St. Phillip Garden of Peace & Community Farm - Open House Saturday, August 21, 2021 4pm-6pm

Ribbon Cutting & Open House /Community Tours

St. Philip AME Zion Church, 1330 Ashe Street, Greensboro, NC 27406

Saturday, August 21, 2021, 4:00-6:00 pm

Ribbon Cutting at 4:15pm

Please join us for refreshments and tastings, music, farm tours, children’s activities and community conversations.

St. Phillip Garden of Peace & Community Farm is a collaboration with GUFI, St. Phillip AME Zion Church and many other collaborators in the community addressing the issue of food insecurity through community engagement, partnerships and sustainable practices. 

St. Phillip Garden of Peace & Community Farm Ribbon Cutting is a culmination of hundreds of volunteer hours and support from many local non-profits and university students. Funding and support has generously been made possible by The UNCG Communication Studies Department as the inaugural host of the National Communication Center for Communication, Community Collaboration, & Change, The Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation, Walmart Community Grants, private foundations and donors. Our Platinum Sponsor for the ribbon cutting event is Publix Super Markets, Inc..

For more information or to get involved, please contact: Paula M. Sieber, Executive Director of Guilford Urban Farming Initiative | GUFI  336-404-2222 Letsbegufi@gmail.com.

 

Save the Date
for these Exciting Fall Outdoor Programs

at the Kathleen Clay Library in Price Park

To register: e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Outdoor Adventurers of Color
Film: No Time to Waste    
September 13^th, 7 – 8:30 pm

Bring an outdoor chair to Price Park and watch this engaging film about the story of legendary 98-year old park ranger Betty Reid Soskin’s inspiring life.
The film shares her history as an activist, legislative representative, and park planner. She tells of her compelling work at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home
Front National Historical Park and her historical stories of people of color.  Greensboro Parks and Recreation also will share some great resources to enjoy.  

Waste-less Living for Beginners
September 17^th, 12 – 1 pm
Are you interested in a low-waste lifestyle? Come bring your lunch, an outdoor chair, and join us on the lawn in Price Park. Masey DeMoss, Waste Reduction
and Recycling Educator will provide some tips and techniques to start you on your journey.  

Waste-less Living Picnic
September 20, 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Bring a low-waste picnic dinner and join us on the lawn in Price Park. Masey DeMoss, Waste Reduction and Recycling Educator, partners with Laine Roberts,
Water Resources Public Education Coordinator, to reduce food waste while saving money, time, and water at home. To support home compost and water
conservation efforts, the City will be selling discounted compost bins and rain barrels. Join us and be the first to hear the details!
Participants will be entered in a raffle for a composter.   

Green Reads: Exploring Nature with Peter Wohlleben
Friday, September 24^th, 12 – 1 pm
Discover the writings of Peter Wohlleben including the Secret Life of Trees and other Mysteries of Nature titles. Wohllenben, who worked for the forestry
commission provides a unique look at nature based on his scientific research and personal observations. Bring a lawn chair and join us for a discussion in the park.
The discussion will also be available via Zoom.   

Waste-less Living: Intermediate Level
October 1^st, 12 – 1 pm
Have you started living low-waste living but want some ideas to take it to the next level? Come bring your lunch, an outdoor chair, and join on the lawn in Price Park.
Masey DeMoss, Waste Reduction and Recycling Educator will provide some ideas to challenge yourself.  

Nature Journaling in Price Park
Friday, October 8, 12 – 1:30 pm
A great way to connect to the outdoors is to start nature journaling. Bring a journal, pencil, and an outdoor chair and dress for the weather. Artist and educator,
Alma Stott from Greensboro Parks and Recreation will guide you through some drawing and writing techniques in Price Park.

Outdoor Adventurers of Color: Biking
Saturday, October 16^th, 10 – 11 am
Outdoor Adventurers of Color is a monthly series exploring opportunities for outdoor recreation, socialization, and engagement.
Bring an outdoor chair to Price Park. Shawn Byrd with the group, Black Girls Do Bike, will share information about the group’s
favorite places to ride and some of her most rewarding experiences with the group. If you’re an experience rider or are a novice
and want to get into riding, Shawn will have some tips on safety, biking skills, and ways to enjoy your biking more.  

One City One Book Outdoor Event
Environmental Justice and Indigenous People
October 29^th, 12 – 1 pm
Bring a lawn chair and join in an outdoor discussion to explore the writings of Lauret Savoy, the Red Nation, Dina Gilio-Whitaker and
others who portray historic and current attempts by indigenous people to protect and preserve our natural world. The discussion also will
be available via Zoom. For a list of recommended reads for the discussion, e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Project Learning Tree Outdoor Workshop
November 3, 1 – 5 pm
Formal and non-formal educators will engage in outdoor activities that can be used to teach children about their natural world. Participants will
receive the newly released Project Learning Tree Curriculum, Explore Your Environment and can earn CEUs and credit towards the NC Environmental
Education Certification. Two hours of pre-assignments will need to be completed prior to the in-person outdoor workshop.
There is a cost for workshop materials.   

Outdoor Adventurers of Color: Farming
November 8, 9 – 10 am
Watch a video on the Greensboro Public Library YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg8BoYtPU6EKB7ZbSBJvVbw )
about the amazing story of Sunset Market Gardens, David and Nneka Williams and their family. The family owns and farms a 12 acre farm
with one acre of intensely planted Certified Organic gardens. The family and farm focus on family, horticulture, food, cooking, fitness and health. Learn about their family’s journey into farming.

Fall Outdoor Wildlife Stroll
November 17, 7 – 8 pm
Shorter daytime hours doesn’t lessen your ability to connect with the natural world. Mary Frances Rosa, environmental educator with REI will
lead you through a nighttime stroll. Discover ways that you can observe wildlife in diminished light and temperatures. Mary Frances Rosa,
environmental educator with REI will engage you in outdoor techniques in Price Park. Dress for trail walking and we will provide a small journal for note taking.  

One City One Book Outdoor Event
Nature Signs
November 19^th, 12 – 1:30 p m
“Being Indian has never been about returning to the land. The land is everywhere or nowhere” by writer Tommy Orange. Discover how to read and
navigate in nature using signs in the weather, water, wind and from animals. Come for this fun interactive program and dress for the outdoors and the weather.

 

Melanie Buckingham, Environmental Resources Librarian

Kathleen Clay Library

1420 Price Park Rd.

Greensboro, NC 27410
336-373-2923

melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Upcoming Nature Programs at the Kathleen Clay Library

 

Join us for these upcoming Nature Programs this summer at the Kathleen Clay Library:

Updated Summer Programs 2021
Kathleen Clay Library, 1420 Price Park Rd.
336-373-2923

 

Green Living Series

How to Handle Your Garden Bugs
June 24, 10 – 11:30 am
Kathleen Clay Library, 1420 Price Park Rd. Greensboro
Come see a Reading Garden demonstration with Quina Weber-Shirk, Community and School Gardens Agent with NC Cooperative Extension Guilford County Center. 
Quina will show tips on controlling garden pests that impact your vegetables, herbs and edible flowers using Integrated Pest Management (IPM).
Discover how to identify pest damage and bring beneficial bugs to benefit your plants.
Registration is required for this event: melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov 

Cook Vegan with Us
July 14, 7:30 – 8:30 pm
Discover some vegan tips while cooking with two Piedmont Area Vegan Educators. Cynteah Giddings is a local vegan recipe creator, personal chef, and food blogger based in Greensboro.  Her recipe will have a Caribbean and Afro-Cuban flavor.  Sena Crutchley, UNCG professor and member of UNCG’s Sustainability Council will share another flavorful recipe. We will provide the recipes and you can cook with us through a zoom demonstration. E-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov  for a list of ingredients and the zoom registration link.

Go Outside with the Library

Wildlife Observation Outdoors
July 12, 7 – 8 pm
Mary Frances Rosa, environmental educator with REI will show outdoor techniques in Price Park to enhance your wildlife observation in the summer. Dress for trail walking and we will provide a small journal for note taking. Registration is required for this even: e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Summer Nights and Fireflies
Monday, August 2,  7:00 – 8:00 pm
Join us for an evening walk in Price Park.  We will provide short poems and small journals to help guide some reflection along your stroll. Registration is required for this event: e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Green Read Series

The Home Place
Friday, June 25, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Join for a discussion of the book, The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature. Ornithology, J. Drew Lanham shares his love of land growing up in Edgefield County, SC. He connects issues of nature, identity and belonging in this memoir. Pick up a copy of the selection at the Kathleen Clay Library. Bring a lawn chair and join us for a discussion in the park. The discussion will also be available via zoom. Registration is required for this event: e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

 

World of Wonders
Friday, July 23, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Join for a discussion of the book, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments. Enjoy this beautifully illustrated nature essay collection which shares the wonders of the natural world.  Pick up a copy of the selection at the Kathleen Clay Library. Bring a lawn chair and join us for a discussion in the park. The discussion will also be available via zoom. Registration is required for this event: e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

What Are You Getting Wrong About Appalachia?
Friday, August 20, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Join for a discussion of the book, What Are You Getting Wrong About Appalachia? Pick up a copy of the selection at the Kathleen Clay Library. Bring a lawn chair and join us for a discussion in the park. Registration is required for this event: e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

 

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

Saturday, July 31, 9:30 – 11:00 am
Outdoor Adventurers of Color: Nature Photography
Capturing pictures of wildlife and plants can present its own challenges with issues of lighting, movement, and composition. Meet other photography enthusiasts while learning from local experts. Bring your camera or smart phone and we’ll provide some morning snacks. Registration is required for this event: melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Monday, August 16, 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Outdoor Adventurers of Color: Trail Walking
Enjoy an evening trail walk in Price Park. Bring your water bottle and we’ll provide a trail snack and information about other local trails. Meet under the picnic shelter in park. Registration is required for this event: melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Environmental Education Workshops

Growing Up WILD Hybrid Workshop
Wednesday, July 21, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Growing Up WILD is an early childhood curriculum which shares activities to build a child’s sense of wonder and exploration of nature. CC King, Educator with the NC Wildlife Resources Commission will lead this workshop for teachers, parents, and youth leaders. The workshop includes pre-assignments. Participants can earn credit towards the NC Environmental Education Certification and CEUs. To receive a zoom invite for this workshop, e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov 

 

Botanical Drawing Outdoors
Thursday, August 5, 10 – 11 am
Bring your sketch pad, pencils, and a chair and learn how to incorporate form, color and the details of plant species in your art. Local artist and environmental educator from Greensboro Parks, Alma Stott will guide your compositions while we draw outside using plant species in Price Park as guides. Registration is required for this event: e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Melanie Buckingham, Environmental Resources Librarian

Kathleen Clay Library

1420 Price Park Rd.

Greensboro, NC 27410
336-373-2923

melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

North Carolina Coastal Microplastics Virtual Forum - July 15th, 2021 - 9am-12pm

North Carolina Coastal Microplastics Forum July 15, 2021 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Virtual Forum

Did you know that the average person ingests 100,000 pieces of microplastic per year? That number doubles if you only drink bottled water.

Join the Coastal Federation on July 15th from 9am to 12:00pm for our virtual North Carolina Coastal Microplastics Forum to hear the latest research on microplastics pollution, which has become a major environmental problem that requires urgent action. Come and learn about the different types of microplastics pollution, the sources and pathways of these contaminants into our waterways, the risks they pose to both the natural environment and human health, as well as current federal and state policies aimed to govern microplastics pollution and what you can do to help.

To learn more about the forum and view the agenda visit our event page here. 

To register for the event click here:  Zoom Registration

Visit www.nccoast.org to join or learn more
Get the latest coastal news at Coastal Review Online

Piedmont Wildlife Center Summer Solstice Celebration - Leigh Farm Park in Durham - Sunday, 6/20/21 3pm-7pm

Hi Friends!

Piedmont Wildlife Center is excited to be hosting a Summer Solstice Celebration this coming Sunday, 6/20/21 from 3:00-7:00pm at Leigh Farm Park in Durham, NC. This event is FREE with a suggested donation of $7 to help support camp scholarships, nature education and our ambassador animals. Registration and masks are required.

Join the PWC community as we celebrate the 2021 summer solstice! Contribute to and walk our summer labyrinths, align your spirit with nature through sun salutations and reflect on the past, present and future around the fire.  

Piedmont Wildlife Center is committed to connecting people and nature through a community-oriented approach. We are so excited to be able to host a safe, in-person program for our community again! Feel free to call our office at 919-489-0900 or email us at admin@piedmontwildlifecenter.org with any questions.

Hope to see you there! 

Noelle Dalhouse

Summer Nature Outdoor Programs in Price Park (Kathleen Clay Library)

Join us for these Summer Nature Outdoor Programs in Price Park (Kathleen Clay Library)

Summer Programs 2021

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

Saturday, June 19, 9:30 – 11:00 am
Outdoor Adventurers of Color: Birding
Are you interested in birding, want to make new friends, and discover birds in our area. Bring a water bottle and enjoy some morning snacks under the picnic shelter in Price Park while we share some birding tips. Then enjoy a birding stroll through the park. If you don’t have binoculars, we will have some to borrow. Registration is required for this event: melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Saturday, July 31, 9:30 – 11:00 am
Outdoor Adventurers of Color: Nature Photography
Capturing pictures of wildlife and plants can present its own challenges with issues of lighting, movement, and composition. Meet other photography enthusiasts while learning from local experts. Bring your camera or smart phone and we’ll provide some morning snacks. Registration is required for this event: melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Monday, August 16, 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Outdoor Adventurers of Color: Trail Walking
Enjoy an evening trail walk in Price Park. Bring your water bottle and we’ll provide a trail snack and information about other local trails. Meet under the picnic shelter in park. Registration is required for this event: melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Environmental Education Workshops

Birding Stroll
Saturday, June 12, 9:30 – 11:00 am
Join Matt Wangerin from the Piedmont Bird Club and discover a variety of bird species walking through different habitats in Price Park. Matt will share how to use Merlin Bird ID and eBird to help your bird identification skills. Earn NC Environmental Education Certification credit. Registration required: e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Growing Up WILD Hybrid Workshop
Wednesday, July 21, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Growing Up WILD is an early childhood curriculum which shares activities to build a child’s sense of wonder and exploration of nature. CC King, Educator with the NC Wildlife Resources Commission will lead this workshop for teachers, parents, and youth leaders. The workshop includes pre-assignments. Participants can earn credit towards the NC Environmental Education Certification and CEUs. To receive a zoom invite for this workshop, e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov 

Botanical Drawing Outdoors
Thursday, August 5, 10 – 11 am
Bring your sketch pad, pencils, and a chair and learn how to incorporate form, color and the details of plant species in your art. Local artist and environmental educator from Greensboro Parks, Alma Stott will guide your compositions while we draw outside using plant species in Price Park as guides. Registration is required for this event: e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Green Living Series

How to Handle Your Garden Bugs
June 24, 10 – 11:30 am
Kathleen Clay Library, 1420 Price Park Rd. Greensboro
Come see a Reading Garden demonstration with Quina Weber-Shirk, Community and School Gardens Agent with NC Cooperative Extension Guilford County Center. 
Quina will show tips on controlling garden pests that impact your vegetables, herbs and edible flowers using Integrated Pest Management (IPM).
Discover how to identify pest damage and bring beneficial bugs to benefit your plants.
Registration is required for this event: melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov 

Cook Vegan with Us
July 14, 7:30 – 8:30 pm
Discover some vegan tips while cooking with two Piedmont Area Vegan Educators. Cynteah Giddings is a local vegan recipe creator, personal chef, and food blogger based in Greensboro.  Her recipe will have a Caribbean and Afro-Cuban flavor.  Sena Crutchley, UNCG professor and member of UNCG’s Sustainability Council will share another flavorful recipe. We will provide the recipes and you can cook with us through a zoom demonstration. E-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov  for a list of ingredients and the zoom registration link.

Go Outside with the Library

Watercolor Painting Outdoors
Thursday, June 10,  10 – 11:30 am
Adults join us for a watercolor painting class on the lawn at the Kathleen Clay Library. Painter, Cyndy Wolfe, will demonstrate water color painting techniques as we paint Price Park scenery. Bring your paint brushes, canvas and paint, and a chair. Registration is required for this event: e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Wildlife Observation Outdoors
July 12, 7 – 8 pm
Mary Frances Rosa, environmental educator with REI will show outdoor techniques in Price Park to enhance your wildlife observation in the summer. Dress for trail walking and we will provide a small journal for note taking. Registration is required for this even: e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Summer Nights and Fireflies
Monday, August 2  7:00 – 8:00 pm
Join us for an evening walk in Price Park.  We will provide short poems and small journals to help guide some reflection along your stroll. Registration is required for this event: e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Green Read Series

The Home Place
Friday, June 25, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Join for a discussion of the book, The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature. Ornithology, J. Drew Lanham shares his love of land growing up in Edgefield County, SC. He connects issues of nature, identity and belonging in this memoir. Pick up a copy of the selection at the Kathleen Clay Library. Bring a lawn chair and join us for a discussion in the park. The discussion will also be available via zoom. Registration is required for this event: e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

World of Wonders
Friday, July 23, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Join for a discussion of the book, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments. Enjoy this beautifully illustrated nature essay collection which shares the wonders of the natural world.  Pick up a copy of the selection at the Kathleen Clay Library. Bring a lawn chair and join us for a discussion in the park. The discussion will also be available via zoom. Registration is required for this event: e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

What’s Wrong with Appalachia
Friday, August 20, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Join for a discussion of the book, What’s Wrong with Appalachia? Pick up a copy of the selection at the Kathleen Clay Library. Bring a lawn chair and join us for a discussion in the park. Registration is required for this event: e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Family Program

ecoEXPLORE: Herpetology
Wednesday, June 9, 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Families join us on the lawn at the Kathleen Clay Library for a fun program about frogs. See some live frogs and encounter froggy fun with help from Parks and Recreation educator, Jennifer Phelps. Also learn how to identify frog calls with NC Wildlife Resources Educator, CC King. Discover how you can participate in the citizen science program, ecoEXPLORE,earn badges and prizes, and meet and help scientists. Earn a herpetology badge see how frogs depend on our creeks. This program is sponsored by the NC Arboretum in Asheville and the Greensboro Science Center. Registration required for the event: e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

 

 

Melanie Buckingham, Environmental Resources Librarian

Kathleen Clay Library

1420 Price Park Rd.

Greensboro, NC 27410
336-373-2923

melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Catherine Coleman Flowers lecture May 20, 12-1pm, online

On May 20, 12-1 PM, Catherine Coleman Flowers will present research related to her recent book, Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret. A MacArthur Genius Fellow and environmental justice advocate, Flowers works to expose how inadequate disposal systems for human waste not only subject many Americans to disgusting living conditions that have resulted in the reappearance of diseases and parasites, but also work to keep them poor and criminalize poverty by subjecting them to fines, arrests, and even imprisonment. 

The Zoom details for the lecture may be found here. Advance registration is required. For those interested, copies of Waste may be purchased at a significant discount at the Gothic Bookstore by telephoning 919-684-3986.  

(Shared by Alexis Clark, PhD, Community Resource Coordinator, Eviction Diversion Program, Legal Aid of NC)