Park!  The theme this year is Sustainable Landscaping, →Glen Ellyn Park District

April 23 (Glen Ellyn) – First of a series of workdays at Glacial Ridge Forest Preserve, →Sierra Club Outings

April 28 (Elmhurst) – Program, Clean Power, Clean Jobs, →Elmhurst Public Library

April 30 (Glen Ellyn) – Adopt-a-Trail cleanup and 2-mile hike, →Sierra Club RPG

April 30 (various communities) – Illinois Prairie Path and Great Western Trail clean-ups, →IPP.org

May 7 (Glen Ellyn) – Pre-order your garden compost and pick it up at the annual Get Your Garden Growing Green event, →SCARCE

May 21 (Argonne) – Argonne National Lab Open House, see video then register, →Argonne

May 21 (DuPage County) – 2016 DuPage River Sweep, →Conservation Foundation

Native Plant Sales:

Deadline close on this one http://www.kanedupageswcd.org/sales.htm

http://dupageforest.org/nativeplantsale/

http://www.naperville.il.us/arbordaytreesale.aspx  cash or check only - open to the public. first come, first serve

http://willcounty.wildones.org/2014-native-plant-sales/

http://www.mortonarb.org/events/arbor-day-plant-sale

http://www.will-scookswcd.org/tree-and-fish-sale.php

not posted yet, but usually a big one: http://trivillagegardenclub.org/wordpress/?s=plant+sale

http://wheatonparkdistrict.com/events/native-plant-sale/

http://citizensforconservation.org/native-plant-sales/

http://www.conservelakecounty.org/what-we-do/conserve-lake-county-events/event/28-online-native-plant-sale-march-25-april-25-on-site-plant-sale-may-12-14-2016

Thanks to Beth Corrigan of the Morton Arboretum for the plant sale information.


Other programs:

Learn more about solar energy, → Illinois Solar Energy Association calendar

Sierra Club service projects and outings, → Sierra Club Illinois Chapter

Spring gardening and horticulture classes (Lisle), →The Morton Arboretum

Permaculture classes (Naperville), →The Resiliency Institute

Outdoor preservation activities, →Churchill Woods Protectors

Organic gardening classes (various locations), →Sweet Home Organics

County-wide event listing, →Cool DuPage