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What’s Happening Under the Panels? Exploring Solar Impacts on Soil Health 

Resilient Communities Webinar Series

What happens to the ground underneath solar panels? Explore emerging information around solar development and soil health, and leave with practical tools and…

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Bug Bytes

at Lake County Extension
Bitten by the curiosity bug?? Join Extension Educators and Master Naturalists to discover amazing facts about our smallest neighbors, the “superhero” bugs in our backyards and around the world. Look…

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Climate Stewards Training Program

Champaign County Extension Office, Fall 2026
County: Champaign
Climate change is a global issue with community-level solutions

The world is changing, and we're seeing the impacts every day in Illinois. Weather patterns have shifted significantly in the…

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Climate Stewards Training

Adams County Extension Office, Fall 2026
County: Adams, Brown, Hancock, Schuyler, Pike
Climate change is a global issue with community-level solutions. You can make a difference as a Climate Steward!

From extreme heat to flooding, Illinois communities are already living through the…

Climate Stewards Training
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Climate Stewards Training

Cook County, Fall 2026
County: Cook

Climate change is a global issue with community-level solutions. You can make a difference as a Climate Steward!

From extreme heat to flooding, Illinois communities are already living…

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Climate Stewards Training

Johnson County Extension Office, Fall 2026
County: Johnson
Climate change is a global issue with community-level solutions. You can make a difference as a Climate Steward!

From extreme heat to flooding, Illinois communities are already living through the…

Climate Stewards Training
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Climate Stewards Training

DuPage County - Fall 2026
County: DuPage, Kane, Kendall
Climate change is a global issue with community-level solutions. You can make a difference as a Climate Steward!

From extreme heat to flooding, Illinois communities are already living through the…

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Virtual Stormwater Leadership Summit 2026

Virtual stormwater summit addresses Illinois' pressing water challenges

The second Illinois Extension Stormwater Leadership Summit brings together community leaders from across Northern Illinois to build tools and networks and explore shared solutions to address…

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Pumpkin Smash at Lakeview High School - Chicago

County: Cook
Decorate now. Recycle later.

Pumpkins are popular this time of year. Whether part of a decoration, pie, or popular coffee ingredient, pumpkins show everyone that it’s officially fall. But what…