Get inspired to do some spring cleaning at home, and we’ll help keep the things you no longer need out of the landfill! Enjoy green giveaways and learn about other ways to get involved with volunteering in the Forest Preserves as well as how to live more sustainably. T-shirt giveaway for the first 50 participants.
From Oak Park Public Library:
Come turn trash into treasure with Avian artist Casey Jones on National Garage Sale Day! She will share some of her own practices of making art out of discarded materials as well as some of her favorite Outsider artists in a brief presentation. This introduction will serve as the launching pad for participants to make their own art pieces on specially provided cardboard canvases. All levels of adult artmakers welcome! A list of optional supplies will be sent to registered participants.
Register: https://oakpark.librarycalendar.com/event/unwind-you-upcycle-art-workshop-adults
From Forest Preserves of Cook County:
Learn where your trash and recyclables go when they leave your home and get some guidelines to follow when making decisions on how to dispose of items. The Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability's Community Outreach Coordinator Kate Carney will discuss ways to create less waste and how to recycle various household materials. A Q&A session will follow.
Register here: https://fpdcc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcudeGqrzkqHtyB5neCeAYN1-ZEfwNaLbVX#/registration
From Oak Park Public Library:
Learn where your trash and recyclables go when they leave your home and get some guidelines to follow when making decisions on how to dispose of items. The Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability's Community Outreach Coordinator Kate Carney will discuss ways to create less waste and how to recycle various household materials. A Q&A session will follow.
Register here: https://oakpark.librarycalendar.com/event/sustainability-home-waste-reduction-and-recycling-right
IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY
From One Earth Film Fest:
Tickets in person at Waubonsee Community College: https://circularwaubonsee.eventbrite.com
IN PERSON: Thursday, March 9, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. CST
Waubonsee Community College
Aurora Downtown Campus
18 S. River Street, Aurora, IL [Kane County]
1st Floor Multipurpose Room, enter from River Street
Doors open 45 minutes before start time. Arrive early to avoid lines, check in/register, enjoy refreshments, get best seats, and peruse the Sustainability Fair.
ADA compliant accessible venue. A collaboration with Fox Watershed Partners.
Tickets in person at Maine South High School Library: https://goingcircularmainesouth.eventbrite.com
IN PERSON: Thursday, March 9, 6:30 to 9 p.m. CST
Maine South High School—Library
1111 S. Dee Rd., Park Ridge, IL 60068 [North]
$8 Admission
Parking in the lot south of the building, near the tennis courts. Enter door #9.
Doors open 45 minutes before start time. Arrive early to avoid lines, check in/register, and get best seats. ADA compliant accessible venue.
A collaboration with Go Green Park Ridge.
Tickets virtually: https://goingcircularvirtual.eventbrite.com
VIRTUAL: Thursday, March 9, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. CST
Virtual watch party “doors” open 15 minutes before start time.
Richard Dale, Nigel Walk/2021/90 min/Waste & Recycling, Built Environment
FILM DESCRIPTION: “Going Circular” dares to imagine a future where humankind not only survives, but flourishes, by rethinking global paradigms and respecting the limits of our planetary resources.
Meet four groundbreaking thinkers who navigate environmental, economic, and social crises of the modern age. They each discover that the solutions for creating a circular economy and planet have already been perfected in nature itself.
“Going Circular” is co-directed by two-time Primetime Emmy nominee and Bafta-winning (“The Human Body”) filmmaker Richard Dale and Nigel Walk (“How to Grow a Planet”).
Post-film discussion will be streamed to virtual watch party and to Waubonsee Community College and Maine South High School.
Facilitator:
Kyra Woods, Policy Advisor, City of Chicago
Panelists:
Andi Campbell-Waite, Editor, Going Circular
Richard Dale, Director, Going Circular
Arthur Huang, Founder and CEO of Miniwiz; Film Subject, Going Circular
Jonathan Pereira, Executive Director, Plant Chicago
From One Earth Film Fest:
Tickets in person: https://goingcircularloyola.eventbrite.com
IN PERSON: Tuesday, February 21, 5 to 7 p.m. CST
Loyola University Chicago, Damen Student Center Cinema,
6511 N. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL [North]
Arrive at 4:30 p.m. to enjoy popcorn, visit with action partners (including Loyola University student groups working in sustainability), check in/register, and get best seats. ADA compliant accessible venue.
Stay after the film for an interactive Conversation/Q&A on Circular Economies with Dr. Sarah Ku, Assistant Professor, Sustainability Business Management, Loyola University Chicago. Facilitated by Julie Moller, Environmental Activist, Coalition for Plastic Reduction.
Richard Dale, Nigel Walk/2021/90 min/Waste & Recycling, Built Environment
FILM DESCRIPTION: “Going Circular” dares to imagine a future where humankind not only survives, but flourishes, by rethinking global paradigms and respecting the limits of our planetary resources.
Meet four groundbreaking thinkers who navigate environmental, economic, and social crises of the modern age. They each discover that the solutions for creating a circular economy and planet have already been perfected in nature itself.
“Going Circular” is co-directed by two-time Primetime Emmy nominee and Bafta-winning (“The Human Body”) filmmaker Richard Dale and Nigel Walk (“How to Grow a Planet”).
