Regularly scheduled Year-Round Events:
Riverbank Workdays All Sundays in 2024 from 1-3 pm. Please check the website link for updates or changes.
Waters Garden: Wednesday evenings 5pm-sunset and Saturday mornings 10am-lunchtime, weather permitting. Come through to chat with neighbors, do a little work, and enjoy the beauty of nature! Please check the website link for updates or changes.
Feb 4th, 2024 Sunrise Chicago: Green New Deal for Schools Launch!
Feb 15 47th Ward Green Council Panel on Environmental Justice
March 3rd Annual Prescribed burn of native gardens at the Riverbank.
Feb 3rd Singing in the Garden, at Waters School
April 10, 2024 How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change
April 20 Celebrate Earth Day in the Garden
April 27th OPA Beach Cleanup
Additional Calendars of local events:
Past meetings and special presentations
Chicago’s Green Council of the 47th Ward 2023 Events
April 2021: Community choice energy aggregation
March 2021: Rep. Ann Williams and the Clean Energy Jobs Act
March 2021: Native Plant Sale Info Session
February 2021: Delta Institute, Chicago Recycling Coalition
January 2021: Angela Tovar, Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Chicago
December 2020: Colleen Smith, Illinois Environmental Council
July 2020: Environment Budget Town Hall
June 2020: Slow Streets and Sustainable Transportation Post-Pandemic
March 2020: Organizing for Plastics Alternatives
February 2020: Field Museum on native plants
January 2020: Chicago Recycling Coalition
December 2019: Chicago Region Tree Initiative
November 2019: Extinction Rebellion