PlanItGreen holds regular Lunch and Learn sessions that provide institutional and communitynleaders with expert information and facts on various sustainability topics. The April 8th Lunch and Learn focused on CSAs, with Matt Sheaffer of Sandhill Family Farms as the guest speaker. Sandhill Family Farms has been delivering CSA shares to Oak Park residents for the last 11 years, […]
Farm to School Network holds Summit in S...
On June 7, the first Annual Illinois Farm to School Summit brought together teachers, food service staff, community advocates, and farmers from around the state. Designed to be interactive, the summit gave attendees a chance to prepare the lunch menu onsite and from scratch using locally sourced ingredients. “We wanted to revise the school lunch […]
4th Institutional Leaders Forum focuses ...
Adrian Fisher, Triton College’s Sustainability coordinator, highlighted the new Bike to Campus Coalition and environmental science program. Julie Moller, a member of the River Forest Sustainability Committee, reported on the annual Recycling Extravaganza, which has helped divert 160,000 pounds of electronics in the last four years. Ron Burke, executive director of the Active Transportation Alliance, […]
PlanItGreen kicks off fall with educatio...
As part of its ongoing efforts to implement the Environmental Sustainability Plan for Oak Park and River Forest, PlanItGreen is introducing several educational opportunities for residents. A Green Guides program (sustainability block captain, of a sort), a Residential Waste Reduction Education Campaign and a new Lunch and Learn Series are all programs designed for Oak […]
4,500 at the Oak Park Micro Brew Bask in...
Ninety-two breweries – mostly from Illinois and the Midwest – provided 4,500 craft beer lovers with samplings of nearly 400 unique beers during the 8th Annual Oak Park Micro Brew Review on Aug. 15 in downtown Oak Park. The event – produced by Seven Generations Ahead and the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild – included the extremely popular “ReplicAle” feature of the Guild, […]
SGA shares expertise at Indiana conferen...
At the recent Indiana Recycling Coalition (IRC) annual conference in Indianapolis, SGA’s Zero Waste program manager Jen Nelson presented on two panels —public space recycling and school waste reduction and composting in Illinois. Jen talked about SGA’s Zero Waste Event Training and events in which we’ve been directly involved in zero waste planning and implementation. “A big […]