Green Fitchburg Events

Green Thursday Feeding Tomorrow flyer


Join the City of Fitchburg Library and Resource Conservation Commission for a film screening of the documentary "Feeding Tomorrow" at the Fitchburg Library on Thursday, January 22 from 6:00 pm-7:45 pm. Learn about our food systems and how they connect to our health, the environment and climate change, and numerous other aspects of our lives. The film will lead into a short discussion following the showing.  


Look for more environmental film showings hosted by the Resource Conservation Commission and FItchburg Public Library in the coming months!


Please bring a reusable water bottle and join us for this thought-provoking and educational event. Popcorn will be provided for attendees.


RCC Event: Reduce your food waste being landfilled
June 17, 2025 6:00-7:30pm
Fitchburg Public Library (5530 Lacy Rd)

Featuring Special Guests:
Samantha Worden, Sustain Dane
Robert Pierce, Community Farmer
Rick Eilertson, Home Composting Expert

Join Fitchburg's Resource Conservation Commission and your neighbors for this special educational event on how composting can help you reduce food waste and maybe even improve your home gardening or landscaping! You'll learn how to harness the power of your food scraps to create nutrient-rich composting material and reduce what you throw away (as well as making your trash way less stinky!), from three fantastic special guests who will cover different elements of home and community composting.

This event features free giveaways for attendees, as well as pizza provided by Ian's!

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Adopt A Storm Drain
A City of Fitchburg and Dane County partnership

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Fitchburg residents have already committed to regularly clearing more than 30 storm drains of leaves, grass, trash, snow and other debris through the Dane County Adopt-A-Storm Drain Program. This simple act can help prevent localized flooding and keeps our lakes, rivers and streams clean. Storm drains help transport runoff from roofs, driveways, streets and other hard surfaces to underground pipes or storm sewers that eventually make their way to our lakes, rivers and streams. Unfortunately, that runoff also carries pollutants to our waters. Keeping storm drains clean can help protect our waters!

It’s easy! Here’s how it works.

  1. Adopt a nearby storm drain using the Dane County Adopt-A-Storm Drain App.
  2. Commit to safely cleaning the area on and around the adopted storm drain at least once a month, but preferably before every large rain event.
  3. Report the amount and type of debris after each cleaning using the Adopt- A-Storm Drain App.
  4. Report any spills/discharges washing down the storm drain.

All volunteers will be provided Storm Drain Cleaning Kit that includes: a safety vest, storm drain decal to place on their adopted storm drain, dust pan and broom, collection bucket and an Adopt-A-Storm Drain sticker to proudly display.  Volunteers will also be included on our Adopt-A-Storm Drain e-Newsletter, which comes out 3-4 times/year. Adopt a local storm drain and have a Ripple Effect on area waters!

To Adopt a Storm Drain near you or for more information visit: https://ripple-effects.com/adopt-a-storm-drain

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