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Event List

Saturday, July 31 Windfarm Boat Tour
The Renewable Energy/Wind Farm Task Force is hosting the 2nd annual sailing trip to the proposed offshore windfarm location on Saturday, July 31st.

The group will be sailing on the "Free at Last" which will embark from Wilmette Harbor at 10:30 AM and return at 2:30 PM. The cost of the trip is $60 and passengers must pack their own lunch.

If you are interested, please RSVP to Nate Kipnis by email at nkipnis@nkainc.com.
Wednesday, August 4 Brainstorming at Fuel
Join us from 10-11AM at Fuel in Wilmette for an informal brain storming session. Children welcome.
Sunday, August 8 Beach Picnic
Come to the picnic pavilion at Gillson Park for our 4th annual beach picnic. Bring something to grill, a drink, and a dish to share. Let's model waste free behavior!
Wednesday, August 18 Brainstorming at Fuel
Join us from 10AM-11AM for an informal session at Fuel in Wilmette.
Saturday, September 18 Document Shredding
The Meskill Center will be offering document shredding through the Edens Bank 3245 Lake Avenue in Wilmette. Saturday September 18th 9-12:00.
Wednesday, September 22 CAR FREE DAY
22 September 2010 will be an opportunity to find another way for just one day to get around town, leave the car at home and walk, take a bus, train or cycle around town. All this is to help highlight the pollution caused by cars, not just the fumes but the whole cycle of waste and disruption, the noise, delayed journeys, the whole human misery caused by traffic congestion and car pollution. Almost 40% of the transport sector's CO2 emissions are produced by the use of private cars in cities. More info can be found at 22september.org
Wednesday, September 22 Greener Choices Book Club: The Story of Stuff
The Story of Stuff : How Our Obsession With Stuff is Trashing The Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health--and a vision for change
By Annie Leonard
Wednesday, September 22 1 :00 pm
Wilmette Public Library
Saturday, October 2 Evanston Green Living Festival
The Evanston Green Living Festival is an annual green event presented by the City of Evanston and the Evanston Environmental Association (EEA). The festival is designed to help educate attendees on how to reduce their personal carbon footprint.
Planning is underway for the 2010 festival which will be held on October 2. This year's theme is "Living Green, Bring it Home!" because the festival will focus on green ideas, products, and services that relate to sustainable practices that can be applied at home.

Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010
Time: 9:00am to 3:00pm 8:00am
Location: Evanston Ecology Center - 2024 McCormick Blvd, Evanston, IL 60201
Saturday, October 2 Illinois Solar Energy Tour
The Illinois Solar Energy Tour will be held from 10AM-3PM on Saturday October 2.

Please visit their website throughout the summer to see new listings for the tour. A tour guide will be available both in print and as a down-load in early September which will include final details regarding site locations, maps and articles.

See the Directory of Buildings to surf various locations and technologies. If you'd like to be a tour host in 2010 or be listed on the virtual tour, please see Tour Host ApplicationTour Host Information in the Tour Host Menu at right.
tour.illinoissolar.org
Wednesday, October 6 International Walk To School Day
This year, Walk to School Day is Wednesday, October 6, 2010. Communities can choose to celebrate for a day, a week, once a week or the entire month as part of International Walk to School Month. In the USA, the focus will remain on Walk to School Day with support for communities that choose to celebrate for the timeframe that is right for their interests and resources.For more info see walktoschool-usa.org
Sunday, October 10 350.org GET TO WORK day!
The first date to mark on your calendar: October 10. Working with our friends at the 10:10 campaign, we're going to make the tenth day of the tenth month of the millennium's tenth year a real starting point for concrete action. We're calling it the 10/10 Global Work Party, and in every corner of the world we hope communities will put up solar panels, insulate homes, erect windmills, plant trees, paint bikepaths, launch or harvest local gardens. We'll make sure the world sees this huge day of effort--and we'll use it to send a simple message to our leaders: "We're working--what about you? If we can cover the roof of the school with solar panels, surely you can pass the legislation or sign the treaty that will spread our work everywhere, and confront the climate crisis in time." 10/10/10 will take a snapshot of a clean energy future -- the world of 350 ppm -- and show people why it's worth fighting for. It's not too early to sign up here: www.350.org/oct10
Wednesday, October 13 Greener Choices Book Club and Film Series
Big River Wednesday October 13 at 7 pm

Following up on their Peabody Award-winning documentary King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis have returned to Iowa with a new mission: to investigate the environmental impact their acre of corn has had on the people and places downstream. We will be showing their short 30 minute documentary film, “Big River: A King Corn Companion" which explores the ecological consequences of industrial agriculture.

The discussions will be led by members of Go Green Wilmette
Monday, October 18 Northwestern Univ 2nd Annual Climate Change Symposium
Featuring Keynote speaker Ralph Keeling held on Northwestern campus. E-mail isen@northwestern.edu for details.
Monday, October 18 Climate Change Symposium
Climate, Economics and the Future
Presenter(s): Bill McKibben, Author and Environmentalist, Interviewed by Henry Henderson, Midwest Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
Sponsored By: The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Contact Info: The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
332 S. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1100; Chicago, Illinois 60604-4416
Phone: 312.726.3860
Date / Time: 06/18/2010 / 11:15 AM
Description: Bill McKibben calls 350 the most important number on Earth. This number represents the target amount of carbon dioxide that the scientific community says is the maximum safe level to maintain a stable global climate. McKibben believes that “we have got to transform the world’s economy far more quickly than we’d hoped.” In order to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, he suggests that we enact a “Marshall Plan” for carbon reduction. His plan would call for a ban on new coal-fired power plants, a cap on the amount of carbon the United States may produce, an international accord that includes China and India, and a serious investment in infrastructure. If 350 is the bar for success or failure, what will it take for humanity to respond to global climate change and reach this number?
Location: Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, 610 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605