The Conservation Foundation’s
2016 DuPage Environmental Summit
“Making Conservation Meaningful Where You Live”
Thursday, January 21, 2016
8:30- Noon
NIU
Naperville Campus, 1120 East Diehl Road
Naperville,
IL
Sponsored by Companion’s
Fund of the DuPage Foundation, DuPage County, The Pizzo Group
Free of Charge,
preregistration required (online
at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2016-dupage-environmental-summit-tickets-19892347547?aff=es2 or call 630-428-4500, ext. 110)
This
year’s DuPage Environmental Summit will focus on how to have more impact by
engaging local units of government and their citizens to organize and implement
conservation activities where they live. Research shows that people want to
live and work in communities where they have clean water, clean air, and lots
of parks and open space to enjoy. Our
communities need to encourage local conservation efforts and promote
conservation as a core value.
Implementing
community-based conservation activities has been shown to be an
excellent way to engage residents and businesses to help create a sense of
community pride. Whether it’s planting a
butterfly garden at city hall by the local garden club, a group of families
cleaning up the creek running through their neighborhood, or a scout troop helping
to restore a woodland at a local park, conservation is more meaningful when it
happens where people live and work.
Real
examples and case studies on successful community-based conservation activities
will be highlighted throughout the DuPage County area by The Conservation
Foundation and its partner organizations. These include to name a few: cleaning up your local creeks, planting
community rain gardens or butterfly gardens, organizing community rain barrel
and water conservation events, holding a native tree and shrub and plant sale,
engaging local youth groups and schools in restoring a local natural area or
park, and educating neighborhoods on clean water and storm drains.
A small exhibit area will be open 7:30 a.m.- noon with
local businesses and organizations involved in community conservation
initiatives. Light breakfast and
refreshments will be served beginning at 7:30 a.m. Registration open 7:30- 8:30 a.m.
