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 Reduce Waste Chicago for our fourth annual Sustainability Market! Discover eco-focused local small businesses, artists and organizations dedicated to helping us all live more sustainably. Drop off items for reuse, repurposing and recycling with five collection organizations. Connect with and create community in a shared mission to reduce waste in our homes and our communities. See you there!
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.
Hosted by C3: Ready to make a real impact in your neighborhood? Join the Chicago Conservation Corps’ (C3) Fall 2025 Sustainability Leadership Training — a free program that equips Chicagoans with the tools, funding, and expert support to launch local sustainability projects.
Training runs Tuesdays, 6–8 PM on Zoom, Sept. 30 – Nov. 18.
To participate, you must be 18+, attend an info session, and submit a short application.
Become a C3 Leader and gain access to project funding, one-on-one staff support, and a network of changemakers.
Learn more and apply at chicagoconservationcorps.org or email c3@naturemuseum.org.
Learn how to build your own plant terrarium. Take home your own green ecosystem and watch it grow. Supplies provided.
Looking for Halloween costumes for children ages 0-11?
"Shop" the free swap—even if you don't have a costume to swap:
Wednesday, October 1, 10 am-12 pm & 3:30-5:30 pm
Friday, October 3, 10 am-12 pm & 3:30-5:30 pm
Have a costume to donate to the swap?
September 24-November 5: Drop off gently used and newly washed costumes and accessories for children ages 0-11 in the Main Library Children's Services Area during the library’s open hours.
Any remaining costumes will be available for browsing in the Children's Services Area Storytime Room after the event.
Features a screening of two short films: "Street Food: New Orleans" and "Can Food Be Political?"
All Ages!
For people who live, work, volunteer, go to school, or worship in the Austin community on the West Side of Chicago.
Wear your favorite hoodie! This will be an outdoor event, weather permitting.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for dinner bites from three local Austin chefs, cider, s’mores, garden tours, and tabling activities by community organizations focused on health, food, culinary arts and small business resources.
Learn how to build your own plant terrarium. Take home your own green ecosystem and watch it grow. 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.
Looking for Halloween costumes for children ages 0-11?
"Shop" the free swap—even if you don't have a costume to swap:
Wednesday, October 1, 10 am-12 pm & 3:30-5:30 pm
Friday, October 3, 10 am-12 pm & 3:30-5:30 pm
Have a costume to donate to the swap?
September 24-November 5: Drop off gently used and newly washed costumes and accessories for children ages 0-11 in the Main Library Children's Services Area during the library’s open hours.
Any remaining costumes will be available for browsing in the Children's Services Area Storytime Room after the event.
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.
The Oak Park Public Library and Trinity Pierce invite you for an afternoon hour of tree appreciation. We’ll learn more about the trees in our neighborhood, the economic, environmental and health benefits of trees, ways to support green spaces all the while caring for our well-being as we listen and then stroll outside nearby Scoville Park, home to a diverse collection of trees.
Trinity Pierce is the Senior Stewardship Manager at The Morton Arboretum for the Chicago Region Trees Initiative. She collaborates with community organizations and members to increase awareness and foster action through plantings and ongoing care in order to grow a more diverse, more abundant, and more equitably distributed urban forest. A Certified Arborist, she holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Michigan with a background in history, ecological restoration, and urban green space reconciliation.
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.
Create an eco-print with fall leaves and make your own plant press around an outdoor fire.
Help restore our natural habitat and hone your plant ID skills. Supplies and refreshments provided. Ages 13 & up.
Build your own walking stick using buckthorn, an invasive species. Ages 12 & up.
On "Sun Day," Sunday, Sept. 21, 3-4pm, Oak Park Climate Action Network presents a free webinar all about COMMUNITY SOLAR. Learn how anyone with an electricity account can subscribe for a share in a solar "farm" and save money on their energy costs. Presenters include Grace Concialdi of Citizens Utility Board and Art Spooner, Oak Park condo owner and community solar subscriber, followed by Q&A. It's free but registration is required. A recording of the webinar will be available later at https://opcan.org. Questions to wgreenhouse@gmail.com.
Sun Day--a nationwide celebration of clean energy progress— gives each of us a chance to stand up for the solar and wind power that's making our communities healthier, quieter, and more affordable.
In Chicago, the Sun Day Solar Fest will be September 21st from Noon - 4PM at Montrose Beach (adjacent to the dog park) at 610 W Lawrence, Chicago, IL 60613 US.
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.
Join us at Austin Town Hall Farmers Market! Partnership for a Healthier America is hosting a community block party in partnership with Austin Town Hall Farmer's Market to launch the Good Good campaign.
Explore the curiosities and complexities of nature, environmentalism, and sustainability through fiction and nonfiction literature on the third Wednesday of every other month. Learn more about library-led book discussions »
Hosted by Eco.Logic: Eco.Logic is excited to bring back Eco.Crew to Chicago for the 5th time. Are you passionate about the environment and eager to learn AND DO more? Join the Chicago 2025 Eco.Crew cohort.
Through this 7-week program, you will:
Learn more about environmental topics
Build community with others through shared interests and goals
Gain practical tips to take meaningful action
Join us for a screening of the powerful documentary A Binding Truth on Friday, September 13 at the Blackstone Library in Chicago. This event explores themes of racial justice, truth, and reconciliation and sparks meaningful community dialogue.
Enjoy our FREE “creative-reuse carnival” with games made from repurposed materials! Win prizes, learn about local plants and animals and more.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
