Tuesday Repair Cafe
Tuesday, April 19, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at EPL’s Robert Crown Branch
Sign up for a one-on-one appointment when Evanston Repair Café volunteers who can help you fix your small appliance or general repair item. Limited slots are still open. Register now.
Get your Bike Ready for Spring
Thursday, April 21, 6 to 8 p.m. at EPL’s Robert Crown Branch
Bike mechanic Liam Ouweleen from Wheel & Sprocket Evanston will demonstrate how to get your bike ready for spring. Bring your bike and leave ready to ride! Event full.
Downtown Evanston Spring Clean-up
Friday, April 22, 9 to 11 a.m.
Celebrate Earth Day with Downtown Evanston by volunteering at their Spring Clean Up! Downtown Evanston will provide gloves, bags and pickers and direct volunteers to areas where trash tends to accumulate. The group that collects the most trash throughout the downtown area will receive a prize! RSVP today!
10-Second Climate Film Festival
Friday, April 22, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Join District 65 Climate Action Teams and Citizens’ Greener Evanston in celebrating Earth Week with a 10-second Film Festival at Rotary International, 1560 Sherman Ave.
The Library at the Ecology Center Earth Day Celebrations
Saturday, April 23, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Join EPL’s Earth Day celebration at the Ecology Center, 2024 McCormick Blvd. Do some nature art and learn about great books to inspire kids to enjoy and act for the earth! Learn more.
Self-Organized Neighborhood Clean-up
Saturday, April 23
Clean up a park or public space in your neighborhood. Volunteers can pick up gloves and trash bags at the Evanston Ecology Center, 20234 McCormick Blvd. or Robert Crown Community Center, 1801 Main St., beginning Thursday, April 21.
Main-Dempster Mile Earth Day Clean-up
Saturday, April 23, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sign up to help clean along the Main-Dempster Mile on Earth Day! Any volunteers who help with the Earth Day Cleanup will get treats from neighborhood businesses.
Kiwanis Club and ETHS Earth Day Clean-Up
Saturday, April 23, 9 a.m. tot 11 a.m.
After a two-year pandemic induced absence, the 102-year old Kiwanis Club of Evanston will join forces with ETHS students and the ETHS Community Service Dept. for a celebration of Earth Day. Students gather at ETHS at 9 a.m. where they sign in, grab Kiwanis supplied snacks including juice, fresh fruit, water, hot coffee and donuts. They receive a t-shirt, gloves and bags which at the event’s end are filled with trash from areas around the high school.
All We Can Save Circle Book Group
Wednesday, April 27, 7 to 8 p.m.
A book group will be co-led by Rachel Rosner, president of Citizens’ Greener Evanston and program consultant for It’s Our Future, a youth-driven climate justice program. Event full.
Tuesday Repair Cafe
Tuesday, May 3, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at EPL’s Robert Crown Branch
Sign up for a one-on-one appointment when Evanston Repair Café volunteers can work with you to fix your small appliance or general repair item. Limited slots still open. Register now.
Organic Lawn Care & Alternatives to Turf Grass
Wednesday, May 4, 6:45 to 8 p.m.
Learn how to help your lawn thrive naturally with ideas on how to create an environmentally safe yard for your family, pets and our planet, from experts at Greenwise Organic Lawncare. Register.
How to Talk to Children about Climate Change
Wednesday, May 4, 7 to 8 p.m.
Genie Albina, former District 65 teacher, Earth Week Environmental Curriculum lead and Parent Coach will show participants how to bring compassion, understanding and action to this important conversation. Register.
Sources: Evanston Public Library and City of Evanston