First Annual Ecofest

Organized by Transition Town Greater Media and the Media Environmental Advisory Council, and highlighting new Heritage Park, this will be a FREE fun and educational event for the whole family. Food, music, activities and lots of resources from local environmental and community groups.

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Delaware River Festival

This annual event brings people together to celebrate the beautiful Delaware River and features a day of family-friendly fun, educational activities, and water-centered learning at the Camden and Philadelphia waterfronts. The Delaware River Festival offers something for the whole family: entry to the Independence Seaport Museum building, ferry rides on the RiverLink Ferry, pedal boat

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Museum for Art in Wood presents Seeing Through Space Artist Talk with Nadia Kaabi-Linke

Join the Museum for Art in Wood for an engaging artist talk with artist Nadia Kaabi-Linke, whose work is included in the current exhibition The Mashrabiya Project – Seeing Through Space. Kaabi-Linke is the fourth featured artist to speak in the exhibition’s ongoing lecture series. In this virtual talk, Kaabi-Linke will share her artistic journey

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Natural Dyeing with Riverside Plants

In this workshop with LandLab artist-in-residence Bitter Kalli, participants will learn about spring and summer plants found along the Schuylkill River that can be used to create natural dyes. Participants will learn the fundamentals of natural dyeing and will then naturally dye their own fabric. Participants are invited to bring their own items of clothing

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Native Flute-Making Workshop with Tchin and We Are the Seeds

Learn how to make and play a Native courting flute with Tchin, an Indigenous Elder musician and culture bearer. We Are the Seeds is creating space for Native and Non-Native individuals to learn to make and play the Native courting flute, which holds unique historical and cultural significance. In a modern take on this traditional

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Writing to the River

In this interactive workshop led by LandLab artist-in-residence Bitter Kalli, participants will read written works by authors including Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Alice Oswald, and Toni Morrison which reflect on the theme of rivers. We will discuss the symbolic and ecological role that rivers play in our lives and our environments, and create personal maps and

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Naturepalooza

Celebrate Earth Day at our annual Naturepalooza festival! Enjoy a wide variety of activity tables, guided hikes, arts and crafts, and food trucks as well as live music from the Billy Jonas Band. Immerse yourself in our 365-acre forest while learning how we can all help our planet become greener, happier, and healthier.

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Nature’s Best Hope

Nature’s Best Hope Doug Tallamy Professor of Entomology at the University of Delaware; Author, Bringing Nature Home (2007), The Living Landscape (2014), Nature’s Best Hope (2020), and The Nature of Oaks (2021). Recent headlines about global insect declines, the impending extinction of one million species worldwide, and three billion fewer birds in North America are

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Using the Miyawaki Method to Rewild Our Communities

Using the Miyawaki Method to Rewild Our Communities Hannah Lewis and Maya Dutta Biodiversity for a Livable Climate Join Hannah Lewis and Maya Dutta in a discussion of Lewis’ new book, Mini-Forest Revolution: Using the Miyawaki Method to Rapidly Rewild the World (Chelsea Green, 2022). The Miyawaki Method is a unique approach to tree-planting conceived

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The Visible Woman

Why do we still not see black Americans as having a connection to the environment? illustration by Abayomi Louard-Moore Interview by Heather Shayne Blakeslee Carolyn Finney’s book “Black Faces, White Spaces” is a must-read for anyone who wants to better understand all of the ways in which African-Americans have been prevented from owning, accessing and

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