Articles & Education

Watching a worm crawl across a window on a recent rainy (not so wintery) winter day, my 6-year-old asked me how worms stay alive in

The Conservation Foundation (TCF) is one of the region’s oldest and largest not-for-profit land and watershed conservation organizations. Founded in 1972, TCF has helped preserve

It’s been 20 years since The Conservation Foundation’s partnership with the Mighty Acorns® program began at Currier Elementary School in West Chicago in the fall

If you are not currently a member of The Conservation Foundation, it’s a wonderful time to become one, and to encourage others to join in

We’d like to announce that the Green Earth Institute, which merged with The Conservation Foundation earlier this year and became one of our major programs,

Have you ever experienced how something good can become even better when you know the depth of care and feeling that went into its creation? 

Time to brag just a little! For the fourth consecutive year, The Conservation Foundation has received a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, recognizing our healthy

The Conservation Foundation is very pleased to announce that we are applying for accreditation through the Land Trust Alliance, which recognizes land conservation organizations that

  We had such an amazing time at the first Farm to Fork Dinner at McDonald Farm last summer, we’ve decided to do it again!

Carole Koch of Naperville, former chairperson of The Green Earth Institute, joined the board of The Conservation Foundation when our merger became official.  Carole was

The Conservation Foundation is so pleased to offer Summer Camp opportunities at both of our locations in 2018! Sessions of Nature on the Farm camps,