Join Jenny Futterman from GGHP and fellow Highland Park resident Jon Carson from Trajectory Energy Partners for a community solar webinar LIVE from a solar field in Illinois. Meet a current subscriber and find out if we reach our goal of 100 sign-ups in HP. We’ll also cover program details, savings benefits, contract terms and …
Join the Highland Park Public Library(HPPL) and Go Green HP on Zoom to discuss, The Home Place: Memoirs of A Colored Man’s Love Affair With Nature, by Dr. Drew Lanham. From the publisher’s website: ““In me, there is the red of miry clay, the brown of spring floods, the gold of ripening tobacco. I am, …
Wednesday, March 3, 7pm. Join Go Green HP, Trajectory Energy Partners and Brandon Hurlbut, former Chief of Staff at the Department of Energy for President Obama, for a discussion about community solar and how President Biden’s solar agenda will expand solar access for everyone. Register here.
Join our monthly meeting March 2, at 7pm. We’ll discuss our spring plans and volunteer opportunities, then welcome our special guest, Paras Parekh. Our newly elected Lake County Board member serves on the Law and Judicial committee and is the Vice-Chair of the Environment and Energy committee. He is a voting member of the Preservation …
Join us for this zoom event, Wednesday February 24, at 7pm, as we hear from Emily Rothenberg, HPHS graduate turned global waste consultant. Learn about the practices of waste management around the world and look at both differences and common solutions. Full details and registration (required) here.
Our next virtual environmental book club meeting is on Tuesday, January 26 at 1:30 pm. We will discuss All You Can Save…Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, Edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katharine K. Wilkinson. “A welcome anthology, in prose and verse, of women’s writings on climate change…. A well-curated collection with many ideas for ...
Ditch the wasted paper this year and learn to wrap gifts with upcycled materials. Find out how much waste really goes into a "happy holiday" and learn how you can reduce waste and increase joy. We'll share tips on transforming regular stuff into unique wrapping and embellishments. Give new purpose to discarded items, your wrapping ...
Join us at the library Wednesday, March 11, from 1:30-3:00 as we discuss We Are The Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast, by Jonathan Safran Foer. From Goodreads, this book “explores the central global dilemma of our time in a surprising, deeply personal, and urgent new way. The task of saving the planet will …
Congratulations Oak Terrace Elementary School on going zerowaste! OT is the 3rd school in District 112 to implement the Zero Waste Lunches program through Seven Generations Ahead. On day one, they diverted over 200 lbs of waste from the landfill, imagine the impact over the entire school year! SGA helps schools implement programs by doing …
***New location for our November meeting. Our next meeting is Tuesday, January 7, 6:30pm at Curt’s Cafe, 1766 2nd St.1766 2nd St. Highland Park, IL 60035
