EcoFest at Welles Park
May 30th | 10 AM - 2 PM | 2333 W Sunnyside
EcoFest is our annual, free environmental festival where we come together to take action, reduce waste and celebrate our planet.
TAKE ACTION
Connect with local organizations working on climate advocacy and environmental justice. Write to your representatives, play games, and get involved.
Get Growing
Dig into hands-on gardening activities. Meet live bees, join a guided tree walk, and take home native seeds and sunflowers.
Live Sustainably
Discover simple ways to reduce waste and save energy at home. Drop off hard-to-recycle items, explore composting, and learn about home solar.
Climate Action Booths
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Hard-to-Recycle Items
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Sustainable Market
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Craft Workshops
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E-Bike Test Rides
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Free Seeds
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Gardening Demos
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Meet Electeds
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Live Music
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Wiggleworms
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Loom 360
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Climate Action Booths • Hard-to-Recycle Items • Sustainable Market • Craft Workshops • E-Bike Test Rides • Free Seeds • Gardening Demos • Meet Electeds • Live Music • Wiggleworms • Loom 360 •
ECOFEST RECYCLING GUIDE
Your official guide to what to bring to EcoFest this year! Many organizations are recycling and reusing items to divert waste from landfills.
Small Home Goods & Small Appliances with Habitat for Humanity
Aerosols, Latex Paint, Batteries with Flat Can Recycling, Donation guidelines and fees
Children’s Clothing with Cradles to Crayons, Donation guidelines
60+ Items with Reduce Waste Chicago, Full list of accepted items
PLAN YOUR DAY
Don’t miss EcoFest’s major events at the Gazebo scheduled throughout the day. Secure your spot in events that require an RSVP. Hint: When reserving your spot, click ‘RSVP’ then ‘Reserve a Spot’ to add your tickets.
10 AM
Wiggleworms presented by Old Town School (ages 0-4)
10:30 AM
Live Music: Choroscope
11 AM
Free Mvmt Dance Cardio, RSVP
Guided Tree Walk
Don’t Miss anything
Over 60 community organizations are planning tons of hands-on activities and giveaways. Take a look at some of the highlighted activities.
Family-Friendly
Necklace making
Origami wallet workshop
Build a gavel with invasive plants
Gardening
Free native seeds and flowers
Design a parkway
Live bees & honey tasting
Home Sustainability
Home solar consults
Demo electric bikes and mowers
Composting info
Giveaways
Brookfield Zoo & Botanical Garden passes
Free garden consult & bike tune-up
Handmade drawstring bags
+ Full list of participating orgs
Advocacy
- Third Act IL
- 350 Chicago
- Ice Age Trail Alliance
- Organizing For Plastics Alternatives
- Citizens Climate Lobby
- Chicago Conservation Corps
- Citizens Utility Board
- ONE Northside
- Chicago Environmentalists
- Chicago Growth Project
- Sierra Club Chicago
- Strong Towns Chicago
- Chicago Lakefront National Park
- Old-Growth Forest Network
- Trout Unlimited
Gardening
- Friends of Winnslie Parkway
- Clark Park Advisory Council
- The Hive Supply
- Vivant Gardening Services
- Openlands / Treekeepers
- Wildshape Ecological Design
- Greater Rockwell Organization
- Bird Collision Monitors
- Monarch Beauty Farm
- Chicago Master Gardeners
- Do Good Gardens
Home Sustainability
- Reduce Waste Chicago
- Habitat for Humanity
- Flat Can Recycling
- Cradles to Crayons
- WasteNot
- Block Bins
- All Bright Solar
- Search 360
- Chicago Food Rescue
Eco-Friendly Products
- Sili+Bells
- Lucy Dreams of / Production Mode
- Lena Rose Beauty
- The Eco Flamingo
- XO Marshmallow
Art
- Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange
- Bunny Ears Arthouse
- The Northern Loon Studio
- MoonPerl
- Nowhere Collective - Loom 360
Transportation
- 40th Ward Electrification Group & Urban Rivers
- Pedalheads
- Curbside Bicycles
- Electric Movement
- Out Our Front Door
- Bike Lane Uprising
Elected Officials
- Commissioner Degnen
- Sen. Feigenholtz
- Metropolitian Water Reclamation District
- Congressman Quigley
- Treasurer Michael Frerichs
Additional
- Heart of Lincoln Square Neighbors
- Pilgrim Green Team
- Free Movement Shop
- Peace Garden Food Truck
