by Kevin Harvey | Mar 24, 2023 | Outdoor Spaces, Parks and Nature, Yard Care
CHECK IT OUT! Download our GGW Green Lawn Care Guidelines If you’re ready to make “green” changes to your lifestyle, your yard is a great place to start. Greening our lives means taking a fresh look at old attitudes. Many of us consider our yards only as an extension...
by Tina Schultz | Jun 1, 2022 | Community Outreach
Below is a checklist of ideas you can employ at your place of work, or if you own your own business, ideas for making your company more sustainable. Use this checklist to rate your own practices and to spark ideas on how you can save money in the long run, and make...
by Tina Schultz | Mar 19, 2022 | Outdoor Spaces, Yard Care
Spring yard care is so important to preserving and enhancing critical habitat for beneficial insects and birds. See our Green Lawn Care Guidelines here. If you have a lawn care service, now is the time to contact them, share our guidelines, and request modifications...
by Tina Schultz | Jun 16, 2021 | News
Go Green Wilmette will host a second follow up meeting on June 22 with representatives from many Chicagoland suburbs to discuss the vexing problem of leaf blowers. We’ll compare notes and share progress reports on leaf blower ordinances and education. In addition to...
by Tina Schultz | Apr 30, 2021 | Air and Water
Take a moment to read this article in The Record about a recent meeting of north shore communities gathered to discuss the options for leaf blowers and ordinances related to their use.
by Tina Schultz | Apr 13, 2021 | News
Go Green Wilmette will host a follow up meeting with representatives from many Chicagoland suburbs to discuss the vexing problem of leaf blowers. The purpose of the May 14th meeting is to compare notes and share progress reports on leaf blower ordinances and...
by Tina Schultz | Nov 16, 2020 | Birds and Insects, Outdoor Spaces
The most important thing you can do is to “leave the leaves” in the yard and leave the seed heads in your gardens. Birds that do not migrate need food and shelter all winter. This great Audubon article tells you the many ways you can support birds all...
by Tina Schultz | Aug 7, 2020 | News, Outdoor Spaces, Yard Care
Videos of four amazing sustainable yards and a community vegetable garden plot are available for you to enjoy on GGW’s very own You Tube Channel. You can also find videos about our beach clean up efforts, Gillson Park bird habitat and The Dirty Truth about Leaf...
by Tina Schultz | May 13, 2020 | Air and Water, Outdoor Spaces, Yard Care
Go Green Wilmette is focused on helping people create healthy and beautiful lawns. Our plant sale results almost 20,000 additional native plants in our area providing habitat, storm water management and beauty. We have created Greener Lawn Care Guidelines and...
by Tina Schultz | May 6, 2020 | Air and Water, Outdoor Spaces, Yard Care
Please take a moment to read this new report on the effects of gas leaf blowers in our environment and COVID-19
by Tina Schultz | Apr 9, 2020 | Air and Water
Because so many more of us are at home during the day, and because there is less background noise, we are all noticing the sound and smell of leaf blowers now more than ever. Wilmette restricts the use of gas-powered leaf blowers from May 15 to Sept. 30, but all those...
by Kevin Harvey | May 16, 2014 | Air and Water
Wilmette bans leaf blowers during the summer for a number of reasons. Gas-powered leaf blowers throw mold, gas fumes, fertilizer, herbicides, pesticides, dirt, dust, bugs, and animal fecal matter, into the air for us to breath until it rains. And leaf blowers emit...
by Kevin Harvey | Dec 14, 2013 | Programs and Events
Go Green Wilmette works to improve Wilmette’s air quality by helping to make residents and lawn care companies aware of Wilmette’s ordinance which does not allow the use of gas-powered leaf blowers on residential property from May 15 – September 30...
by Kevin Harvey | Nov 11, 2013
