Events and Programs

America Recycles Day

KEB encourages you to recycle—not just on the nationally established Recycle Day, November 15, but every day.

Annual Meeting

Keep Evanston Beautiful's annual meeting will be held Sunday, September 26, 2010, 3-5pm, at the Ecology Center. KEB invites you to enjoy refreshments, hear about the year's activities and celebrate the award of the Walter Lucansky Environmental Stewardship Award given for exceptional positive impact on the Evanston Community through either projects or practices. Open to all members and the public.

Annual Garden Walk

The 21^st Annual Evanston Garden Walk was a great success. Planning is now underway for the 22nd Annual Walk. Please check back for details.

Cans for Cash

This event, sponsored by Keep America Beautiful and the U.S. Council of Mayors, is a city-wide competition to collect the most recycled aluminum cans. Check back for this year's date.

Community Action Plan Committee

The Committee works to eliminate plastic bags at retail stores. KEB posts an extensive list of recycling options for numerous items. More Info

Earth Day Contest

KEB promotes "No Child Left Indoors". K-5 school children are asked to make a poster featuring their favorite spot outdoors or write an essay describing what they have learned from being outdoors. This contest is conducted in the schools. Entries are due April 23, and the winners from each grade will have their entries featured in the Evanston Roundtable, as well as participate in an Awards Ceremony on May 12, at the Ecology Center. Participation in 2010 was enthusiastic with some winning work for publication in the RoundTable.

Green Living Festival

Look for an announcement with details about this year's Green Living Festival at the Ecology Center. The Festival features vendors showcasing environmentally friendly products, educational seminars, and interactive displays.

KEB Green Team

The educational team of KEB is comprised of parents, educators and citizens involved in environmental programming for our children. More Info

The Pick Up Patrol (PUP)

Helping keep our community LITTER free. When you're out for your daily dog walk, take an extra bag or two for that occasional bit of LITTER. Volunteer to BAG IT & BIN IT! Your neighbors will appreciate your efforts to KEEP EVANSTON BEAUTIFUL.

Recycling Initiatives

KEB promotes recycling through various efforts including Ricky Recycle (clown Tom Pilurs) who appears at events and rides in the Evanston Fourth of July Parade wearing his costume of jeans and a "boa" made of recycled plastic bottles. More Info

School Garden Initiative

The KEB Green Team encourages environmental awareness by supporting school gardens in all Evanston/Skokie schools. Schools may apply for "seed money" to start or develop their gardening projects. More Info

Trashbusters and Adopt-a-Spot

April is Trashbusters month. Organize a team of at least five persons to develop a project for litter pick-up, tree planting, leaf raking, and contact KEB for guidance information and materials. Your efforts to positively impact your neighborhood can take as little as an hour, a day, or continue through the month. Many teams find this endeavor so worthwhile that they Adopt-a-Spot and track their efforts over a year, reporting periodically to KEB. Be sure to contact KEB to participate.

Walter Lucansky Environmental Stewardship Award

Awarded annually to a person who has shown exceptional leadership through personal action or commitment to preservation of natural resources. This award is named after an Evanston citizen who firmly believed "that one man's junk is another man's treasure." More Info

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