Spring Nature Programs at the Kathleen Clay Edwards Library

 

Outdoor Adventurers of Color Series
Outdoor Adventurers of Color is a monthly series exploring opportunities for outdoor recreation, socialization, and engagement.

Outdoor Adventurers of Color: Historical Barriers
Monday, March 15,  7:30 – 8:30 pm
Diquan Edmonds with the Triangle Land Conservancy will demonstrate his research into the history and barriers to outdoor experiences for African Americans. He also will provide suggestions on how to make the outdoors more equitable and inclusive. Join us for this zoom conversation. To receive a zoom invitation, please email melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Outdoor Adventures of Color: Outdoor Afro
Monday, April 12,  7:30 - 8:30 pm
Ranita Anderson, Outdoor Afro Raleigh-Durham Leader, will share about how she developed a love for outdoor exploration leading her to pursue leadership roles in helping Black people find joy in nature. She will also highlight goals around supporting Black children and families in outdoor learning and recreation. To receive a zoom invitation, please email melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Environmental Education Workshops
Welcome Wildlife in Your Yard
Wednesday, March 10, 7:30 – 8:30 pm
Would you like to turn your yard into a conservation corridor? Triad Native Plant Society member, Judy West will share wildlife habitat techniques from Doug Tallamy’s books: Bringing Nature Home and Nature’s Best Hope. ​To receive a zoom registration, e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov .

Flying WILD
Thursday, April 22, 3 – 5 pm
Kathleen Clay Branch
NC Wildlife Resources Education Specialist, CC King will lead a zoom workshop for educators and youth leaders to teach youth about bird identification, habitats, behaviors, and migration. Earn CEUs and Credit towards the NC Environmental Education Certification by completing pre and post activities. E-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov for the zoom registration.


Green Living Series
Cooking Vegan
Wednesday, March 17, 7:30 – 8:30 pm
Put your chef’s hat on and follow along in a zoom demonstration of vegan cooking. Piedmont Area Vegan Educators will walk you through the steps of at least one simple vegan recipe. E-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov for a list of ingredients and the zoom registration link.

Get Outdoors
Letterboxing
Monday, March 1, 7:30 – 8:30 pm
Adults and families can discover adventure, the outdoors, and hidden treasure through the hobby of letterboxing. Uncover letterboxes in Price Park and learn how to find them around the country. To receive a zoom invite for this program, e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Trail Running
April 7, 7:30 – 8:30 pm
Adults and families explore trail running as a way to stay fit, get outdoors, and see nature. Not sure how and where to start? Join us for a zoom discussion of trail running success with tips about terrain, possible trails and types of trail shoes. To receive a zoom invite for this program, e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Green Reads Series
The Dirty Life:
Friday, March 26,  12:00 - 1:00 pm
Join for a zoom discussion of the book, The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love. Pick up a copy of the selection at the Kathleen Clay Branch. To receive a zoom invite for this Green Reads book discussion, e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Nature Poetry
Friday, April 23, 12 – 1 pm
Green Reads Book Club invites adults for a zoom discussion of nature poetry. Use your favorite nature poetry book or choose from a nature poetry selection available from the Kathleen Clay Branch. E-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov for a zoom registration link and to reserve a poetry book.  

Louise Erdrich Selections
Friday, May 14 , 12 – 1pm
Green Reads Book Club invites adults for a zoom discussion of the author, Louise Erdrich, a writer of novels and poetry featuring Native American characters and settings. She is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, a federally recognized tribe of the Anishinaabe. Pick up a copy of a Louise Erdrich selection at the branch prior to the program. E-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

for a zoom registration link.

 

 

Melanie Buckingham, Environmental Resources Librarian

Kathleen Clay Library

1420 Price Park Rd.

Greensboro, NC 27410
336-373-2923

melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

 

Climate Justice - UNCG Sustainability Lecture & Dialogue Series - Friday, February 12th 12pm-1pm

 

Climate Justice Sponsored by the UNCG Sustainability Council and the Office of Sustainability, the Sustainability Lecture and Dialogue Series features UNCG researchers addressing issues integral to building thriving communities.  Dr. Steve Kroll-Smith joined the UNCG Sociology Department in 2001. His last book, Recovering Inequality, Hurricane Katrina, the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, and the Aftermath of Disaster was named Rice University / Kinder Institute for Urban Research’s “Favorite Book” in 2018. The title of Dr. Kroll-Smith's talk is The Long Goodbye: Adapting to a Disappearing Ancestral Island, The Story of Isle de Jean Charles. Dr. Meredith Powers and Ms. LeeCee Jones will discuss their collaborations on climate justice literacy, including their recent endeavors writing children’s books together, starting with one about climate justice, and their work to launch the nonprofit, called the “Implementing Diverse Equitable Accessible Literacy (IDEAL) League”. The IDEAL League’s mission is to provide equitable access to inclusive literacy materials and educational activities that affirm, advocate for, and empower youth. The event will take place via Zoom. Registration is required by 11a.m. on Friday, February 12. REGISTER HERE

NC Food Justice and Policy - November 10th, 7-8pm

 

Spartans for Science and Policy would like to invite you to the next segment of the NC Students for Science Policy Coalition Training Series event, NC Food Justice and Policy. Join us as we welcome Kamal Bell, CEO of Sankofa Farms LLC, and Dr. Lindsey Haynes-Maslow, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences at NC State University. Together, we will learn more about food policy and justice here in North Carolina and throughout the U.S., how the pandemic has impacted food security and sparked justice movements, and ways we can come together to tackle food insecurity in our communities. This seminar will be interactive where at the end of our keynote speaker presentations we will break participants out into breakout rooms to discuss what food policy and justice activities are active in your communities. 

To register for this event, please go here!

If you have any questions, please contact Megan Damico at medamico@uncg.edu

We hope to see you next week! 

Spartans for Science & Policy Team 

Connecting the Dots - Fall 2020 Colloquium Series - Friday, September 4th 3:30pm on Zoom

The Department of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability is excited to host Justin Onwenu, a community organizer for the Sierra Club in Detroit, as part of our Fall 2020 virtual colloquium. Justin was originally scheduled to visit UNCG as part of the Harriet Elliott Lecture Series in the spring. Although we had to cancel his visit because of the pandemic, he will now give his talk ("Connecting the Dots: Evaluating Local and National Challenges and Opportunities in the Fight for Environmental Justice") via Zoom this Friday, September 4th, at 3:30 pm (https://uncg.zoom.us/j/98494309569).He will also stick around after the talk to chat during a "virtual happy hour". For a preview, check out this video from the Democratic National Convention in which Justin was featured: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xOX6YQfI38

Hope to "see" you at the colloquium!

Farmers Market - Saturdays 10am - 2pm (starting June 27th)

Bountiful Land - Food for All - Farmers Market

Sponsored by the NAACP

Saturdays 10am - 2pm 701 East Washington Dr.  High Point

Engagement Virtual Conference Session: Awareness, Engagement and Action Around Water

Join the Engagement Virtual Conference Session

Awareness, Engagement and Action Around Water

Friday, June 19, 10 – 11:30 a.m.

Join NC Water Resources Research Institute for our third Virtual Annual Conference session discussing recent projects to engage local communities. Speakers will discuss economic development via outdoor recreation, connection with the environment through group cleanups, and education of future community leaders about local watersheds.

Registrants will receive a confirmation email with a link and password to join the Zoom meeting.

REGISTER NOW

Moderator: Christy Perrin, NC WRRI

Speakers:

Rachel Taylor, UNC-Chapel Hill: The French Broad River: Leveraging river recreation to promote economic development

Tatiana Height, UNC-Greensboro: Fostering environmental behavior change in the Cottage Grove neighborhood through community-engaged education, outreach, citizen science and riparian cleanup to enhance stormwater quality and strive for environmental equity.

Christy Perrin: Watershed Wisdom: A lesson plan from NC Watershed Stewardship Network and UNC-TV Science for advancing watershed literacy and action.

Our thanks to McAdams Co. for generously sponsoring this Virtual Annual Conference session. Thanks also to YSI, a Xylem Brand, for their generous continuing support of the Virtual Annual Conference series.

Our mailing address is:

WRRI

850 Main Campus Drive 

NC State University

Campus Box 7912

Raleigh, NC 27695-7912

From Sustain-L

Pondering Skies: New Local Podcast on Sustainability

Matthew Bryant, a writer in UNCG Communications, has started his own podcast called Pondering Skies, which focuses on those working in sustainability, broadly defined. 

The first three guests include: Laine Roberts, Water Resources Public Education Coordinator with the City of Greensboro; Sean MacInnes, Sustainability Specialist at UNCG; and Paige Cox, owner of Reconsidered Goods.