Earth Day

D'Arcy GMC sponsored a sapling giveaway at Saturday's Slammers game with help of the Channahon Little League team.

The Dixon Public Library teamed up with a program by Neighborhood Forest to distribute 61 trees this Earth Day.

President Joe Biden has marked Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants to provide residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities

Jeff Miller, a member of the Kirkland Tree Commission, which was created in response to the 2022 tree removals, said the public is invited to attended an Arbor Day celebration at 7 p.m. on Friday in Pioneer Park, Pearl St, Kirkland.

In a nod to Earth Day, multiple Ideal Industries employees spent Monday afternoon planting dozens of crops for DeKalb County Community Gardens which eventually will turn into food consumed by locals in need.

The Dixon Public Library teamed up with a program by Neighborhood Forest to distribute 61 trees this Earth Day. The organization teams up with schools, libraries and youth groups to instill the importance of trees on the young ones.

The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County presented five awards at its annual dinner.

Hawthorn, a super-regional shopping center in Vernon Hills invites the community to celebrate Earth Day on April 20 with an Electronics Recycling Drive and a Textile/Shoe Collection Event.

Several Earth Day celebrations will occur throughout Kane County including the Geneva Earth Day Celebration on April 20.

Will County offers ways you can celebrate Earth Month by participating in sustainability and positive environmental practices through community events.

The Kane County Forest Preserve District needs volunteers to help plant trees at Elburn Forest Preserve in celebration of Earth Day at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 20.

DeCarbon DeKalb and other environmental friendly groups will be putting on the inaugural DeKalb County Earth Fest April 18. Organizers said the event promises to have something to appeal to a wide audience.

Efforts to both celebrate and clean up Fox Lake took center stage during an Earth Day event.

Dozens of volunteers went to the Rock Run Rookery Preserve in Joliet to help clean up plastic and other trash for Earth Day. Organizers hope people will stay conscious about helping the environment beyond Earth Day.

Earth Day, an annual commemoration dating back to 1970, is Saturday. The day will be marked by multiple free family-friendly events throughout DeKalb County, including community cleanups, NatureFest and more.

The Forest Preserve District of Will County, village of New Lenox and Joliet, Frankfort park districts are all hosting individual events.

The Forest Preserve District of Will County’s Hidden Oaks Nature Center will be rolling out the green carpet from noon to 4 p.m on April 22, with an Earth Day Festival.

A recycling event is planned April 22, followed the next day by a 2.2-mile fun run inside the park geared for participants of all ages.

Participants of all ages and families are welcome on the free hike at Bemis Woods North, with dogs permitted on leash.

Come out to an Easter egg hunt at 2 p.m. Saturday at The Table Joliet, 1451 Black Road, Joliet. Children in fifth grade or younger can participate. More than 5,000 eggs will be hidden in plain sight at EGG-stravaganza.

Celebrate Earth Day with the Forest Preserve District of Will County

A community-wide cleanup in DeKalb gathered folks together Friday morning through Northern Illinois University’s Cares program to help pick up trash, part of a rescheduled Earth Day event.

A DeKalb-area community clean-up was postponed for a week due to strong storms on Earth Day last Friday, and is now rescheduled for this Friday, April 29.

Making plans for this weekend? Here are five suggestions.

In celebration of Earth Day 2022 Joliet Junior College’s Sustainability Union has planned a variety of virtual and in-person activities for the month of April.

Trash Squirrels, a local cleanup group, is proud to announce their third season of trash clean up events, beginning on April 9, DeKalb group member Julie Jesmer writes. Here's how else you can get involved in local ways to help heal the earth: