9:00am - 11:30pm
Meet just south of the Elmhurst Public Library near Prospect Ave. | Family Bike Ride
Sponsored by the Elmhurst Bicycle Club Enjoy a guided bike ride through Elmhurst with your family and see just how easy it is to get around town using this eco-friendly mode of transportation! Our two routes start in Wilder Park south of the Library, and go to the Hub at Berens Park (4+ mile route) and East End Pool (3+ mile route) and back. Rides start at 9:00am and leave approximately every 30 min. The last ride starts at 11:30am. |
10:00am - 3:00pm
Wilder Park
| All Exhibits Open
Stop by the welcome tent for a free gift & door prize entry!
Complete exhibitor listing Recycling Boutique Open
Drop off your recyclables and learn how many of these items are reused and how many items will benefit local and international charities. Kids can participate in an educational activity!
Complete list of accepted recyclables |
10:00am - 3:00pm
168 N. Elm Ave.
| Green Concepts Garden Tour This resourceful green home includes a green roof, rain barrels, porous pavements, a rain garden, gravel grass, cistern and a bioswale. Click here for more information about this sustainable garden design. |
10:00am - 11:30am
Illinois Hall at Elmhurst College's Schaible Science Center
| Expert Panel: Sustainability Starts at Home!
Presented by Jim Kleinwachter- Land Preservation Specialist, The Conservation Foundation, Joe Muchow – President, E. L. Foust Co., Inc., Jim Tansor – Senior Regional Community Relations Director of Northern Cook and Lake Counties, Nicor Gas, Jay Womack –Director of Sustainable Design, Wight & Company When it comes to greening your home, even small changes can make a huge impact. Join a panel of experts as they discuss how the everyday citizen can reduce their carbon footprint, starting with home and property! Listen as our speakers give helpful tips that will not only make you a “greener” citizen, but that might help save more of your hard-earned money! With a variety of speakers from several areas, this panel will have something for everyone! A question and answer session, as well as a raffle (native plants, rain barrels and more) for attendees will follow the talk. Don’t miss it! Presented by Elmhurst College |
10:00am - 11:00am
Elmhurst Public Library Meeting Rm. 2 | Composting - Building Your Garden from the Ground Up
Presented by Paul Stoffels - University of Illinois Master Gardener Discover the all-natural way to fertilize your soil. Compost those food scraps and yard waste! Learn how easy it is to improve the health and vitality of your garden by using the organic matter generated in your home and yard. |
10:30am - 11:00am
Elmhurst Public Library Children's Storytime Room | Green Stories for Kids - Family Drop-In Storytime
Presented by Lori Lorenz, Children's Librarian For kids ages 3-7. EPL card and ticket needed for admission. Pick up tickets at the Kids' Help Desk starting at 9am on Saturday, August 1st. 40-person maximum. |
11:00am - 1:00pm
Elmhurst Public Library Meeting Rm. 1 | GreenFILE: How to Find Information on Issues Facing Our Planet Demonstration of a great electronic resource covering timely climate change, ecology, and all topics "green." This unique reference is available free on the library's website. |
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Illinois Hall at Elmhurst College's Schaible Science Center
| Vehicles Can Go Green
Presented by John Walton and Chris Lyon from the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County Learn about the Forest Preserve District's experience in greening their fleet of vehicles and how you can do the same. Business owners - did you know that you can convert pick-up trucks for $6500 and get $4000 back from the IEPA plus save money on fuel? |
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Elmhurst Public Library Meeting Rm. 2
| World Works - Understanding our Habitat!
Presented by The Science Alliance Did you know that every person creates four pounds of trash each day?Learn about recycling and composting, the water cycle, and acid rain. Construct a landfill as you learn about how landfills work. Investigate endangered species and their dwindling habitats. Get answers from the Science Alliance! For kids entering grades K-8. Ticket needed for admission. Pick up tickets at the Kids' Help Desk starting at 9am on Saturday, August 1st. 125 person maximum. (40 chairs)
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1:00pm - 3:00pm
135 Oak St.
250 Myrtle Ave. | Tour Two Green Homes
Check out these two new green homes in Elmhurst and get ideas for your own home! Learn about green building standards and geothermal heating and cooling. Homes are within 1/2 mile of Wilder Park. Click here to learn more about these two homes. 135 N. Oak - exterior tour. 250 N. Myrtle - interior tour. |
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Elmhurst Public Library
Meeting Rm. 1
| Green Roofs & Living Walls
Presented by Kevin Crist of Intrinsic Landscaping, Inc. Have you been downtown Chicago lately and wondered how they get all of the gardens on rooftops of high rises? Why do they do that? Not only do they look good, vegetated roofs reduce heat gain, so structures are cooler in the summer and warmer in winter. Please join us as we learn all about green roofs, living walls and sustainable landscaping with Kevin Crist of Intrinsic Landscaping. Intrinsic has pioneered the construction of green roofs and living walls in the Chicago Metro area, including institutions, municipal buildings, museums, residences, and commercial buildings. |
