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Throughout this class, we’ll explore: What types of plastics are the hardest to recycle and why? What exactly are microplastics? Are some types of plastic more prone to becoming microplastics? Are there any good solutions on the horizon like plastics-eating microbes or new biodegradable plastics? 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Gardening: Beneath the Surface with Native Plants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/battling-the-green-invaders monthly 0.5 2026-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673cb920c38a8a5c562ee2fc/7f8c6e35-dd7b-4a2e-9feb-36cdc63206b9/Battling+Green+Invaders.jpg Events - Battling the Green Invaders: Identifying and Managing Invasive Plants in our Community - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/creating-a-composting-community-composting-comes-to-rockford monthly 0.5 2026-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673cb920c38a8a5c562ee2fc/d2174c4a-8585-459b-8482-2670925c6fbe/Composting+Community+Image.jpg Events - Building a Composting Community (Composting Comes to Rockford!) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/i6jqh7gaa4o8atted3hnyrs8a8k5tk monthly 0.5 2026-04-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/ecosteward-workday-at-memorial-park-4 monthly 0.5 2026-04-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/ecosteward-workday-at-memorial-park-3 monthly 0.5 2026-04-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/ecosteward-workday-at-memorial-park-2 monthly 0.5 2026-04-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/ecosteward-workday-at-memorial-park-1 monthly 0.5 2026-04-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/ecosteward-workday-at-memorial-park monthly 0.5 2026-04-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/community-holiday-decor-swap monthly 0.5 2026-04-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/volunteers-needed-waste-watchers-crew monthly 0.5 2025-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673cb920c38a8a5c562ee2fc/4ff492be-e580-4bc8-8540-06302dceab98/Waste+Watchers.jpg Events - 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Date: Sept 26-28 Time: Multiple slots available — Help Rockford recycle right! Join our Waste Watchers crew to help keep the Harvest Festival clean and green. No recycling knowledge is necessary. Volunteer for one hour or all day — up to you! 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From there we'll walk to the boardwalk of Memorial Park to remove non-native, invasive honeysuckle bushes that are crowding out an otherwise abundant understory of native plants along Rum Creek Tools, gloves, plant identification and instructions will be provided. Afterward Herman's Boy is directly across the street for warmth & sustenance. Come join us & make a difference towards restoring a unique urban natural park :) https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/rockford-environmental-stewardship-team-rest-2 monthly 0.5 2026-04-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/rockford-environmental-stewardship-team-rest-1 monthly 0.5 2026-04-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/climate-action-plan-city-council-review monthly 0.5 2025-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673cb920c38a8a5c562ee2fc/1753122153283-XCNE3WBVG52ZCOFFBI40/unsplash-image-OQMZwNd3ThU.jpg Events - City Council Votes on the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/raingarden-maintenance-at-the-community-cabin monthly 0.5 2025-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673cb920c38a8a5c562ee2fc/1753121376951-F9M419693JT22FN9D7AF/unsplash-image-QwkqiuQLqBc.jpg Events - Raingarden Maintenance at the Community Cabin - July 24 6:00pm - 8:00pm Rockford Community Cabin Please join us for installation of edging around and weeding of the raingarden/stream buffer just south of the Rockford Community Cabin. If time allows, we'll transition to removing invasive woody shrubs along Rum Creek as part of our ongoing Memorial Park wetland restoration project. Please bring: a shovel or pickaxe (yes the ground is that compacted). We do not have access to provide those kinds of tools to volunteers. Gloves, saws & daubers will be provided. Post-event R&R, socializing options are Rockies Dairy or RBC! See you this Thursday! https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/learn-how-to-save-on-home-energy-costs monthly 0.5 2025-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673cb920c38a8a5c562ee2fc/1752517571313-A5X2BD3ZRQ7X4FNJKRX4/Home+Energy+101.jpg Events - Learn How to Save on Home Energy Costs Date: September 17, 2025 Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm Location: Krause Memorial Library, Rockford https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/9z95dg2r38swhhgnk3gxc85gx2ywh8 monthly 0.5 2026-04-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/zx39tey923fm9zlexnxts93ysymnt3 monthly 0.5 2026-04-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/board-meeting-public-welcome-5 monthly 0.5 2026-04-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/board-meeting-public-welcome-4 monthly 0.5 2026-04-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/board-meeting-public-welcomed monthly 0.5 2026-04-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/annual-rogue-river-cleanup monthly 0.5 2025-04-30 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/rockford-environmental-stewardship-team-rest monthly 0.5 2026-04-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/eps-styrofoam-collection-event monthly 0.5 2026-04-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/board-meeting-public-welcome-3 monthly 0.5 2026-04-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/volunteer-appreciation-event monthly 0.5 2026-04-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/board-meeting-public-welcome-2 monthly 0.5 2026-04-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/board-meeting-public-welcome-1 monthly 0.5 2026-04-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/suscom-board-meeting monthly 0.5 2026-04-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/suscoms-rockford-environmental-stewardship-team-rest monthly 0.5 2026-04-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/board-meeting-public-welcome monthly 0.5 2025-02-10 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/rest-day monthly 0.5 2025-01-01 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/foam-collection-event monthly 0.5 2024-12-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/sustainability-trivia monthly 0.5 2025-04-30 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/healthy-environment-right-or-privelage monthly 0.5 2025-02-13 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/insects-live-and-learn monthly 0.5 2025-02-13 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/dyeing-for-fashion monthly 0.5 2025-02-06 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/invasive-removal-work-day monthly 0.5 2024-11-19 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/event-one-f7gac monthly 0.5 2024-11-19 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/events/event-two-668mc monthly 0.5 2025-01-11 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/blog daily 0.75 2026-10-15 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/blog/wuymhfkg6whq8cx94pim9n7ss4qq8r monthly 0.5 2026-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673cb920c38a8a5c562ee2fc/eecf1101-a426-4fd4-8ab5-2888b869aaa0/REST+Crew+September+2026.jpg Blog - 6 Months of Eco-Stewardship - September 2026 Well this Committee member is now all caught up with thanking all the wonderful Community of Volunteers that come out for the monthly SusCom Ecosteward workdays to restore and preserve that amazing natural areas found in Rockford Parks! :) Thank you all for coming out to continue an ongoing restoration project at Memorial Park. So far an acre has been cleared of non-native, invasive bushes which is an amazing achievement! Yay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673cb920c38a8a5c562ee2fc/ecdc2363-a12f-4dd2-9322-95c7e83a1050/REST+August+Crew+2026.jpg Blog - 6 Months of Eco-Stewardship - August 2026 I'm always amazed at the power of community of wonderful individuals working together on a shared mission to help humanity and the environment. At the end of every eco-steward workday event, I always relish looking at what was accomplished, this time being the debris pile of invasive bittersweet vine and autumn olive at Glen Park. Your effort goes along way of keeping invasive bittersweet from spreading and becoming established in the neighborhood. So it's with great admiration that I on behalf of the Rocford SusCom thank you for your dedicated effort :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673cb920c38a8a5c562ee2fc/49c4d249-aec3-4aca-8a4f-720c882fcee1/REST+Crew+June+2026.jpg Blog - 6 Months of Eco-Stewardship - June 2026 Thank you all for coming out for a Garlic Mustard/Dames Rocket pull at the Dog Park along the Rogue River where we did a major environmental restoration project in 2023. Now it's mainly in a maintenance phase to keep out invasive plants & observe Nature's response. Your effort accomplished that! :) And yes, the Rockford Environmental Stewardship Team does our best to celebrate Accomplishments, Life and Each Other while supporting Local Businesses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673cb920c38a8a5c562ee2fc/76c199c3-a7f9-4714-af53-8f8829921cbe/REST+Crew+May+2026.jpg Blog - 6 Months of Eco-Stewardship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673cb920c38a8a5c562ee2fc/f11f9b47-2749-4611-a917-a7c0d88cfd04/REST+Crew+April+2026.jpg Blog - 6 Months of Eco-Stewardship - April 2026 Well better late than never is one SusCom member's motto when it comes to giving thanks. Here's a shout out to 6 hearty souls who came out for an extra SusCom Eco-Steward work day to haul a whole winters worth of invasive brush cutting along Rum Creek at Memorial Park out to the curb for the City of Rockford - City Hall to pick up & shred. Many thanks to Kimberly the neighbor next door for letting us pile brush on her property temporarily. Rockford truly is an amazing community of people helping people helping Sustainability <3 :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673cb920c38a8a5c562ee2fc/9876d9dc-315c-4507-b9e9-1660f205f566/REST+Crew+March+2026.jpg Blog - 6 Months of Eco-Stewardship https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/blog/curbside-compost-pick-up-now-available-in-rockford monthly 0.5 2026-09-05 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/blog/new-in-rockford-free-compost-drop-off monthly 0.5 2026-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673cb920c38a8a5c562ee2fc/a6817206-ab52-44fd-aa16-17b235e07fef/Food+Scrap+Drop+Off.jpeg Blog - New in Rockford: Free Compost Drop-Off! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/blog/how-to-compost-at-home-with-a-tumbler-or-compost-pile monthly 0.5 2026-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673cb920c38a8a5c562ee2fc/ef70a09d-c06e-46e8-b22c-a9bd043f459a/Leaves.png Blog - How to Compost at Home with a Tumbler or Compost Pile - Composting Works like the Forest Floor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673cb920c38a8a5c562ee2fc/f130f177-7a9c-4f7a-a1e4-1216f6b4103a/Compost+Pile.png Blog - How to Compost at Home with a Tumbler or Compost Pile - Building a Compost Pile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673cb920c38a8a5c562ee2fc/33ccf0b3-29e1-4cd2-910a-84116f6f763a/Compost+Tumbler.png Blog - How to Compost at Home with a Tumbler or Compost Pile - Using a Compost Tumbler https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/blog/creating-a-composting-community-live-amp-learn-january-2026 monthly 0.5 2026-06-24 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/blog/a-brief-history-of-recycling-in-america monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/blog/rxvn00fdjkebmosnk68mv0opvxvb2e monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/blog/may-events-in-a-nutshell monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673cb920c38a8a5c562ee2fc/e916c10f-abe4-473c-bba4-fe3a4f567a1d/Trivia+Night+2025.jpeg Blog - Trivia Goes Green at Third Nature Brewery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/blog/sustainable-lawncare-native-landscape-michigan monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://www.rockfordsuscom.us/blog/blog-post-title-two-35jp3 monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673cb920c38a8a5c562ee2fc/3030cfe4-596b-4de8-8a4b-c3e7c2da21f4/Rogue+River+Cleanup+-+1.jpg Blog - SusCom Joins Annual Rogue River Cleanup Event - The River Bank Clean-Up Crew Smiles are the order of the day as the teams assemble for the Annual Rogue River Cleanup: a river bank clean-up crew, an invasive plant removal work gang and brave adventurers. The teams sent off to learn about the river’s populations of macroinvertebrates that are the foundation for a river ecosystem by filtering water and as food source in the chain of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673cb920c38a8a5c562ee2fc/9dbd8a63-9fa3-4997-ab46-2959a8e379cf/Rogue+River+Cleanup+-+3.jpg Blog - SusCom Joins Annual Rogue River Cleanup Event - Invasive Plant Removal SusCom’s team removed 12 jam-packed yard waste bags (yay!) of non-native, invasive garlic mustard and dames rocket along the dog park trail as part of our ongoing maintenance of the environmental restoration project we started there in 2023. The success of this project is evidenced by the large number of native wildflowers that are now visibly blooming & thriving in the area, such as the elegant bloodroot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673cb920c38a8a5c562ee2fc/3a9e8af0-78c5-4ac3-addb-d3b3e3002a69/Untitled+design+%281%29.png Blog - SusCom Joins Annual Rogue River Cleanup Event - Making Way for Native Wildflowers! Bloodroot, also known as puccoon and bloodwort, is a member of the poppy family, native to the Eastern United States and Canada. It blooms for just a few days and is one of the first flowers in early spring. It spreads through its root system and by seeds. Pollinators are bees and flies but it also self-pollinates when conditions are too cold for insect pollination. It prefers moist soils so look for it along Rockford’s creeks and river. 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Although they can look harmless, invasive species crowd-out other plants and can quicky take over beautiful landscapes, stifling biodiversity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673cb920c38a8a5c562ee2fc/8b2133b7-c81e-42b1-ac8d-cc799ed2660e/Dames-Rocket.jpg Blog - The Mustard Family Invasives - How to identify Dame’s Rocket: Michigan Audubon describes Dame’s Rocket as having simple leaves that are long and lance-shaped, and feel downy. The stem also has rough hairs on it. Its flowers are purple, white, or pink in color and have four petals. Dame’s rocket flowers are somewhat similar in appearance to the native Phlox species. The two can be distinguished easily: Dame’s Rocket has four petals per flower and alternately arranged leaves, while phloxes have five petals per flower and opposite leaves. 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