Sierra Club, Eastern Missouri Group Environmental,
Calendar, Non-Outings

Dinosaurs Among Us: Saving the Last Sea Turtles

11/10/2009

Date: 11/10/2009, 7:00pm

Dr. Eckert has spent her professional career studying these gentle, ancient creatures, and she will share with us some good news about how people and sea turtles are learning to live together in the Caribbean Sea.

Location: Schlafly Bottleworks, 7260 Southwest

Sustainable agriculture: From Field to Market

11/12/2009

Date: 11/12/2009, 5:30 pm

2009 Whitney and Anna Harris Conservation Forum. Lectures and panel discussion. Registration required: Call (314)-516-6203, email hintonpa@umsl.edu Event is free and open to the public

Location: The Living World, Saint Louis Zoo, 1 Government Drive

Distinguished Speaker Series: Bill McKibben

11/16/2009

Date: 11/16/2009, 7:30pm

Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future, challenges the view that "more" is "better" and offers a realistic, if challenging, scenario for the future that pursues prosperity beyond growth as our economic ideal.

Location: Russel E. and Fern M. Hettenhausen Center for the Arts, 701 College Rd., at Alton St., Lebanon, IL

Return of the Peregrine Falcon

11/17/2009

Date: 11/17/2009, 7:30 pm

Missouri Peregrine Falcon Recovery Program State Coordinator, Jackie Fallon, talks about the past, present and future of this charismatic bird in Missouri and throughout the Midwest. With more than 20 years of experience monitoring nesting sites in the Midwest, Minnesota and North Dakota, she has a wealth of exciting stories to share about both the bird’s biology and peregrine recovery efforts that have brought the species back to pre-DDT population numbers.

Location: Saint Louis Zoo Living World Auditorium

Native Landscaping for Wildlife

11/19/2009

Date: 11/19/2009, 7 PM

This summer, the Missouri Conservation Department published the second edition of the book, Native Landscaping for Wildlife and People—How to Use Native Midwestern Plants to Beautify Your Property and Benefit Wildlife. Dave Tylka, the book’s author and long-time Audubon member, will lead a presentation and discussion on the topic. Dave will share pointers on how to attract songbirds, butterflies, and hummingbirds to your yard. St. Louis Audubon presents this FREE program.

Location: Nichols Community Center in Belleville, IL at 515 E. “D” Street

Subversive Science: Sustainability and Architecture

3/10/2010

Date: 3/10/2010, 7:30 pm

A house that grows itself, a sustainable farmers’ market in the Ville neighborhood of St. Louis that improves public health, a play structure for an after school arts program in Pagedale, a sustainable skyscraper in Chicago – projects by both professionals and students illustrate the current issues informing environmental design.

Location: The Living World, St. Louis Zoo

Salmon in the Trees: Life in Alaska’s Tongass Rain Forest

4/7/2010

Date: 4/7/2010, 7:30 pm

Salmon in the Trees tells the story of the Tongass, a rare rain forest spread among thousands of islands in the panhandle of Alaska. It’s a place where everything grows everything. Young saplings grow on top of fallen, centuries-old trees. Bears, eagles, and Native cultures grow strong on wild salmon. Trees grow salmon, and salmon grow trees.

Location: The Living World, St. Louis Zoo

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