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Elgin Green Groups 350 Meetings Winter 2019

Elgin Green Groups is meeting every third Monday at 6:30 at the Hawthorne  Hills Nature Center!

(28 Brookside, Elgin)

Here is the lineup for February, March, and April of 2019:

Monday Feb 18th 2019 6:30 PM

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February meeting – This Changes Everything

“What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we’ll ever get to build a better world? Filmed over 5 continents and 9 countries over 4 years, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge …

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Naomi Klein at Northwestern on March 2

Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of the New York Times and No. 1 international bestseller, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Published worldwide in 2007, The Shock Doctrine is being published in 30 …

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January 18 meeting

Rev. Terry Gallagher shared his Oil by Rail presentation, detailing the increased volume of oil tankers carrying volatile crude oils and where they pass through our communities. He also shared some cringe-worthy photos of failing infrastructure where trains cross the …

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December 12 Action

Elgin Green Groups 350 members walked with 350Kishwaukee, NIL Justice League, Fox Valley Citizens for Peace and Justice and Green Paws Environmental Alliance (NIU Student Group) in DeKalb to highlight the potential of millions of gallons of crude oil to …

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Road Through Paris – Nov, 29 action

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The Road through Paris

On Sunday, November 29 from 1 to 2 PM members of Elgin Green Groups 350, Fox Valley Citizens for Peace and Justice, Sierra Club and other organizations gathered at the northwest corner of the intersection of …

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