The West Aurora Cemetery is seeking volunteers to help prepare an area in the Cemetery to plant native prairie plants. The group will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 10. at the 601 Wilder Street entrance. Inspired by the Illinois Monarch Project, the Cemetery offers a perfect location to turn
Here is a good news story. We could use a few feel good stories. I am late to the game here, as you will see, but, worth the telling, and lessons to be learned. A year or more ago, I made friends with Rick Brooks of Princeton, Ill.. Only later
The City of Aurora government will be host to a free Electronics Recycling Drive-Thru on Saturday, April 10 from 8 a.m. to noon in the downtown Aurora parking lot adjacent to the Hollywood Casino, 201 N. River Street. All items are free to recycle, including televisions, but registration is required.
Forest Preserve District naturalists will hold a hike along the wetland trails at Hannaford Woods Forest Preserve to look for and learn about these noisy, native creatures! This program will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday, April 18. Advance registration is required for this free, all-ages program. To
By Mavis Bates Sierra Club Valley of the Fox and Trajectory Energy Partners will be hosts to a Zoom presentation for their Earth Month program, Pollinator-friendly Community Solar for Kane County at 7 p.m. Monday, April 12. We will cover community solar program details, savings benefits, and contract terms. Community
The Montgomery Rotary Club is excited to announce its April in-person service projects. Club members will spend the morning, starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 17, cleaning up the Douglas Road Corridor just north of U.S. Route 30. The following Saturday, April 24, at 8 a.m., the Club will be
The next one-day event will be from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 10 at 540 S. Randall Road, St. Charles. Electronics, and books will be accepted at this event. There is a fee for TVs and computer monitors, both tube and flat screen, of $25 for screens under 21
The West Aurora Cemetery is seeking volunteers to help prepare an area in the Cemetery to plant native prairie plants. We will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 27, at the 601 Wilder Street entrance. Inspired by the Illinois Monarch Project, the Cemetery offers a perfect location to turn a
Last in a four-part series Robert Kennedy, Jr. wrote a thorough article in Greenedinfo, the Science of Natural Healing on the activities of the fourth wealthiest person in the world, Bill Gates, who has been deceptive in his actions and claims. This week is the conclusion in the fourth installment
The clock stood still. Its ancient hands slowly counting the minutes. The hours. The days. Timeless. All were dancing. The waltz held such a fascination similar to a new kitten, or a fiddle. Cascades of flowers were everywhere. The white roses in profusion along with the peonies, all pink. It
Third of four parts “In 2008, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced $306 million in grants to promote high-yield sustainable agriculture among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The Foundation’s plans included creation, through genetic manipulation, of high-production, drought-resistant dairy cows, and the development and proliferation of
The Aurora Public Library District (APLD) will host University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 9 for a virtual program, Planning and Planting a Vegetable Garden. This is the final event in APLD’s Get Growing series. Register to receive an exclusive Zoom link at aurorapubliclibrary.org/events, through
Second of four parts The previous part is at thevoice.us/bill-gates-largest-owner-of-farmland-in-the-u-s Bill Gates, 65, known as the fourth richest person in the world, a United States entrepreneur, who, with a boyhood friend, Paul Allen, founded Microsoft computer company in the 1970s and divested himself from the company in 2020, continues his
The Illinois Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA), is Illinois Sierra Club’s highest priority bill for 2021. Right now the clean energy jobs sector is one of the fastest growing in Illinois, and CEJA will keep it that way. As our State recovers from the COVID-19 crisis, renewable energy is going
An electronic recycling event will take place at 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, March 13 at 820 W. Liberty Drive, Wheaton Public Works Storage Lot. The event is open to all DuPage County residents! All other electronics will be accepted at no charge, including computer, laptop, DVD players, game consoles,
First in a series The following article was printed in GreenMedinfo, The Science of Natural Healing and written by Robert Kennedy, Jr.. It was originally published on www.childrenshealthdefense.org. “Bill Gates quietly has made himself the largest owner of farmland in the United States. For a man obsessed with monopoly control,
FastCompany published the following article by Enel X North America in addressing climate change. “As 2021 kicks off with growing optimism that the end of the COVID-19 pandemic could be close, much of the world’s attention again should be turning to the ongoing climate crisis. Among the record number of
DuPage County and SCARCE are now accepting project proposals from local high school students for the 15th annual Sustainable Design Challenge. The Sustainable Design Challenge, which encourages students to construct building and landscape models using environmental and conservation-friendly design practices, will be held virtually with project submissions due in April.
Last of two parts The previous part is at thevoice.us/disruption-pesticides-near-schools-parks-homes Investigation finds airborne pesticides near schools, parks, and homes, surrounded by farm fields, according to a report in The Defender Children’s Health Defense News & Views. “Researchers estimated that more than 160 Million IQ points were lost and more than
First of two parts Investigation finds airborne pesticides near schools, parks, and homes surrounded by farm fields. A report found in The Defender Children’s Health Defense News & Views: “The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting found atrazine, dimethenamid, permethrin, 2,4-D and 2,4,5-TP, all are endocrine-disrupting chemicals that can lead to
