64°F12:08 PM Famed tree-sitter Julia Butterfly Hill touches down at Bellarmine [Colleges]
Do more than rake leaves this fall! Learn how you can address climate change in your own backyard when Bellarmine University hosts “When Spirit Meets Action: Working Together In Response to Climate Change” this coming Monday, October 24 at 7:00 p.m. in Frazier Hall. The program will feature activist Julia Butterfly Hill.
Volunteers Needed for Stream Study [Environment]
How clean are Kentucky’s streams? Are they safe to fish, swim and boat in? The Kentucky Watershed Watch Program is looking for volunteers to help answer these questions. Over 2000 volunteers across the state are currently monitoring and helping protect the water quality of streams in Kentucky.
Earth Day program embraces mountains [Colleges]
Earth Day is about more than recycling and playing in the grass. For Kentuckians, it’s a day to consider a major part of our economy—and a controversy that extends far beyond our state and national borders.
To commemorate the week, Bellarmine’s Center for Regional Environmental Studies is hosting a guest speaker and a film presentation about coal mining this coming Monday, April 18.
Coming Clean on Coal [Environment]
Butterfly gardening for beginners workshop [Urban gardening]
Butterflies are extraordinary creatures for the colorful impact their delicate frames can make on any landscape. Expansion of city has cut into the native environments that butterflies prefer, and the workshop gives the participant an opportunity to counteract the effect of development. The perks of having the butterflies park it in your yard are various--some species take out undesirable insects, some species do a little pollination, some species just look good.
Register for Camp Odyssey and nurture your kids’ connection to Mother Earth [Highlands]
Registration is now open for the Camp Odyssey summer program, which will take place this June at the Passionist Earth & Spirit Center in the Highlands. The fun and educational program is designed to help children connect with the Earth, awakening a sense of awe and wonder about the planet we live on.
Campers—grade school children who have completed kindergarten to 6th grade—will explore nature, science, hiking, music and movement, yoga, the arts, gardening, sustainable living and more on the center’s 20 acres.
Louisville Grows is helping to shape Louisville [Environment]
Whether you believe that global warming is a myth or believe that America needs to invest in clean energy, at the end of the day we can both agree that planting a garden to help sustain lower-income communities is a positive action.
"Louisville Grows is a non-profit sustainability consultancy program," Mason Roberts, executive director, said. "For example, we help organizations that either need funds, helping hands, or education on gardening, and we make it happen."
Are you ready to get Wild? [Movies]
Kentucky Waterways Alliance is not only working to protect and restore Kentucky's waterways, but they are also hosting the 3rd annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival this Saturday, March 5th at the Clifton Center.
The wild night will begin with a members only reception that begins at 7 p.m and includes food by Wiltshire on Market, and drinks by Kentucky Ale and River Bend Winery. The show begins at 8 p.m. with WFPK's Kyle Meredith as emcee to lead the audience into a lineup that is packed with environmentally conscious, inspiring films.
How about them (polar) bears? [Highlands]
Anyone who has seen the 2006 Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth can recall the image of polar bears’ ice floes melting beneath their feet. How has the polar bear population fared since?
Explore a healthy planet and find a healthy you [Highlands]
The Passionist Earth & Spirit Center will offer two separate courses, “A World of Health: Connecting People, Place and Planet” and “Eating Sustainably: Menu for the Future” on six consecutive Mondays beginning this coming Monday, Jan. 17, 2011.
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