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Image ImageLOCAL EVENT – Zika and Heat Waves: New Public Health Challenges and Climate Change
The Sierra Club and Washington University’s Global Health Center at the Institute for Public Health are hosting an event on August 18, 2016, to highlight the public health impacts of climate change, including the expansion of vector-borne illnesses, like Zika. Also, the topic of heat deaths – the Harvard School of Public Health has generated estimates of the increase in heat deaths in metro St Louis due to rising temperatures.
WHERE: Washington University Institute for Public Health, 600 So. Taylor Avenue Building, STL MO 63110 – Room 2131
WHEN: Thursday, August 18, 2016, starting at 12 Noon to 1 p.m.
THE MDC WILL BE AT THE MISSOURI STATE FAIR TO HELP YOU “DISCOVER NATURE”
Peanut the Turtle photo courtesy MDC.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) brings nature to the State Fair, August 11 – 21, 2016, held in Sedalia, Mo. Families can “enjoy conservation-related demonstrations at the Department’s outdoor pavilion.”
Peanut the Turtle will be absent this year at the State Fair. He has been retired and is living life at Powder Valley Nature Center in Kirkwood, Mo.
Continue reading to see what the MDC will offer at the State Fair, including schedules and times. Also, find more information about Peanut the Turtle’s condition.
Nature On The Run!
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Escaping to the great outdoors does wonders for your health physically and mentally so switch up your routine and take your cardio outside!
Join us every Tuesday morning for the month of August for an easy going run as we explore a different area of August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area each week! (12 and up) Event hosted by Missouri Department of Conservation.
Location: August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area, 2360 Hwy D, St. Charles, Mo 63304
Date: August 02, 2016 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Reservations begin July 26, please call 636-441-4554, Mon-Fri, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Reserve by July 31, 2016.
Light Up The Night – With Fireflies
Fireflies caught in action. Photo courtesy MDC.
Looking for a family night out? No need to look further than Rockwoods Reservation in Wildwood, Mo. Come hang out with the fireflies and experience a natural light show on July 26, 2016!
The event is presented by the Missouri Department of Conservation.
Art Of The Ancient Atlatl
Learning to use the ATLATL. Photo courtesy MDC.
What predates the bow and arrow? The Atlatl, of course!
Now is your chance to learn the art of the ancient Atlatl. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is offering a “Beginning Atlatl” seminar on Saturday, July 23, 2016, at Busch Shooting Range.
Gateway Greening Has The “Perfect Picks” For Your Garden
Gateway Greening, St. Louis’ expert in community gardening, is helping backyard and community gardeners find the perfect vegetables and herbs for their gardens this season through the “Perfect Picks” program, a retail produce line that began in 2015 and features vegetables and herbs that are “Gateway Greening Approved.”
Find out where you can purchase Gateway Greening’s “Perfect Picks” and how to register for an upcoming Perfect Pick Autumn Garden Workshop at the Science Center’s GROW Exhibit below.
GROW – Bridging The Gap Between Farm and Fork
Pamela Braasch, SLSC education director and the GROW exhibit operations manager. All photos by Holly Shanks.
By Holly Shanks
Pass by the front lobby, the ticket lines and concession stands, and the watchful predatory eye of the T-Rex, and you’ll find a different kind of exhibit at the Saint Louis Science Center. It’s an exhibit, complete with chickens, vegetable gardens and tractors, and it tells the modern-day story of how our food makes it from a farmer’s hands all the way to our dinner table.
Let’s GROW! Sights From New Exhibit At The Saint Louis Science Center
GROW, the newest exhibit at the Saint Louis Science Center. The exhibit opened June 18, 2016. Photos by Holly Shanks.
Here is a look at the sights you’ll find at GROW, the newest exhibit at theSaint Louis Science Center. The exhibit opened June 18, 2016.
Check back soon for Environmental Echo’s latest article that will have insights about the exhibit, what it took to bring the exhibit to life, and the collaboration between scientist and local farmers that brought accuracy and truth to the story of local agriculture.
See more photos from the GROW exhibit by visiting Environmental Echo’s new Facebook page HERE. Be sure to “like” our new Facebook page!
Environmental “Lunch and Learn” Sessions At Webster University
Learn about strategies and solutions being created and used right here in our local community to improve environmental, social and economic sustainability on Wednesdays from 12pm-1pm at Webster University. This series of special presentations are FREE and box lunches will be provided!
All sessions will be held in room 202 of the East Academic Building located at 545 Garden Ave, Webster Groves, MO 63119. Please RSVP for each session to help provide accurate attendance numbers. Parking is available in Garden Park Plaza parking garage. The sessions run through August 10, 2016.
For more information, the speaker schedule, or to register for a session CLICK HERE.
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