Come to our Spring SportSwap!

Click the button below to learn about items that we take for swap or donation as well as how the process works!

Visit the Go Green GE team behind the bar at Two Hound Red! Any tips will be used to fund Go Green projects in Glen Ellyn. Come learn what we are up to! Get into the shamrock season with performances from the award-winning Trinity Irish Dancers!!

Smash and Trash: Pumpkin and Pop-up recycling event!  Bring in your Halloween pumpkin and give it a whack to help create compost for the Village Green gardens. While you are there, recycle all the other things you have been saving up, waiting for a recycling event to happen! We are also collecting Halloween candy wrappers. This "Smash and (Reduce) Trash event is at Village Green on November 4th, from 9am-11am.

Some things are free to recycle, others are a modest fee. Here is the list!

• ‘Styrofoam’ (Polystyrene foam*) - Free (Dart) (no packing peanuts)

• Textiles - Free (Flat Can)

• Electronics - Free (except monitors $30) (Junkluggers)

• Aerosols - $1 per can (Flat Can)

• Latex Paint (Flat Can)

• Sample - $0.50 per container

• Quart - $2 per container

• 1 Gallon -$5 per container

• 5 Gallon -$20 per container

• 1lb Propane Tanks $3 (Flat Can)

• Car Seats - $20 per seat (Flat Can)

• Household Batteries - $4 per pound (Flat Can)

• Candy wrappers from Halloween Bagged)- Free (Go Green)

*Coolers, cups, foam packing blocks, egg cartons, and clean plates and to-go containers are welcome. No packing peanuts  

We were so disappointed to cancel, but we will be back next year!

Celebrate OAKS at the 2nd annual OAKtoberfest on October 14th from 1-4 at Maryknoll Park. We have more than 25 exhibitors and vendors including custom OAKtoberfest beer from Two Hound Red and a selection of wines from Koze Wine Cellar. (Beer and Wine for purchase)along with local organizations, sustainably minded local businesses, neighbors and friends! See full list here, plus more to come!

This is a FAMILY FRIENDLY and FREE event for all ages. Come enjoy Maryknoll in Autumn, learn about OAKS, play games like platform tennis, listen to music, shop for sustainable products, have a snack and learn from our exhibitors. We hope to see you there!

Learn more at https://www.gogreenglenellyn.org/oaktober

Register to have your home featured on the tour if you have solar, or sign up to tour the local homes with solar! Find out more about this year’s solar tour here

Join us for a community meet up on Wednesday, September 6, to discuss the potential Downtown Event Space to be constructed at the former US Bank property.  What green attributes do you want to see included?  What additional questions or feedback do you have for the Village or Park District?  We will meet in the Civic Center and weather permitting, can walk to the space to envision and discuss.  As time allows, we can discuss other green initiatives, questions and ideas for our community.  Open to all ages - We hope to see you there!  RSVP preferred but not required - RSVP here

Join us for 4th Sport Swap courtesy of Go Green GE and the GE Park District!

More information on process and what we accept can be found here.

Save the date for our third SportSwap Equipment Exchange and Sale on March 12, 2023 — just in time for spring sports!

(GE Public Library event with input from Environmental Commission and Go Green GE)

From the library’s description: Do you need a place away from curious eyes to wrap presents? The library will provide a room, scissors, tape, donated gift bags, ribbon, boxes, and wrapping paper. Go Green Glen Ellyn and the Environmental Commission will also provide ideas for how to re-use wrapping materials and found or unconventional gift wrapping supplies. Donations of gift bags, ribbon, and shirt boxes will be accepted at the Youth Desk beginning Thursday, December 1.

Given that there will be donations of giftwrap and ribbon, we cannot guarantee that options will be sustainable. Please read our log on the topic to wrap it up green!

Interested in solar/renewable energy for your home or business? The 2022 Illinois Solar Tour will take place on Saturday, September 24th from 10:00am to 3:00pm in a hybrid format! Home and business owners in Glen Ellyn and Wheaton with renewable energy installations will open their homes to the public and share their passion, knowledge, and experience of owning, maintaining, and living with renewable energy. You can tour a house in person, or do it virtually via a video.

Read more about the tour and see a map of the area homes on our 2022 Solar Tour page.

Registration is preferred, but not required. Please register below.

Join Go Green Glen Ellyn and Homegrown Gardens for an evening of green! We'll have a garden tour and discussion about organic vegetable gardening while sipping on sustainable wines and enjoying some nibbles. We will raffle off a basket of organic veggies and you’ll be able to buy more (per availability.) Reservations are limited, $25 per person. Location will be provided upon reservation.

Join us and let the good times grow!

Register: gogreenglenellyn.org/register-for-wines-vines

Payment of $25 via Venmo @GoGreenGE to confirm reservation

Come meet and greet other local residents at our next Go Green Community meet up! We will share updates on environmental happenings in Glen Ellyn and listen to your questions and ideas for environmental initiatives. Come on out to Two Hound Red! Food and drink will be available for purchase.

Join us on June 11 at 10:30 at Maryknoll Park! Participate in the GE Park District restoration work that morning or just join us to discuss local environmental topics including composting, recycling questions, potential green space in Downtown Glen Ellyn, the upcoming park district referendum and more. Bring your reusable mug, and let us know if you'll be coming here so we bring enough coffee :)

APOLOGIES< HAVE TO CANCEL THIS!

Stay tuned for another meet up coming soon!

Join us for our FIRST community meet up on Thursday, March 10, from 12:30-1:30pm at the Glen Ellyn Public Library's north meeting room (1st floor). Come to learn about green tips and potential spring volunteer projects, or bring questions or ideas for ways we can work together to make our community greener.
All are welcome - if you've got little ones at home, bring them too! RSVP not necessary but preferred, by emailing us here

Come get SMASHED and TRASHED with Go Green Glen Ellyn at our FIRST community event!

Drop off your pumpkin to get smashed at Village Green sponsored by the GE Park District. Then, at 11am, join us for a light hike and trash pickup at Glen Ellyn’s best kept secret: Glacial Ridge Park (off the Prairie Path, ride your bike or park near the playground at 860 Walnut). We will hear from park steward Bruce Blake on our walk and enjoy the glorious fall colors. Dress for the weather and wear comfortable/sturdy shoes. Families welcome! Here’s a little history if you’d like some pre-reading.

RSVP preferred but not required - let us know by emailing us your name and how many people you'll bring with you!