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Suggested submissions can be sent to info@gogreennorthbrook.org.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Bees
Website: bee-friendlier.com
Bicycling – Northbrook Bicycle Task Force
Blogs
Books
Botanic Garden (Chicago)
Calendar — local events, check often!
Catalogs — reducing unwanted mail
Chicago Botanic Garden
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA):
Angelic Organics
Irv & Shelly’s Fresh Picks
Composting
Consortium of North Shore Environmental Groups (CONSEG)
Craft Supplies—Where to Donate
- SCARCE
- Brushwood Center Art Exchange at Ryerson Woods – arts and crafts supplies
- Northbrook Senior Center on Walters – yarn and needles, etc. for knitting and crocheting (the knitting circle makes scarves, etc. to donate to veterans and low-income kids
- The Waste Shed in Evanston (this is a new location!) – arts and crafts supplies
Disposal:
Batteries — Northbrook Public Library
Cell phones — Northbrook Public Library
Corks — Chicago Botanic Garden or Whole Foods
Eyeglasses — Northbrook Public Library
Medications — Northbrook Police Department (1401 Landwehr Rd.)
Education — children
Request a Resource (EducatorLabs.org)
Wildlife and Nature Lesson Plans and Resources for Educators
Education — adults : See our Media page and subpages
Energy
Energy Parties
Environmental Quality Commission (Northbrook)
Farming:
Angelic Organics
The Food Works
The Land Connection
New Illinois Farmer (Univ. of Illinois)
Farmer’s Market (Northbrook)
Food Waste
Forest Preserves
Forest Preserves of Cook County (FPDCC)
Forest Preserves of Lake County (LCFPD)
Gardens – Community
Gardens – Home
Gardens – Tower
Garden Club (Northbrook)
Gifts
Glenkirk – Garden
Go Green Glencoe
Go Green Wilmette
Green Champions
Green Scene — GGN’s gatherings to get wise
Library — Northbrook Public Library’s Going Green
Mail — reducing unwanted mail
Movies — get informed with these environmental movies
Natural Landscapes:
Conserve Lake County — yard assessment, native plant finder…
Wild Ones — many resources available here
Recycling – Search based on material and location
Recycling – Weekly
Recycling – Monthly
Reds Garden Center – events calendar
Reusable Bag Initiative
Seasonal Socials — GGN’s quarterly gatherings
Somme Prairie Grove
Techny River Trail — a proposed 1-mile trail west of Willow Festival
Videos
Village of Northbrook — go green initiatives by the Village
Wagner Farm
Websites — get informed on these environmental websites
Whole Foods — Northbrook events calendar
Women in Green — social green for environmentally-minded women
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Xerces Society — Invertebrate Conservation Society
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