Artist Talk at GreenHill: Caroline Armijo, Wednesday March 23 5:30-6:30pm

Downtown Greenway Spring Environmental Series - March 15, March 30, and April 18 - 5:30-6:30pm - Cairn's Course at West Woods

 

To register (free), please email Laura Lorenz (llorenz@actiongreensboro.org). 

Lecture on Ocean Plastics - Wednesday March 2nd - 5pm in Music Building Room 217

 

We regret to inform you that the concert and art installation on ocean plastics, advertised last week, has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. This event will hopefully be rescheduled in the fall semester.

However, Meira Warshauer will still be presenting her lecture "For the Love of Earth: Ocean Calling Trilogy and the Fragility of Nature" at 5pm in Music Room 217. 

See attached flyer or visit our website for more details. 

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Join us for these winter programs Sponsored by the Kathleen Clay Edwards Family Branch - December - January 2021

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

December:
Nature Noticing in Winter
Sometimes seeing wildlife is just a matter of putting nature on the calendar. During the month of December, come to the Kathleen Clay Branch
and pick up a winter wildlife calendar pack. The pack provides tips for seeing and tracking your wildlife sightings throughout the season. 

Holiday Swaps: Lunch and Learn
Friday, December 3^rd, 12 – 1 pm
Do you want to reduce your spending, increase your joy, and have a positive impact on the environment?
Hear ideas for entertaining, meals, gift giving, and decorations that are waste-less options.
Masey DeMoss, Recycling Educator in a Zoom program, will share some simple swaps in your holiday planning to make them more enjoyable for you and family and friends.  

Vegan Winter Comfort Food
Monday, December 6, 7 – 8:30 pm
Get cozy in your kitchen and join us for cooking vegan soups and stews.
Cynteah Giddings is a local vegan recipe creator, personal chef, and food blogger based in Greensboro. 
The recipe she will share 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.   

Green Reads: Settled in the Wild
Friday, December 10, 12 -1 pm
Join us for a discussion of the book, Settled in the Wild: Notes from the Edge of Town by Susan Hand Shetterly.
Enjoy a great story about the wildness surrounding Shetterly’s home in rural Maine.
If you enjoy the writings of Aldo Leopold, Annie Dillard or David Haskell, you’ll enjoy her deep observations.
The book is available through NC LIVE, Homegrown Collections and few copies are available at the branch. 
Dress in layers and join us for an outdoor discussion or via Zoom.

January
Mindfulness Walk
Winter is a great time for reflecting and centering. During the month of February, pick up a small journal from Kathleen Clay Branch with mindfulness walking tips.
Then dress in layers to enjoy a reflective walk in Price Park.  

Meal Prep Grain Bowls
Wednesday, January 12, 7 – 8:30 pm
Join Amanda Sanson, in a Zoom cooking demo of meat-less, gluten-free, dairy-free, low sugar grain bowls.
She will demonstrate how to meal prep these bowls for the week. This meal prep will help you save money and time, reduce food waste, and aid you in eating healthier.
Join in from your kitchen and cook along with the demo. For the Zoom information and recipes, e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Maxie B’s Story: Sustainable Business
Friday, January 14, 12 – 1 pm
Robin Davis, Founder of Maxie B’s, has incorporated a variety of sustainable practices in the daily operations of her business.
These changes have reduced costs, increased employee morale, and created a lighter impact on the environment.
Join this discussion via Zoom during your lunch break and see ways to incorporate these ideas in your business model.  

Green Reads: Rewild Yourself
Friday, January 21, 12 – 1 pm
Join us to discuss this fascinating book: Rewild Yourself: 23 Spellbinding Ways to Make Nature More Visible.
The author provides a variety of techniques to immerse yourself outdoors regardless of the season or weather and how you can attract and observe more wildlife.
Pick up a copy of the book at the branch before the discussion. Dress in layers and join us for an outdoor discussion or via Zoom.  

Outdoor Adventurers of Color with Derick Lugo
Monday, January 24, 7 – 8 pm
Join us for a Zoom discussion by Derick Lugo, writer, story teller, blogger and hiker.
Lugo, a Brooklyn-born, New York city dweller with no hiking or camping experience decided to hike the Appalachian Trail.
The Unlikely Thru-Hiker: An Appalachian Trail Journey is his story of a young black man demonstrating grit and humor as he discovers the natural world
of the trail through his journey.  

 

Recycle Rodeo Drop-off for Hard to Recycle Items! September 18, 8am-2pm St. Paul Catholic Church Horse Pen Creek Rd

 

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Date: 09/18/2021 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM 

Location: St. Paul Catholic Church

2715 Horse Pen Creek Rd  Greensboro, North Carolina 2741

·  Cost: Free     ·  Add to my Calendar

The City of Greensboro and St. Paul Catholic Church are partnering to provide a drop-off event for your hard to recycle items.

 

On September 18th, we will hold our Recycle Rodeo from 8am-2pm. This free event will be held at St. Paul Catholic Church, 2715 Horse Pen Creek Road, in the parking lot.

 

What to bring?

• Sensitive documents for shredding – sensitive documents only. 5 box limit per vehicle. First come first serve.
• Household Hazardous Waste – batteries, paints, cleansers, pesticides, fertilizer, gasoline, etc.
• Electronic waste – phones, computers, hard drives, monitors and televisions
• Foam
• Glass

 

Wondering if something is a Household Hazardous Waste or Electronic item that will be accepted?  Use the GSO Collects App ( for Android  |  for Apple ) to search virtually any item to find out what goes where--look for the magnifying glass with the recycle symbol inside. You can also use the Waste Wizard (and other features) online.

 

This drive-thru event is open to all Greensboro and Guilford County residents – you won’t even have to leave your vehicle!

 

We hope to see you there!!!

 

 

Richard P. Lovett, (he/him) Why are pronouns important?

Environmental Compliance Support Manager

City of Greensboro

Field Operations Department

401 Patton Ave.

Greensboro, NC 27406

Phone - 336-373-4188

Fax - 336-373-2988

richard.lovett@greensboro-nc.gov

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