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27AprThursday Night Nature: Collaborating with Nature: A Botanical Art Garden Grows at Herrontown Woods with Steve Hiltner (Apr. 27)
Years of institutional neglect had left the first nature preserve in Princeton, NJ, unusable—its trails overgrown, historic buildings boarded up and the parking lot a staging ground for crime….
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25AprThursday Night Nature: Connecting Science, Art, and Community – the Nurture Nature Center with Kathryn Semmens, Ph.D. (April 25, 2024)
The Nurture Nature Center (NNC) is a non-profit organization in Easton, PA created in 2007 in response to the repetitive flooding in our community on the Delaware River in…
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Protected: Thursday Night Nature: Cultural Stories and Horticulture Justice with Adam DePaul (November 9, 2023)
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18MayThursday Night Nature: Disability Equity & Justice Outdoors with Katie Samson (May. 18)
Over the past few years, organizations have re-examined what diversity, equity and inclusion mean. However, thoughts, values and considerations around accessibility have not been included in these conversations. For…
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31AugThursday Night Nature: Embracing Diversity in the Environment: Exploring The Heart of the Matter with Renata Barnes and Jen Ventresca (August 31, 2023)
In this candid conversation, Renata Barnes and Jen Ventresca will explore the barriers to environmental access. We will look at the history of various groups and how each has…
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25MayThursday Night Nature: From Donora to East Palestine: Lessons in Toxicology from the Steel Valley with Kimberly Garrett, Ph.D. (May. 25)
Pollution events highlight concerns about how chemicals interact with our bodies, environments and social systems. Pennsylvania has had its fair share of environmental pollution affairs, and recent episodes—like that…
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17AugThursday Night Nature: Gardening for Wildlife: Selecting Native Plants for Pollinators and Songbirds with Desiree Narango, Ph.D. (August 17, 2023)
Desiree Narango, Ph.D., will speak about her recent research studying how landscaping practices influence wildlife in residential settings. Specifically, this talk will focus on her work comparing native and…
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18AprThursday Night Nature: Gardening with an Eye towards Climate Change with Dylan Finley (April 18, 2024)
Learn how installing diverse native plant communities and smart stormwater features can improve your garden’s climate resilience and our ecosystem as a whole. Smart gardeners want to ensure the…
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20JulThursday Night Nature: Knowing the Natural World with Jim Amon (July 20, 2023)
Award-winning photographer Jim Amon will captivate us with a magical exploration into the Sourlands. This dive into the largest intact woodland in central New Jersey will highlight the plants,…
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13AprThursday Night Nature: Landscape Renewal, Enhancement and Diversity with a Touch of Flare – The Bower: Native Plant Landscape and Sculpture Park with Bill and Jane Allis (Apr. 13)
This presentation captures the conception, design, current state of plant establishment and stewardship of a native plant landscape and sculpture park—The Bower—as told by the founders, Bill and Jane…
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03NovThursday Night Nature: Learning Native Lenape Plants with Barbara Bluejay Michalski (Nov. 3)
Long before pure chemicals were manufactured in labs, members of the Lenape Nation used plants for medicine, some of which are still utilized today. Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), mayapple (Podophyllum…
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02MayThursday Night Nature: Microplastics: the Invisible Pollutant with Mike Weilbacher (May 2, 2024)
A new environmental issue has quickly grabbed public attention: microplastics, found everywhere from the bottom of the ocean to our bloodstreams. Amazingly, each of us ingests a credit card’s…