2025 Municipal Election

Go Green GE asks Village Candidates for President and Trustee their views on sustainability in Glen Ellyn!

Need a boost of feel-good dopamine? This week marked a couple of exciting green firsts! 

Let's meet this week and take in a movie! We have been excited to see Xtrillion and the MAC at COD is offering FREE screenings! 

The Downtown Alliance and the Glen Ellyn Chamber are working to save us from the February Doldrums with Restaurant Week! Starting TODAY, you will be able to enjoy unique prix fixe menus, chef specials or take advantage of a restaurant promotion. Learn how to make your GE culinary quest a bit more sustainable!

Love is a many splendored thing. Love lifts us up where we belong. All you need is love. If all we need is love, then why is February and this month associated with so much waste?! 

You might have heard there is a rare planetary alignment happening in our night skies! 

There are so many things we are celebrating this time of year that require us to shop, cook, travel, dress up, etc. This week, take a breath and celebrate the return of light after the longest night of the year -- the winter solstice. It's a great time to take a walk, connect with nature, and let the stress of the holiday season dissipate. We have asked Andrea Laszlo, Forest Bathing Guide and GE resident, to step in this week to teach us a little bit about the winter solstice.

Thank you Boy Scout Troop 45!

It's go time for the holidays! During the Thanksgiving to New Year's season Americans throw away 25% more trash than at any other time period. It's a consumption-focused time of the year for sure! So here's a handy guide for holiday recycling as we head toward the New Year!

The holiday season is a time of joy, celebration, and... shopping!  We are all for spreading cheer, supporting the local economy AND making green choices, so we've come up with ten ways to make holiday gift-giving more sustainable this year.

There's always a time during any social gathering I attend where my friends gather round, and I share a story about...plastic. (and yet, they keep inviting me back! :) This weekend, I celebrated a "Friendsgiving," and we talked about black plastic in the kitchen. 

It's hard for me to believe that Go Green Glen Ellyn celebrated our 3rd birthday in October!  We've taken some time to reflect and compile all we did as an organization over the last year and are sharing this green goodness in this week's newsletter. 

November arrives today and with it darker evenings (clocks fall back this weekend!), lots of leaves, and a couple of elections!  Go Green has a checklist for you for this first November weekend so you can kickstart your month!

Did you know we have another election on November 2? This one is for the Civic Betterment Committee (CBC) Candidates.  These candidates, if elected, would serve in Village offices beginning in 2025.  As with any election, your vote is your voice!  We encourage you to learn more about this election, the voting process, and of course, the candidates views on being green!  Read on for more info!

Did you catch the comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas this week? It has been visible to the naked eye (more helpful with binoculars!) just above the west/southwestern horizon after sunset. If you missed the comet, you have until the end of the month. Then it won't be back this way for 80,000 years. Thanks to reader Ben H. for this comet capture photo!

We are putting a wrap on our OAKtober events!  On Wednesday night, Go Green Glen Ellyn members gathered with others in the community to attend the "Trees on Tap" event at Two Hound Red, sponsored by the Village Environmental Commission.  A full house of enthusiastic tree lovers engaged with an expert panel to learn about the trees in Glen Ellyn, all the benefits they provide, and how to protect them.  It was a wonderful way to wrap up the last 3 weeks of events!  We hope you were able to attend our signature OAKtoberfest event!

We spotted someone doing something green! First Congregational Church usually lights their beautiful bell tower late into the night. But for the migration season, they are turning off the up-lights at 10pm. It's for the birds!

Pic by Karin