Upcoming events
Glen Ellyn Recycling Extravaganza
The Annual Recycling Extravaganza provides the public with the opportunity to bring items to be recycled, reused, and kept out of landfills.
Please bring non-perishables to donate for the Glen House Food Pantry!
Items for Recycling
No document shredding, no electrical ballasts, hazardous waste, fire extinguishers, chemicals or prescription drugs.
Junk Luggers
Electronics. No fees except $20 for TVs/Monitors
Working Bikes
Bikes, Helmets, Accessories
SCARCE
Books, LP Records, Holiday Lights, Inkjet Cartridges (No toner cartridges), Household and Car Keys, Brita products, musical instruments, bread tags.
$11 for smoke detectors (credit card only)
Cub Scout Pack 32
American Flags
Movie Screening of Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics
FREE potluck dinner and outdoor movie experience in the Sustain DuPage Garden as we screen the thought-provoking documentary Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics.
EBDRT Open House hosted by the DuPage County Department of Transportation
Open House hosted by the DuPage County Department of Transportation scheduled for Tuesday, April 29, 4-7 pm at Butterfield Park District to collect public feedback and provide information and education about the potential routes of the long-planned, but never fully funded EBDRT.
It's the public's chance to let the organizers know what the public wants.
All the research and facts point to the many benefits of a recreational trail. You can check out the facts at eastbranchtrail.org FAQ.
Sierra Club Special Program on Our Environment
The River Prairie Group, which covers the greater DuPage County area, will explain how you can learn more about environmental issues that affect your water, air and nature. Whether you are new to the club, or just never had the time to be active, we invite you to attend.
How Plastics Can Harm Brain Health
A discussion exploring the direct and indirect effects on brain health, from microplastics and plastics-related chemicals, as well as effects related to climate change and air pollution.
Free Shred Event
Help protect your identity: Gather your personal sensitive financial information and we'll shred it for free until the shred truck is full.
Native Plant PreSale
Purchase a ticket to shop in person a day ahead of the rest and support the Friends of the Forest Preserve District. Only 300 tickets are available, so purchase one soon!
Native Plant Sale
Shop in person for over 170 different types of native flowers, grasses, shrubs, and trees — including 14 never before offered — and get tips and recommendations from our plant experts!
Native Plant Sale
Shop in person for over 170 different types of native flowers, grasses, shrubs, and trees — including 14 never before offered — and get tips and recommendations from our plant experts!
Vehicle Rebate
Are you thinking about buying an electric vehicle?
Did you know you could get a rebate?!
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency's next EV Rebate Program funding cycle will open on Jan. 21. There will be $14 million available for rebates in the current fiscal year, which ends on June 30.
Illinois Electric Vehicle Rebate Program
Please note: Applications mailed or postmarked prior to January 21 will be rejected.
Summer SportSwap (#8)
Bring your gently used sports gear to swap for a voucher to Ackerman SFC from July 7-11th during regular business hours. No need for a voucher? You can also donate gear during those hours as well. Use your voucher to shop on Sunday from 1-2:30! Cash and card also accepted. No items will be accepted on Sunday 7/13 except clothes and leggings. Let’s keep gear in use and out of the landfill!
See you there!
Explore Sustainability in Action: IKEA Field trip
Events that are part of College of DuPage Global Goals Week
Sustainable Cities and Smart Waste Management: Innovations from Braziland Bangladesh
Events that are part of College of DuPage Global Goals Week
Volunteer Workday at the Natural Areas
Events that are part of College of DuPage Global Goals Week
Documentary Screening - Chamán (2018, Gómez Rollán)
Events that are part of College of DuPage Global Goals Week
Ingredients for Change: How Climate Change is Shaping Our Food Industry and the Role of Consumers and Gardeners
Events that are part of College of DuPage Global Goals Week
Create a Better World: A Workshop on the UN Global Goals
Events that are part of College of DuPage Global Goals Week
Bike Glen Ellyn March Slow Roll
Join Bike Glen Ellyn for their first ride of 2025 on March 21 at 6 pm!
Lobby Day
Could Illinois be the next state to ban polystyrene foam? Maybe, with your help!
Join Go Green Glen Ellyn in Springfield on March 20 to speak to our state elected officials about legislation targeting single-use plastic pollution! We will be joining dozens of other Illinois residents as part of the Coalition for Plastic Reduction. This is a high energy, impactful and FUN day!
Pollinator Blitz: Bringing Conservation Home
Speakers, demonstrations, vendors, and more!
SportSwap Spring
Give and get gently used sporting equipment at Go Green Glen Ellyn's SportSwap in partnership with the Glen Ellyn Park District, to be held on Sunday March 9th from 1:00-2:30pm. If you have any gently-used sports equipment that you'd like to trade in, you can drop it off at Ackerman SFC from March 3-7 during business hours and on Saturday March 8th until noon and you'll receive a voucher to use at the swap. Alternatively, you can also choose to purchase equipment using cash or credit. You are also welcome to simply donate equipment as long as it is on the list of accepted items and in good condition. SportSwap will be held at Ackerman SFC. We are also collecting leggings for Soccer for Zambia to help empower girls !
NO items will be accepted on Sunday except clothing and leggings.
Let’s make sports sustainable and keep items in use and out of the landfill!
HERE is what you can swap!
Movie Night
Join Go Green GE for a movie outing!
X Trillion follows the grueling journey of an all-women, 14-member crew who sail 3,000 miles across the North Pacific Ocean through the densest accumulation of ocean plastic on the planet. The international crew includes scientists, sailors, designers, engineers and teachers on a month-long voyage carrying out cutting edge microplastics research to investigate the crisis of plastic pollution in one of the most remote places on Earth.
The movie is free! We hope to see you there!
Last day to vote: Glen Ellyn Community Awards
The Glen Ellyn Community Awards is a chance for the community to say thank you to all the hard working people that make Glen Ellyn a wonderful place to live, learn, work, dine, shop and play. It’s a time to honor public servants, teachers who are educating our children, employees who give 100 percent, storefronts that go the extra mile in customer service and all the amazing residents, both young and young at heart, who volunteer so much of their time and talents.
There is a new category in 2024 for Green Business of the Year!
How Are Plastics Harming Human Health?
Hear from Laura Vandenberg, PhD, professor of Environmental Health Sciences at UMass Amherst’s School of Public Health & Health Sciences.
Laura’s research explores how exposures to chemicals early in life can predispose individuals to diseases later on. She is particularly interested in endocrine disruptors, which can lead to cancer, obesity, and infertility in adulthood, and has done extensive work with plasticizers and flame retardants. As always, the presentation will be followed by a discussion as Laura responds to your questions.
Please join Beyond Plastics Virtual Group for what promises to be a highly informative evening. You are welcome to share this invite with family, friends, and fellow advocates.
