Join Wilton Go Green for "The Solvable Problem of Food Waste: How We Can Help the Environment and Our Community". In the United States, 35% of all food goes unsold or uneaten – and most of that ends up in the trash. The impact of food waste on our climate is enormous since food that […]
Join Wilton Go Green for "Rethinking Disposables in Our CT Schools", an exploration of cafeteria food service ware to discover safe and sustainable options for your school district. Learn about (pilot) studies of various products, how to transition from single-use disposables to reusable systems and how COVID has impacted efforts in our state. Featured presenters […]
Please join Wilton Go Green for an informative session as Dr. Jonathan Foley, Executive Director of Project Drawdown, shares his expertise on finding solutions to sustain the climate, ecosystems, and natural resources on which we all depend. Drawdown is the point in the future when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and […]
Join Wilton Go Green and Wilton Library for a presentation about plastic — what plastic is, its environmental and health impacts, and how we can take action to live with less of it at systemic, individual, and community levels. Speaker Jay Sinha is the co-author (with Chantal Plamondon) of the timely bestselling book, Life Without Plastic: […]
Wilton Go Green's 2nd Annual Halloween Costume Exchange is coming! Donate in September and grab a costume for free in October! Wilton Go Green will be collecting clean, complete costumes for children and adults for two days this month. Donation drop-off is at the Cannondale Train Station on Monday, Sept. 12 from 4-6 p.m. or Saturday, Sept. 17 […]
Wilton Go Green's 2nd Annual Halloween Costume Exchange is coming! Donate in September and grab a costume for free in October! Wilton Go Green will be collecting clean, complete costumes for children and adults for two days this month. Donation drop-off is at the Cannondale Train Station on Monday, Sept. 12 from 4-6 p.m. or Saturday, Sept. 17 […]
Wilton Go Green's 2nd Annual Halloween Costume Exchange is coming! Donate in September and grab a costume for free in October! Wilton Go Green will be collecting clean, complete costumes for children and adults for two days this month. Donation drop-off is at the Cannondale Train Station on Monday, Sept. 12 from 4-6 p.m. or Saturday, Sept. 17 […]
Dr. Katharine Owens will share how she uses the arts to communicate about the pervasive problem of plastic pollution with her talk "Entangled and Ingested: Combating Plastic Pollution Through Art". As researcher and artist, Dr. Owens has spent the last year and a half creating a series of forty-six life-sized portraits of animals harmed by […]
American public schools use nearly 480,000 diesel school buses, serve over 7 billion meals annually and are one of the largest energy consumers in the public sector. Transitioning to more sustainable operations in these areas provides environmental benefits and learning opportunities for students. How can Connecticut schools mitigate their climate impact and adapt to the […]
Managing waste and knowing what to recycle can be confusing. Wilton Library and Wilton Go Green are proud to sponsor this family-friendly event to learn where our garbage and recycling really goes after leaving the Town of Wilton. What is the State of Connecticut’s universal recycling guide? What happens when you put the wrong thing […]
