Our market connects residents with local farmers offering fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, and other farm staples. This market takes place EVERY Thursday Rain or Shine from June 12th - October 30th 1-6 PM.
WEJA (Westside Environmental Justice Alliance) is a group for people who live, work, volunteer, study, and worship on Chicago’s Westside (roughly Ashland to Austin) to come together over our mutual interests of improving the air, water, soil, and health of Westsiders.
WEJA is a partnership with One Earth Collective, 290 IPO, and – so far 72 other Westside activists, community-based organizations, and residents.
Please RSVP by 5PM Thurs, Aug 14, 2025
Join Chicago Climate Connect for an evening of connection and conversation with Manuela Zoninsein, Founder & CEO of Kadeya, as we explore how reuse infrastructure can drive meaningful systems change.
From her work advancing closed-loop beverage solutions to her advocacy around Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policy in Illinois, Manuela brings a sharp perspective on what it takes to shift industries toward circularity.
Our market connects residents with local farmers offering fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, and other farm staples. This market takes place EVERY Thursday Rain or Shine from June 12th - October 30th 1-6 PM.
Improve native wildlife habitat by removing invasive species. Equipment and tools provided. Ages 15 & under w/ adult.
Our market connects residents with local farmers offering fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, and other farm staples. This market takes place EVERY Thursday Rain or Shine from June 12th - October 30th 1-6 PM.
Explore the beauty of our natural landscapes using natural fibers. Supplies provided.
Our market connects residents with local farmers offering fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, and other farm staples. This market takes place EVERY Thursday Rain or Shine from June 12th - October 30th 1-6 PM.
Our market connects residents with local farmers offering fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, and other farm staples. This market takes place EVERY Thursday Rain or Shine from June 12th - October 30th 1-6 PM.
Our market connects residents with local farmers offering fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, and other farm staples. This market takes place EVERY Thursday Rain or Shine from June 12th - October 30th 1-6 PM.
Winning films will premiere interspersed by short chats with the filmmakers who share the stories behind their work. Adam Joel of Aggressively Compassionate will host.
Doors open 9:30 a.m. for check-in/registration
Program begins promptly at 10 a.m. Central Daylight Time
Program ends 11:30 a.m. Central Daylight Time
Free popcorn
Free beverage
Our market connects residents with local farmers offering fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, and other farm staples. This market takes place EVERY Thursday Rain or Shine from June 12th - October 30th 1-6 PM.
About the Summit
This year’s Summit will explore the theme of 'Strong and Supported,' offering four sessions each diving into ways we can give and receive healing to the Earth around us and create a healthier and more just world.
Our market connects residents with local farmers offering fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, and other farm staples. This market takes place EVERY Thursday Rain or Shine from June 12th - October 30th 1-6 PM.
Our market connects residents with local farmers offering fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, and other farm staples. This market takes place EVERY Thursday Rain or Shine from June 12th - October 30th 1-6 PM.
Our market connects residents with local farmers offering fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, and other farm staples. This market takes place EVERY Thursday Rain or Shine from June 12th - October 30th 1-6 PM.
Our market connects residents with local farmers offering fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, and other farm staples. This market takes place EVERY Thursday Rain or Shine from June 12th - October 30th 1-6 PM.
Our market connects residents with local farmers offering fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, and other farm staples. This market takes place EVERY Thursday Rain or Shine from June 12th - October 30th 1-6 PM.
Join us for a litter clean up and give back to the community. Grove 13.
Our market connects residents with local farmers offering fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, and other farm staples. This market takes place EVERY Thursday Rain or Shine from June 12th - October 30th 1-6 PM.
As part of Austin Eats' efforts to bring healthy food resources and lively discussion around local food access to the Austin community, this event is intended for those who live, work, play, volunteer, study, or worship in Austin.
Bike Vessel (2024) by Eric Seals (56 min)
BIKE VESSEL is a feature documentary following Donnie Seals Sr. and his son and filmmaker Eric as they cycle from St. Louis to Chicago. Bike Vessel also utilizes archival footage/photographs and animations to take viewers to Seals’ previous unhealthy life and health complications, while giving audiences an intimate look inside a Black working-class family living outside Chicago in Wheaton, IL.
2025 Solar Farm Summit aims to elevate the solar energy + agriculture renaissance to the next level August 4-7 in a new location on Chicago’s magnificent lakeshore: McCormick Place!
The 2025 Solar Farm Summit (SFS25) is set to return to Chicago this summer in a new location for another deeply enriching and difference-making experience. Join us along Chicago’s magnificent lakeshore August 4-7 at McCormick Place to plug into the next evolution of the solar energy + agriculture revolution during the 3rd edition of North America’s Agrivoltiacs Expo, the continent’s 1st dedicated dual-use development conference and agrivoltaics exhibition, brought to you again by returning title sponsor—American Farmland Trust.
From Repair Cafe Oak Park:
Toss it? No way!
The Oak Park Repair Café is meeting on the first Saturday of each month, from 10:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m., at Fox Park in Oak Park. We will be in the Community Center in the park, at 624 S. Oak Park Avenue. Free, on-street parking.
Volunteer coaches will be on hand to work with you, helping you fix those household items you’ve been meaning to take care of – everything from toasters to radios, to clocks or torn clothing. Given a huge increase in visitor volume, repairs will be limited to one item per guest.
We respectfully request all guests be masked during their visit.
For more information about the Oak Park Repair Café, please go to www.repaircafeoakparkil.org and to learn more about the international Repair Café movement, check out www.repaircafe.org.
Our market connects residents with local farmers offering fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, and other farm staples. This market takes place EVERY Thursday Rain or Shine from June 12th - October 30th 1-6 PM.
With natural materials and drawings, use the sun to make a one-of-a-kind print. Supplies provided.
Hosted at Swallow Cliff Woods Pavilion, learn how to make your paper with recycled materials. Supplies provided.
Our market connects residents with local farmers offering fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, and other farm staples. This market takes place EVERY Thursday Rain or Shine from June 12th - October 30th 1-6 PM.
Our market connects residents with local farmers offering fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, and other farm staples. This market takes place EVERY Thursday Rain or Shine from June 12th - October 30th 1-6 PM.
In Walkaway by Cory Doctorow, Hubert, Seth, and their ultra-rich heiress friend Natalie are getting a little old to hang out at the "Communist parties, " techno-raveups in abandoned industrial spaces, full of insta-printed drugs and toys. And Natalie was finished, years ago, with her overcontrolling zillionaire dad. And now that anyone can manufacture food, clothing, shelter with equipment comparable to a computer printer, there seems to be little reason to stick with the world of rules and jobs.
Storytime and a recycling truck! Participate in fun storytime activities while learning about recycling. Then, get a tour of a Lakeshore Recycling Systems (LRS) truck from a real-life driver and a copy of the LRS book The Big Sort: Aluminum Adventure With Fran the Can to take home.
Discover how plants and people play a role in protecting and restoring native habitats. Perfect for nature lovers, students, and anyone curious about conservation!
🧤 Free & family-friendly
🌾 Explore native plants and habitats
Unwind and create while collaging with the leftover multi-colored and many-shaped filament scraps we’ve been collecting from 3D printer projects. Choose from one of four collage-by-number templates made by library staff (printed on reused paper and glued to packaging cardboard), or create your own freeform masterpiece using the filament scraps and hot glue.
Our market connects residents with local farmers offering fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, and other farm staples. This market takes place EVERY Thursday Rain or Shine from June 12th - October 30th 1-6 PM.
Get outside and enjoy a festive nature walk to kick off your 4th of July celebrations early! Wear your patriotic colors and explore the trails with us — fun for all ages!
🎉 FREE family-friendly event
🌳 Explore local wildlife & plants
📸 Great photo ops in the preserves!
From Repair Cafe Oak Park:
Toss it? No way!
The Oak Park Repair Café is meeting on the first Saturday of each month, from 10:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m., at Fox Park in Oak Park. We will be in the Community Center in the park, at 624 S. Oak Park Avenue. Free, on-street parking.
Volunteer coaches will be on hand to work with you, helping you fix those household items you’ve been meaning to take care of – everything from toasters to radios, to clocks or torn clothing. Given a huge increase in visitor volume, repairs will be limited to one item per guest.
We respectfully request all guests be masked during their visit.
For more information about the Oak Park Repair Café, please go to www.repaircafeoakparkil.org and to learn more about the international Repair Café movement, check out www.repaircafe.org.
Our market connects residents with local farmers offering fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, and other farm staples. This market takes place EVERY Thursday Rain or Shine from June 12th - October 30th 1-6 PM.
“Come Along for the Ride: A Journey Through Climate Grief” follows two women navigating life with climate anxiety. Sophie, a millennial in New York City, balances dating and career ambitions while grappling with the looming climate crisis.
Hello Westsiders!
WEJA (Westside Environmental Justice Alliance) is a group for people who live, work, volunteer, study, and worship on Chicago’s Westside (roughly Ashland to Austin) to come together over our mutual interests of improving the air, water, soil, and health of Westsiders.
Join us for an open discussion on climate change and other environmental topics. You are invited to share an article, book, podcast, video, website or film related to environmental issues that you'd like to discuss.
These interactive public meetings will be an opportunity for residents to learn what green stormwater infrastructure is and share their thoughts on how it could help make their neighborhood greener and healthier.
Calling all comic fans, young creatives, families, and community champions!
Join us for Youth Comic Con 2025, an unforgettable day of creativity, community, and fun — where kids are the stars!
This isn’t your typical comic convention. At Optimist Con, every artist in Artist Alley is a student who has written, illustrated, and published their very own comic book through our arts education programs — including our signature Comics in the Classroom initiative! You’ll get to meet these rising stars, collect their work, and be part of the movement that’s changing how young people tell their stories.
Bring in your gently used books and leave with some new-to-you books. Books can be of any genre and at any reading level; nature-themed books are particularly encouraged. Presented by Oak Lawn Public Library and Green Hills Public Library.
We are excited to invite you to our upcoming community "Hike in Spanish" event that we will be partnering on with the Lake County Forest Preserve District this upcoming Saturday, June 07th from 9:30 am to 10:45 am at Fort Sheridan, 1275 Gilgare Lane, Lake Forest, IL, 60045. Join us and explore a new local forest preserve with an environmental educator.
These interactive public meetings will be an opportunity for residents to learn what green stormwater infrastructure is and share their thoughts on how it could help make their neighborhood greener and healthier.
Hosted by Bank of America Chicago 13.1: The Bank of America Chicago 13.1 offers runners a unique experience, bringing a world-class half marathon to the neighborhoods of Chicago’s West Side. The 13.1-mile course weaves through the historic parks and boulevards of the West Side, starting and finishing in Garfield Park with scenic loops through Humboldt and Douglass Parks.
Trash People exists to make it easier to contribute to and connect with community. We do this through our regular hyper-local clean ups, The Volunteer Fair, and our latest project, The Parlor - a resource redistribution project for people & planet.
Hosted by Bank of America Chicago 13.1:The Bank of America Chicago 13.1 worked with West Side residents to introduce wellness-based activities to the race weekend experience. Activities including a family-friendly 1.31-Mile Wellness Walk, youth running events and a community pop-up featuring West Side businesses and organizations aim to support, advance and celebrate health, wellness and movement on Chicago’s West Side.
Bring in your gently used books and leave with some new-to-you books! Books can be any genre and reading level; nature-themed books encouraged.
