Go Green Wauconda

10/24/2023

10/11/2023

Leave your garden plants standing until spring: Here's why As the weather cools and the leaves begin to change color, it's tempting to start cleaning up your garden. But resist the urge! Leaving your garden plants standing until spring has a number of benefits, including: Providing shelter for beneficial insects. Many beneficial insects, such as ladybugs, lacewings, and ground-nesting bees, overwinter in the stems and leaves of dead plants....

Leave your garden plants standing until spring: Here’s why As the weather cools and the leaves begin to change color, it’s tempting to start cleaning up your garden. But resist the urge…

10/11/2023

10/11/2023

In some stories, they are the returning souls of loved ones. In others, butterflies are returning warriors that were killed in battle.

JOEL PEREZ-CASTANEDA
Project Director for TNC Indiana

Preserving the monarch butterfly and its unique migration across North America protects a cultural icon in the U.S. and Mexico.

10/09/2023

PSA

10/08/2023

📸 Credit

10/07/2023

Weather conditions, a pulse of migrating warblers, and bright lights combined to create a wave of bird death across the city Thursday morning.

10/07/2023

This event is a stark reminder of the dangers that birds face during migration. Every year, millions of birds are killed in collisions with buildings, windows, and other man-made structures. We can all help to reduce this number by taking steps to make our homes and communities more bird-friendly.

Here are some things you can do to help birds:

Turn off lights at night, especially during migration season.
Apply decals or other markings to your windows to make them more visible to birds.
Plant trees and shrubs to provide food and shelter for birds.
Support organizations that are working to protect birds and their habitat.
Together, we can make a difference for birds.

Weather conditions, a pulse of migrating warblers, and bright lights combined to create a wave of bird death across the city Thursday morning.

09/22/2023

Just a reminder to turn off the porch lights for bird migration season.

09/19/2023

Join us on September 23 at Fremont Township Center for a day of eco-consciousness and recycling. Let’s work together to reduce our carbon footprint and create a greener, cleaner tomorrow. See you there! 🌿🌍

We are looking forward to our recycle-o-rama and shredding event on Saturday, September 23 from 9 am til noon..
Bring your household electronics, shoes, stuffed animals, clothing,belts, scarves, hats pursed, duffle bags, backpacks, bed and table linens, musical instruments, sports equipment, smoke detectors and co detectors, automotive batteries, fire extinguishers, pet leashes and collars, eye glasses, hearing aids, keys, books, American flags, clean empty pill bottles, yarn, dvd's and cd's and bikes. We will also be shredding confidential documents.