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The Potential for Mycofiltration of E. coli Pollution in The Crum Creek Using T. versicolor and P. ostreatus The Philadelphia Mycology Club  welcomes you to join us in our fifth installation of bimonthly meetings at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences! We are excited to have a regular meeting space to work on some more in-depth community science projects and to welcome academic and professional mycologists to speak to our community about their work. Event Description: Mycoremediation is a cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternative to conventional wastewater and drinking water treatment, as well as other environmental remediation methods. This project

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 6:00 PM-7:30 PM Join us for the next Academy Town Square, as WHYY’s Maiken Scott moderates a powerful conversation with city officials and community organizers working together to build neighborhood-level resilience plans to tackle urban flash flooding. Learn how grassroots and institutional efforts are converging to protect communities like Germantown — now among the most vulnerable in the nation to urban flash flooding — from the growing impacts of climate change. The conversation will invite audiences into Philadelphia's historic watersheds to explore how the city's past informs its future and how stakeholders like you can help

Clean Water Fund presents the second annual Philadelphia Environmental Justice Summit—an evening of powerful storytelling, community-building, and collaboration. When: Monday, April 28, 2025, 4-9 PM Where: Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA This year’s theme, The Invisible Labor of Community Leaders, highlights the often unseen and underfunded work that sustains communities across Philadelphia. Five community leaders will take the stage to share their experiences, struggles, and victories; giving you an inside look at the grassroots efforts shaping our city’s environmental justice movement. But this event isn’t just about listening, it’s about action and connection that can lead to real-world collaborations,

Join us at the “Philly Green Reels” environmental film festival that will inspire and ignite your passion for environmental activism.Join us at the “Philly Green Reels” environmental film festival that will inspire and ignite your passion for environmental activism. Our festival showcases a selection of groundbreaking films that highlight the urgent need for action on critical environmental issues, all centered right here in Philadelphia. These films cover a range of ecological concerns we face today, spanning from the destruction of wildlife ecosystems to the catastrophic effects of climate change.Come witness the power of cinema as we bring together a diverse

Celebrated Urban Birder David Lindo in conversation with Jason Hall, Founder and President of In Color Birding Club.Presented in partnership with the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club (DVOC)Celebrated Urban Birder David Lindo takes us around the urban world of birds. Over 20% of the globe’s bird species have been recorded within our towns and cities, sometimes without us noticing. You will be surprised by some of the species Lindo will be featuring. To see some of these great birds, all you have to do is open your hearts, minds and, importantly, look up! This program is presented in conjunction with Academy

Maiken Scott, host of WHYY’s The Pulse, in conversation with Jason Weckstein, Keith Russell and Brandon Cuffy.Maiken Scott in conversation with Jason Weckstein, Keith Russell and Brandon Cuffy During the fall 2020 migration season, a perfect storm of events led to the tragic deaths of thousands of birds from window strikes. This sorrowful occurrence galvanized a volunteer group called Bird Safe Philly, which is determined to prevent something similar from happening again. Through their Lights Out Philly campaign, the group was able to convince many of the city’s building owners to turn out their lights at night during the spring