No Time to Waste: The Urgent Mission of Betty Reid Soskin - Monday, September 13th 7 - 8:30pm, Price Park

 

Monday, Sept 13^th, 7 – 8:30 pm.

Kathleen Clay Library, 1420 Price Park Rd.
Greensboro, NC

Join us for this outdoor showing of this film:

The film No Time to Waste: The Urgent Mission of Betty Reid Soskin will be shown at 7 pm, Monday, September 13 in Price Park. Participants are invited to bring a picnic blanket 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. It also depicts her compelling work at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park and her historical stories of people of color. Staff from the Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department will also share some great resources to enjoy at the conclusion of the program. Earn credit towards the NC EE Certification in Criteria III. E-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov to register.

Both Betty and the film maker are so pleased we are showing this film in Greensboro. They will be celebrating Betty’s 100th birthday on September 22.

 

 

Melanie Buckingham, Environmental Resources Librarian

Kathleen Clay Library

1420 Price Park Rd.

Greensboro, NC 27410
336-373-2923

melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Climate Change & Bioarchaeology Zoom Lecture - Wednesday, September 8th 12pm-1pm (registration required by 11am)

 

What can studies of the past tell us about equitable sustainable development in the future?

Bioarchaeology (the study of archaeological human remains) has great potential to provide insights into historical, sociocultural, and evolutionary aspects of a number of these research priorities, including pandemic and endemic diseases; the meaning of resilience in human communities; and the role of social inequality, food insecurity, and socio-sanitation issues in shaping human health in the face of climate and environmental change. 

This talk will address common questions and misconceptions about human responses to climate change in the past--violence, migration, disease, and civilizational collapse--with the goal of demonstrating how anthropology is the key to creating a nuanced view of the human experience through time and to creating an equitable, sustainable future. 

Gwen Robbins Schug is a Professor of Anthropology at Appalachian State University in Boone and a Visiting Professor at UNCG (2020– 2022). Her research focuses on adaptive challenges for human communities, including human-environmental interactions and climate change throughout the Holocene in South Asia and more recently, in Bronze Age Oman and modern Italy. 

Her work has been funded by Wenner Gren, Fulbright, and the American Institute of Indian Studies. She is the editor of The Routledge Handbook of the Bioarchaeology of Climate and Environmental Change (2021), co-editor of A Companion to South Asia in the Past (2016), author of Bioarchaeology and Climate Change (2011), and 33 published journal articles and book chapters. 

She currently serves as co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Bioarchaeology International and as an Academic Editor of PLOS ONE. Dr. Robbins Schug teaches a Bioarchaeological Field School at the University of Padua in Italy and she is currently teaching courses at UNCG on climate and human health in the past, the history of disease, human skeletal biology, and forensic anthropology. 

The event will take place via Zoom.
Registration is required by 11a.m. on Wednesday, September 8.

REGISTER HERE

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