Nov
20
7:00 PM19:00
Filtering by: Earth Stewardship
Dec
6
to Dec 7
Monthly Styrofoam and plastic recycling event - Preschool entrance
Our monthly Styrofoam and plastic bags recycling event takes place on the first weekend of the month. Bring your Styrofoam and plastic bags to the bins at The Growing Place Preschool entrance. Read more about it here.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
Jan
3
to Jan 4
Styrofoam & plastic recycling - Preschool entrance
Our monthly Styrofoam and plastic bags recycling event takes place on the first weekend of the month. Bring your Styrofoam and plastic bags to the bins at The Growing Place Preschool entrance. Read more about it here.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
Feb
7
to Feb 8
Styrofoam/Plastic recycling event - Preschool entrance
Our monthly Styrofoam and plastic bags recycling event takes place on the first weekend of the month. Bring your Styrofoam and plastic bags to the bins at The Growing Place Preschool entrance.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
Mar
7
to Mar 8
Styrofoam/Plastic recycling event - Preschool entrance
Our monthly Styrofoam and plastic bags recycling event takes place on the first weekend of the month. Bring your Styrofoam and plastic bags to the bins at The Growing Place Preschool entrance.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
Nov
1
to Nov 2
Monthly Styrofoam and plastic recycling event - Preschool entrance
Our monthly Styrofoam and plastic bags recycling event takes place on the first weekend of the month. Bring your Styrofoam and plastic bags to the bins at The Growing Place Preschool entrance. Read more about it here.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
Oct
11
4:00 PM16:00
Fall EcoWalk - James Pate Phillips State Park
Our Fall 2025 EcoWalk will take place at James Pate Phillips State Park on Stearns Road, beginning at 4:00 pm.
This autumn EcoWalk will be at 4:00 pm on October 11 for another sunset in the prairie walk. This location was suggested by one of our regular participants, who has been there on a hike with another group.
When people think of a state park, they often imagine significant or unique natural features that warrant the need to be protected for posterity. First-time visitors to James "Pate" Philip (formerly Tri-County) State Park may initially wonder what the area's specific feature is. The significance of James "Pate" Philip State Park appears after taking a closer look. It is in large part that this amount of land is preserved and protected from further development. This land adds to the large block of open space to the south, which currently is preserved as the 3,432 acre Pratt's Wayne Woods Forest Preserve. Together, both spaces significantly improve the integrity of the natural processes throughout the region. The property also protects some remnant prairie and wetland that did not fall victim to the plow. The goal of James "Pate" Philip State Park is to preserve these remnant pieces and to restore the ecosystems in order to support the highest possible level of biodiversity.
Note that the visitor/nature center is operated by Bartlett Park District and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Region 2 offices are closed to the public. But the state park remains open for walkers like us! Please join us for this intergenerational activity. We'll meet in the main parking lot by the visitor center
Questions? Email Jeff Mengler.
(Updated 9/15/25. Source: Minutes of the August 21, 2025 Earth Stewardship Team meeting.)
Oct
5
10:30 AM10:30
Pollinator garden reseeding project - Church grounds
During Sunday School time, the children will reseed to the pollinator garden at the east end of the church grounds.
Questions? Email Jeff Mengler.
(Updated 9/19/25. Source: Dorene Tieche’s 9/18/25 email.)
Oct
4
to Oct 5
Monthly Styrofoam and plastic recycling event - Preschool entrance
Our monthly Styrofoam and plastic bags recycling event takes place on the first weekend of the month. Bring your Styrofoam and plastic bags to the bins at The Growing Place Preschool entrance. Read more about it here.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
Sep
29
to Sep 30
Earth Stewardship Team participation in Environment and Spirituality Summit - Various locations
Members of the Earth Stewardship Team will be participating in Faith in Place’s annual Environment and Spirituality Summit, September 29-30. This hybrid event includes virtual and watch parties featuring Robyn Wall Kimmerer, Carolyn Finney, and Rev. Dr. Randy Woodley.
Earth Stewardship Team members will meet at Jeff Mengler’s house on September 29 at 6:00 pm to watch Dr. Carolyn Finey’s presentation at 6:30 pm. They will join the United Methodist Church of Geneva watch party on September 30 at 5:45 pm for Robyn Wall Kammerer’s presentation.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
(Posted 9/22/25. Source: Earth Stewardship Team 9/18/25 minutes.)
Sep
27
9:00 AM09:00
Expanding the pollinator garden - Church grounds
Earth Stewardship Team members will be expanding the pollinator garden in the detention basin, beginning at 9:00 am.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
(Posted 9/22/25. Source: Earth Stewardship Team minutes of 9/18/25 meeting.)
Sep
6
to Sep 7
Monthly Styrofoam and plastic recycling event - Preschool entrance
Our monthly Styrofoam and plastic bags recycling event takes place on the first weekend of the month. Bring your Styrofoam and plastic bags to the bins at The Growing Place Preschool entrance. Read more about it here.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
Aug
24
10:30 AM10:30
Activity center for Earth Stewardship Team - Room 1
Jeff Menger, Earth Stewardship Team leader, will welcome visitors in groups of 10 in Room 1, 10:30-11:15 am, and lead them in a Passport Sunday activity. Click here for Passport Sunday details.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
(Posted 8/5/25. Source: Ruth Ann Seney’s 8/5/25 email).
Aug
9
9:00 AM09:00
Summer EcoWalk - Norris Woods Nature Preserve
Our Summer EcoWalk takes place today. We will gather at 9:00 am at Norris Woods Nature Preserve in St Charles, and will be joined by folks from Faith in Place.
Norris Woods may be familiar to some, as we have taken an EcoWalk there before. The trailhead and parking lot is behind Bethlehem Lutheran Church.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler
(Source: April 23, 2025 email from Jeff Mengler)
Aug
2
to Aug 3
Monthly Styrofoam and plastic recycling event - Preschool entrance
Our monthly Styrofoam and plastic bags recycling event takes place on the first weekend of the month. Bring your Styrofoam and plastic bags to the bins at The Growing Place Preschool entrance. Read more about it here.
Organizer for this event: Jeff Mengler