OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST
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CLIMATE CONVERGENCE 2023
OCTOBER 5TH, 9 A.M. - 4 P.M. PDT
Pachama Alliance. Online. Free. Join an all day event highlighting the dynamic dimensions of the climate justice movement.
CREATING AND MANAGING LANDSCAPES FOR NATIVE BEES
October 12, 2023. 6 pm
Wild Ones. Online. Learn about pollen specialists, the presentation of floral resources, and how the physical characteristics of bees can influence their effectiveness as pollinators. Heather will also discuss ways to manage landscapes to enhance bee diversity, plant selection considerations, and ultimately how to think like a bee!
REGENERATING LIFE FILM PREMIERE
Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023 - 12:30-4:30 pm
Regenerating Life is a feature-length documentary that takes an ecological approach to unraveling the climate crisis. It demonstrates that nature – the vast, interconnected web of biodiversity that exists on our planet – regulates and balances Earth’s climate, and visits people who are working on solutions to repair the damage done to forests, fields, wetlands, and oceans. Tufts Professor George Scarlett has spoken at Bio4climate conferences and arranged for this film's Boston area premier at Tufts.
Cosponsored by Tufts’ Environmental Studies Department and Tufts’ Eliot Pearson School of Child Studies and Human Development, Tisch College of Civic Life
Asean Auditorium
The Fletcher School
Tufts University
160 Packard Ave
Medford MA 02155
FORAGING 101
Saturday, October 14th -1:00-3:30pm
Farrington Nature Linc. Program Director Sarah Kacevich will take us through the fields, forest edges, and woods to look for items that could be edible, medicinal, or have other uses - like dyeing and fire starting.
Children ages 10 and up, with an adult, are welcome to join us. Fee. In-person.
PLANTS FOR POLLINATORS
October 24, 2023. 3-5pm
Online. Fee. Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Zac Smith-Hess. An overview of plants for pollinators, including information about straight species versus cultivars.
https://www.mainegardens.org/events-calendar/plants-for-pollinators-who-are-they/
AUTHOR TALK: THE SEED KEEPER
Saturday, October 28, 2023, 3 PM - 4 PM
Native Plant Trust. Fee. In-person. Join author Diane Wilson (Dakota) for a conversation about her award-winning book, The Seed Keeper.
The Foundry, 101 Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA 02142 https://www.cambridgefoundry.org/visit-us
https://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/author-talk-seed-keeper-event/
UCONN NATIVE PLANTS AND POLLINATORS CONFERENCE
November 2, 2023. 8:45 am - 3:30 pm.
This program is designed for growers and other green industry professionals, landscape service providers, landscape architects and designers, town commissions, municipalities, schools, and homeowners. Learn how native plants support pollinator health throughout the year!
NATIVE PLANTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Saturday, November 4, 2023, 10 AM - 2 PM
Native Plant Trust. Online. Fee. A symposium focused on the role of native plants in this conversation about the changing nature of our climate.
https://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/native-plants-and-climate-change-event/
SAVE THE DATE FOR "LEAVE THE LEAVES, SAVE THE STEMS" WITH KATHY CONNOLLY
November 7 at 7 PM
Lincoln Garden Club
SIGNS OF ANIMALS
Saturday, November 11th- 2:00-3:30pm
Farrington Nature Linc. We’re going into the woods on our site in Lincoln, MA with FNL Educator and Program Manager Meg Ito. Together, we will be looking for evidence of the animals around us. Expect to see some real animal bones, skins and other signs as part of this workshop. Fee. In-person.
Children ages 10 and up, with an adult, are welcome to join us.
