Green Living & Learning Tour (2102) Inspires Action

OPRF residents check out the mini demonstration solar house. The Green Living & Learning Tour 2012 offered participants opportunities to see first hand innovative examples of sustainable living focused on renewable & efficient energy, water conservation and management, waste reduction and recycling, and local healthy food.

At the 2012 Green Living & Learning Tour, 280 people participated in the 27 tours, demos and “how to” workshops that demonstrated innovative examples of sustainable living in Oak Park & River Forest. Plus, an estimated 125 people stopped by the ISEA Miniature Solar House to learn about Solar Power.

A number of participants indicated that they were planning to take some kind of action inspired by their experience on the tour. Specific plans shared included getting an energy assessment, beginning to do canning, keeping bees, getting an estimate on geo-thermal or solar power, planting more native plants in the yard and starting to do worm composting.

The Green Living & Learning Tour was organized by a great team of Green Community Connections' talented, passionate volunteers, and made possible through the generosity of the site hosts and workshop leaders who shared their homes and their experience with their neighbors.

Special thanks goes to the tour sponsors, PlanItGreen/ SGA, the Village of Oak Park, the Village of River Forest, the River Forest Park District, Green Home Experts, Whole Foods and Keep Oak Park Beautiful. GCC is also grateful for the support and collaboration of the Sugar Beet Co-op, Greenline Wheels, the Interfaith Green Network, Active Transportation Alliance and the IL Solar Energy Association.

For more info on the tour or specific projects, please email sally@greencommunityconnections.org.