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Eyewitness Nature with Bartram’s Garden
Mon, March 9, 2020
4:00 P.M.
South Philadelphia Library
Get up close and personal with nature in these educational workshops led by Bartram’s Garden staff. For children ages 8 – 13.
Friends Speaker Series | The environmental impact of fracking and plastic bags
Tue, March 10, 2020
1:30 P.M.
Chestnut Hill Library
Listen to evidence of the ways Marcellus shale gas is changing the economics of plastic production and increasing the risks of plastic pollution and climate change. Kelly O'Day recently retired from a career as an environmental engineering consultant. He is well known in…
How to Save Energy In Your Home
Mon, March 16, 2020
4:00 P.M.
Logan Library
PECO's Community Outreach team will be on hand to show you how you can save money and energy by taking advantage of solutions and tools for your home. PECO encourages its customers (us!) to use energy more efficiently, which can save money. The team will be at the library from 4:00 to 6:00…
Nature in My Backyard
Wed, March 18, 2020
4:00 P.M.
Kingsessing Library
Read with a Ranger from the John Heinz Wildlife Refuge Photo by Lamar Gore/USFWS
Neil Shubin | Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA
Wed, March 18, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin was a member of the field team that made the 2004 landmark discovery of Tiktaalik roseae, a 375-million-year-old fossil dubbed the "missing link" between fish and land animals. The bestselling author of Your Inner Fish and The Universe Within , Shubin…
Eyewitness Nature with Bartram’s Garden
Thu, March 19, 2020
4:30 P.M.
Queen Memorial Library
Throughout the school year Bartram's Garden staff will offer FREE nature programs at the library for children ages 8-13. Space is limited; first come, first served!
Nature in My Backyard
Tue, March 24, 2020
4:00 P.M.
Kingsessing Library
Horticulture with Bartram’s Garden
Rain Check Workshop
Tue, March 24, 2020
6:00 P.M.
Andorra Library
Come to this workshop to learn how you can get a free rain barrel from Philadelphia Water! Reduced pricing for downspout planters, rain gardens, depaving, and permeable pavers will also be offered. PWD’s Rain Check program gives Philadelphia residents an opportunity to reduce pollution…
Voyages in Print: Show and Tell in the Print and Picture Collection
Wed, March 25, 2020
6:00 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Explore original prints and poetry featured in Voyages by Road and Sea in the Free Library’s Print and Picture Collection. For free registration, email alames@ rosenbach.org or call 215-7321600 ext. 129. (Email registration preferred.)
LEAP into Earth Month
Thu, April 2, 2020
3:00 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
Start Earth Month by exploring renewable energy models and learn how we can help save the planet by living green. This program is designed for school-age children, but all ages are welcome.
Eyewitness Nature with Bartram’s Garden
Mon, April 6, 2020
4:00 P.M.
South Philadelphia Library
Get up close and personal with nature in these educational workshops led by Bartram’s Garden staff. For children ages 8 – 13.
The Inspiring History of Trails in Greater Philadelphia
Mon, April 6, 2020
6:30 P.M.
Social Science and History Department
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Parkway Central Library
Trails have been an important part of Greater Philadelphia since ancient times. This illustrated talk explores their fascinating origins, growth and change up to modern times. Our speaker is architect Bob Thomas, involved in trail building since the 1970’s.
Nature in My Backyard
Wed, April 15, 2020
4:00 P.M.
Kingsessing Library
Read with a Ranger from the John Heinz Wildlife Refuge Photo by Lamar Gore/USFWS
Eyewitness Nature with Bartram’s Garden
Thu, April 16, 2020
4:30 P.M.
Queen Memorial Library
Throughout the school year Bartram's Garden staff will offer FREE nature programs at the library for children ages 8-13. Space is limited; first come, first served!
Earth Day Documentary | Chasing Ice
Wed, April 22, 2020
6:15 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
Chasing Ice is an award winning documentary. Environmental photographer James Balog embarked on an arctic pilgrimage to gather real-time evidence of global warming in Iceland, for National Geographic. Traveling with a team of adveturers in a helicopter, canoe, and dog sled…
Eyewitness Nature with Bartram’s Garden
Mon, May 4, 2020
4:00 P.M.
South Philadelphia Library
Get up close and personal with nature in these educational workshops led by Bartram’s Garden staff. For children ages 8 – 13.
David Wallace-Wells | The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
Tue, May 5, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Please note: This event has been rescheduled from March 24, 2020. In conversation with Dr. Rachel Valletta, Environmental Scientist at The Franklin Institute and director of all climate change education and outreach programming. A columnist and deputy editor at New York magazine,…
Eyewitness Nature with Bartram’s Garden
Thu, May 14, 2020
4:30 P.M.
Queen Memorial Library
Throughout the school year Bartram's Garden staff will offer FREE nature programs at the library for children ages 8-13. Space is limited; first come, first served!
Nature in My Backyard
Wed, May 27, 2020
4:00 P.M.
Kingsessing Library
Horticulture with Bartram’s Garden
Nature in My Backyard
Wed, May 27, 2020
4:00 P.M.
Kingsessing Library
Read with a Ranger from the John Heinz Wildlife Refuge Photo by Lamar Gore/USFWS