Renovations are underway or in planning at many Evanston parks.
Read moreTrees provide so many benefits. Swap out some lawn for a tree.
Read moreUse light IF, WHEN, and WHERE you need it. Keep it amber-orange-red and minimized. Brighter isn’t safer.
Read moreDive into Chicagoland's diverse ecosystems with engaging, expert-led talks
Read moreWe encourage our members to volunteer for workdays in natural areas. We also advocate for and donate native plants to our community natural areas.
Read moreHow hot is an unshaded playground or sports field? Very. We help cool our schoolyards.
Read moreWe're working to grow our native tree canopy one yard at a time.
Read moreWe encourage six steps for our families, community, the planet, and birds and pollinators too. In fact, we build our whole program around these steps (and a few more).
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The choices we make:A short primer on evaluating you site, at home and on the job, to develop a list of species that will thrive to help create habitats centered on positive outcomes and species interaction. Kelsay will help you take a more nuanced look at the landscapes we live in and how we can augment them without losing our sense of place. We need to put away ideas of gardening for one thing or another and start looking beyond the edges of our yards and take stock of our local botanic pantheon to make a garden or restoration a bit more complete.
This talk is Co-Sponsored by Natural Habitat Evanston and Edible Evanston, both of which are programs of Climate Action Evanston.
Wild Weeds in the Apothecary and the Kitchen - from chickweed pesto to chickweed ointment, explore nature's abundant harvest for food and medicine.
So many of the plants you pull out as weeds, maybe throw in the compost or feed to the chickens, can actually be delicious foods or powerful medicines. Stinging nettle, chickweed, cleavers, burdock, lambs quarters, horsetail are familiar garden pests that you can learn to love and appreciate. Working with weeds means following the seasons, getting to know the local flora, being able to harvest your own food and medicine, and weaving them together so that you can eat your medicine.
In this illustrated talk we will join a medical herbalist to explore the wild weeds beneath our feet, and to learn to use them safely for sustenance and healing.
Donating to Climate Action Evanston and earmarking your donation for Natural Habitat Evanston. You can further earmark your donation to one of our initiatives.
Join our Pollinator Pledge and let the city and landscapers know we care about sustainable yards. Take an optional yard sign to spread the word.
$25/bag to local residents (pickup; no shipping). We also have some $5 seed packets of bottlebrush and little bluestem grass. While supplies last. Emails should include your phone number and which species you are requesting. Pay by check payable to Citizens’ Greener Evanston at pickup.
Help at outdoor workdays
Rethink how you Lawn
Northwestern students Petition for Bird-Friendly Films at Mudd Library. Mudd Library accounts for over 14% of bird deaths and injuries on campus each year. Applying patterned window film to a portion of the building would dramatically reduce collisions that are fatal to birds.
Get updates and share your thoughts on our FB Group. You can also check out our FB page here https://www.facebook.com/NaturalHabitatEvanston
Just want to spread the word on certain steps? Mow Less-Leave Leaves (2-sided yard sign) or Leafblowers sign
Get news the next time there is a threat to Isabella Woods. (Only sent when there is news.)
Provide Food, Water, Shelter, Places to Raise Young and Sustainable Steps for wildlife. It helps Evanston maintain its NWF Community-wide Wildlife Habitat certification.
