For 50 years, the Evanston Ecology Center has provided visitors with educational experiences about their local environment. Now, the McCormick Boulevard building is undergoing significant renovations that community members hope will keep it going for 50 more. “It’s been quite a 50 years,” said Karen Taira, the president of the board of directors for the.
At Evanston Ecology Center’s Earth Day Celebration Saturday morning, environmental organizations taught ecological issues. Families engaged in sustainability-focused kids’ activities while local businesses sold food, sweets, plants and handmade accessories Saturday morning. The event aimed to promote sustainability efforts and celebrate Earth Day and included over 15 organizations that were set up around the event..
Evanston resident Holly Jordan was shopping on Evanston’s Central Street a few years ago when she happened upon Evanston Garden Fair’s red-and-white striped tent. Inside, she said she found tables of plants and many passionate gardeners eager to give advice, including members of the Lincolnwood Garden Club, a group of resident garden enthusiasts aiming to.
Evanston Host Plant Initiative works to save endangered bee species
Evanston is abuzz with community efforts focused on saving the bees.
In partnership with Natural Habitat Evanston, the Evanston Host Plant Initiative is advocating for the inventory and planting of host plants for the endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee. The species’ population has declined about 87 percent in the last 20 years due to habitat loss, pesticides and pathogen spillover.
DePaul University environmental masters graduate student Libby Shafer launched the initiative as part of her thesis work. Saving pollinators, Shafer said, is important because they are central to ecosystems and human life because they help plants reproduce.