Environmental Efforts

Northcenter is home to many forward-thinking families who are committed to reducing their carbon footprint on the earth’s resources. At NNA, we encourage and promote the continuation of environmentally friendly developments and practices within our neighborhood.

Check out our new green blog , written by neighbor, Elizabeth Wenscott, owner of Tai Chi Center of Chicago. It gives important information about environmental efforts around town. For more info on environmental efforts, contact us.

We want to work with our neighbors to promote environmentally healthy lifestyles in our area – such as encouraging and facilitating recycling and reuse, working to limit excess and unnecessary paper usage, promoting environmentally safe gardening and pest control techniques, and increasing the use of low-emissions transportation opportunities. We also will promote cleaner air and water in our neighborhood, as well as the use of green building products and green energy technologies in our neighborhood.

We've highlighted just a few of the many resources that are available to help you remain eco-friendly.

Recycling

The City of Chicago has implemented several recycling programs for our neighborhood including drop-off sites and the Blue Cart Program. For more information on recycling the neighborhood, visit www.cityofchicago.org or call 311 for more information.

Resource Center

The Resource Center provides drop-off and pick-up recycling programs throughout Chicago.

www.resourcecenterchicago.org

Local Agriculture & Markets

We love supporting local farmers! For a list of local farms that either have a site set up in our area or would like to have a site, please click here. If you want help organizing a site for a farm, please contact us.

Northcenter Farmers' Market

7am - 1pm, every Saturday from June 12, 2010 - October 30, 2010

Northcenter Town Square

4100 N. Damen

Urban Worm Girl

Urban Worm Girl’s calling is to educate the community on composting with worms, also known as vermiculture. It's recycling at it's best. Check out the website. There's also a good calendar of events happening locally.

Gardening

Northcenter Neighborhood Garden Club

The club’s goal is to share the love of gardening while also creating community in this beautiful neighborhood on the north side of Chicago.

Biking in Northcenter

There are many bike trails in Northcenter and the surrounding area. Click here to see a map.

Active Transportation Alliance is a a non-profit advocacy organization that works to improve conditions for bicycling, walking and transit and engage people in healthy and active ways to get around.

the Chainlink is an onlie bicycling community in chicago and a lot of their events happen in the neighborhood or close by.