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What We Do
- Recycling
- Educational Events
- Water Resources
- Land Use and Planning
- Natural Area Volunteers
Volunteer Opportunites
- Green Spot Book Store
- Recycling drives
- County Fair
- Big Fall Book Sale
- Phone person
- Speakers Bureau
Our Mission
The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County is a citizen organization dedicated to the preservation and improvement of the environment. We are committed to building sound ecological relationships between people and the natural world that supports all life.
To achieve the aim of environmental preservation and improvement, we provide the community with educational programs and volunteer action on pollution prevention, sustainable land use and energy and natural resource conservation.
We advocate policies which protect drinking water supplies and conserve land for open space and agriculture. We demonstrate waste reduction through recycling drives and reuse centers. We encourage natural resource protection through native landscaping and stream protection programs.