Upcoming events
Glen Ellyn Community Tree Planting Day
Help us plant 28 native trees and shrubs at Churchill Park in Glen Ellyn.
Were excited to be back this spring with Chicago Region Trees Initiative to grow from last year's tree project, and hope you will join us for this fun planting! No experience is necessary and all ages are welcome.
https://tockify.com/crtiandpartnerevents/detail/701/1778248800000?startms=1777611600000
Learning from Lurie - Designing for Monarchs
Learn from Chicago's Lurie Garden award-winning designs, combining beauty, sustainability, and maintainability, to create perennial garden habitats that attract and support the Monarch butterfly Guest Expert: The Conservation Foundation
Go Green Walking Club
Let’s get adventurous and go exploring at Lake Lambert. Over 130 different bird species have been seen here, including egrets and other water birds and animals. We understand the trail can get a little muddy, so let’s be sure to wear shoes that can withstand some mud! There is a small parking lot off of Lambert Road, behind Glen Ellyn Public Works.
Microplastics Affect Your Health: Learn How to Fight Back
Join Jacquelyn Casazza, President and Co-founder of Go Green Glen Ellyn, for a compelling talk on the hidden danger of microplastics-tiny particles now found in our food, water, air, and even human blood and lungs. Drawing on science and real-world impacts, Jacquelyn explains how microplastics harm ecosystems and threaten human health through inflammation, disease, and long-term exposure. This is more than an environmental issue; it's a human health emergency.
Text or email Barb Taylor
(630) 398-0072 or barbtaylor1616@gmail.com
Trashy Craft Market
Nowhere Collective is a Chicago-based creative reuse community connecting makers, reclaimed materials, and shoppers in novel ways. Everyone is invited to participate in circularity of things.
We are thrilled to bring our junky jamboree to the inaugural Fiber + Fabric Craft Festival. We're nestled inside a four-day extravaganza organized by the same visionaries behind h+h americas — one of the largest international handicrafts trade shows in the world.
Nowhere Collective is bringing the handmade magic that proves everything and everyone has unearthed potential! We feature the most passionate crafters, hobbyists, and handmaking professionals around.
Whether you're a complete beginner dipping a toe into the creative reuse waters or a seasoned Trash Smasher with sawdust in your soul — there's a seat at this secondhand table for you.
https://www.nowhere-collective.com/events/the-trashy-craft-market-26
Trashy Craft Market
Nowhere Collective is a Chicago-based creative reuse community connecting makers, reclaimed materials, and shoppers in novel ways. Everyone is invited to participate in circularity of things.
We are thrilled to bring our junky jamboree to the inaugural Fiber + Fabric Craft Festival. We're nestled inside a four-day extravaganza organized by the same visionaries behind h+h americas — one of the largest international handicrafts trade shows in the world.
Nowhere Collective is bringing the handmade magic that proves everything and everyone has unearthed potential! We feature the most passionate crafters, hobbyists, and handmaking professionals around.
Whether you're a complete beginner dipping a toe into the creative reuse waters or a seasoned Trash Smasher with sawdust in your soul — there's a seat at this secondhand table for you.
https://www.nowhere-collective.com/events/the-trashy-craft-market-26
Trashy Craft Market
Nowhere Collective is a Chicago-based creative reuse community connecting makers, reclaimed materials, and shoppers in novel ways. Everyone is invited to participate in circularity of things.
We are thrilled to bring our junky jamboree to the inaugural Fiber + Fabric Craft Festival. We're nestled inside a four-day extravaganza organized by the same visionaries behind h+h americas — one of the largest international handicrafts trade shows in the world.
Nowhere Collective is bringing the handmade magic that proves everything and everyone has unearthed potential! We feature the most passionate crafters, hobbyists, and handmaking professionals around.
Whether you're a complete beginner dipping a toe into the creative reuse waters or a seasoned Trash Smasher with sawdust in your soul — there's a seat at this secondhand table for you.
https://www.nowhere-collective.com/events/the-trashy-craft-market-26
Go Green Walking Club
Join us for our casual monthly walking club. No membership needed. Enjoy the fresh air and community, plus conversation if you want it! We will walk the lake path at Lake Ellyn. Meet at the Boathouse circle at noon. See you there!
Community Mending Clinic
Join Sandy Plahetka of Sew With Sandy and Go Green Glen Ellyn for a FREE Community Mending Clinic in the Shakespeare Room at the Glen Ellyn Public Library. Bring one or two items to repair and learn how, with Sandy's help!
All supplies will be provided. Suggested items for mending include clothing with holes (t-shirts, pants, coats), stuffed animals, replacing buttons, etc.
Space is limited, so please register.
Plastics: From Awareness to Action
Do you feel perplexed by the plastic pollution problem? Curious what to recycle, or if it matters at all?
Concerned about the news of plastic in our water and bodies?
Wondering if there's anything you can do!?
The answer is YES!
Join us for a day of learning and community action.
Learn the backstory behind some of our biggest problems with plastic pollution and participate with others in activities where you can learn to make a difference in your home and community.
Spread the word and bring your family, friends, and neighbors!
Light refreshments will be served. Register
Outdoor Walking Club
Join us for Go Green GE’s monthly walking club on March 24th at the DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center. We will meet DuPage Forest Preserve Commissioner Jeff Gahris and learn about some of the sustainable aspects of the center, and then take a walk on the renovated trail. Rain, Snow or Shine! See you there!
Spring SportSwap
Bring your gently used sports gear to swap for a voucher to Ackerman SFC March 16-20 during regular business hours.
NO EQUIPMENT WILL BE COLLECTED ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY! Use your voucher to shop on Sunday from 1-2:30 pm. No items will be accepted on Sunday 3/22 except clothes and leggings. Read More
Invest Like the Planet Depends on It
Go Green Illinois Monthly Meeting
For many people, the indirect emissions created by our bank accounts and investments represent the largest component of our personal carbon footprint - more than waste reduction, food choices and even travel. The goal of our March program is to share information in an accessible format that will help you make financial decisions that are in line with your environmental values.
Learn how banking and investment decisions impact the environment. If you have a bank account, a college savings account, a retirement plan, or other investments, this program will provide tools and information to enable you to determine what your investments are funding and to make choices that are better aligned with your values. Discuss how our Go Green groups can educate our community members about this important topic.
We will also learn about the Climate Safe Pensions Act pending in the legislature in Illinois, and action you can take to help move it forward.
Our guest speakers for this meeting will be Nancy Bell and Elliot Rossen.
The Buzz in Your Garden
The Buzz in Your Garden is an introduction to the many pollinating bees making essential contributions to the health and productivity of gardens and ecosystems. Join Judy Cardin, a bumble bee expert and educator with the Wisconsin Bumble Bee Brigade, for a webinar with fascinating facts about our native pollinators.
https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=701Po00001Gys45IAB
Habitat Heroes: Project Churchill
https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/gepark/activity/search/detail/37196?onlineSiteId=0&from_original_cui=true
Watts the Impact?
Join us for a discussion on Data Centers.
Learn what data centers are and what they are used for, the associated potential environmental impacts, how city planners and lawmakers are balancing demand with environmental impacts, and what residents should know.
Go Green GE Outdoor Walking Club
Come join us for our monthly outdoor walking club on the 4th Tuesday of the month at noon.
Dress for the weather! We'll meet in the Churchill Park (NOT Churchill Woods) parking lot at 271 St. Charles Road in Northwest Glen Ellyn. See you there!
Anote's Ark
Fourth film of 2026 Global Flicks series. From Bangladesh, we will travel to the Pacific nation of Kiribati to see Anote’s Ark. This documentary film centers around President Anote Tong and his efforts to save his nation (which is predicted to be submerged within decades due to climate change), his people, and 4,000 years of Kiribati culture. The post-film Q&A will be facilitated by COD Biology Professor Shamili Ajgaonkar. For the evening showing, we will also be joined by Ellen Nabeti who spent over two years in Kiribati as a Peace Corps Volunteer during Anote Tong’s presidency.
Wednesday, Feb 25 | 1:30 & 7:30 pm
Belushi Performance Hall | 1:30 pm
Playhouse Theatre | 7:30 pm
FREE
Coffee and Catbirds
https://www.active.com/glen-ellyn-il/classes/coffee-and-catbirds-2026
The Conservation Foundation Book Club
The Overstory by Richard Powers
We want to bring our community together to discuss ideas within nature-based literature. It’s a great way to get to know each other, as well as deepen our understanding and relationship to the land we live on. This group will be led by our friend, Kristy Belton, and meet every other month on the first Wednesday. We hope you’ll join us! This event is free and no registration is required!
Book Discussion - "The Problem with Plastics"
https://www.beyondplastics.org/events/the-problem-with-plastic
River Prairie Group of Sierra Club: Active Transportation in DuPage
Learn about trails, bike lanes, e-bike regulations, and active transportation concerns in the s uburbs. Dave Simmons of Ride Illinois will be presenting.
https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=701Po00001JQgWTIA1
Go Green GE Walking Club!
Join Go Green GE for our new monthly Walking Club! This month we are hitting Panfish Park. If you fancy some fresh air and even fresher conversation, come on out on January 27th at noon.
We will meet every fourth Tuesday at Noon at a different park, so check here for details!