Tagged Environment & Nature
Astronomy Club
Do you want to learn more about the stars, space and other worlds? Explore what's up in the night sky with us. This program is for school-aged star-gazers From 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Experiment Garden with Ms. Kesha
Feel the dirt and see what you can grow in our community garden!
Sleeping Mat Project
Did you know that recycled plastic bags can be turned into colorful woven mats for homeless individuals in our community? Join us to make a difference. All ages are welcome to help - from 10:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m.. This program is a…
Harriet A. Washington | A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind
Harriet A. Washington won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Medical Apartheid , a far-reaching history of medical experimentation on black Americans from the colonial era to present day. Also the author of Deadly Monopolies and…
Astronomy Club
Do you want to learn more about the stars, space and other worlds? Explore what's up in the night sky with us. This program is for school-aged star-gazers From 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Snake Party!
Snake expert Scott Prior will talk about snakes' intriguing lives, and, if you are brave enough, you can pet one of his snake friends. WOW! (Wednesdays of Wonder) in Montgomery Auditorium Part of the Margaret S. Halloran Family…
Experiment Garden with Ms. Kesha
Feel the dirt and see what you can grow in our community garden!
Sleeping Mat Project
Did you know that recycled plastic bags can be turned into colorful woven mats for homeless individuals in our community? Join us to make a difference. All ages are welcome to help - from 10:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m.. This program is a…
Astronomy Club
Do you want to learn more about the stars, space and other worlds? Explore what's up in the night sky with us. This program is for school-aged star-gazers From 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Experiment Garden with Ms. Kesha
Feel the dirt and see what you can grow in our community garden!
Sleeping Mat Project
Did you know that recycled plastic bags can be turned into colorful woven mats for homeless individuals in our community? Join us to make a difference. All ages are welcome to help - from 10:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m.. This program is a…
Astronomy Club
Do you want to learn more about the stars, space and other worlds? Explore what's up in the night sky with us. This program is for school-aged star-gazers From 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Experiment Garden with Ms. Kesha
Feel the dirt and see what you can grow in our community garden!
Sleeping Mat Project
Did you know that recycled plastic bags can be turned into colorful woven mats for homeless individuals in our community? Join us to make a difference. All ages are welcome to help - from 10:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m.. This program is a…
Experiment Garden with Ms. Kesha
Feel the dirt and see what you can grow in our community garden!
Cyanotype Workshop
All ages are invited to make art with nature using photosensitive paper! Bring your own flowers, leaves, etc, or use the collection provided.
Sleeping Mat Project
Did you know that recycled plastic bags can be turned into colorful woven mats for homeless individuals in our community? Join us to make a difference. All ages are welcome to help - from 10:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m.. This program is a…
Experiment Garden with Ms. Kesha
Feel the dirt and see what you can grow in our community garden!
Sleeping Mat Project
Did you know that recycled plastic bags can be turned into colorful woven mats for homeless individuals in our community? Join us to make a difference. All ages are welcome to help - from 10:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m.. This program is a…
Experiment Garden with Ms. Kesha
Feel the dirt and see what you can grow in our community garden!
EcoFutures EcoAlternatives
Science Fiction and Fantasy with Environmental Themes
Wild Weather
From global warming and carbon footprints to new weather forecasting technologies and more frequent natural disasters like volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, tornadoes, typhoons, hurricanes, and more.
Green Living
Green living allows you to become an everyday environmentalist. Go green with these helpful resources including alternative energy, organic cooking, and eco-friendly solutions for your home and garden!
InfoTrac Student Edition *
High school students will have access to age-appropriate content from magazines, journals, newspapers, reference books, and engaging multi-media covering a wide range of subjects, from science, history, and literature to political…
GREENR - Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources *
GREENR, Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources, offers researchers an interdisciplinary resource for environment and sustainability studies. GREENR provides news, background information, video, commentaries,…
Jacob Shell | Giants of the Monsoon Forest: Living and Working with Elephants
In conversation with Nikil Saval, an editor of n+1 and author of Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace A professor of geography and urban studies at Temple University, Jacob Shell is the author of Transportation and Revolt: Pigeons,…
Susan Hockfield | The Age of Living Machines: How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution
The first woman and the first life scientist to head the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Susan Hockfield now serves as the esteemed institution’s President Emerita. A pioneering neuroscientist whose work included the…
Bill McKibben | Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
“The world’s best green journalist” ( Time ), Bill McKibben gave one of the earliest cautions about global warming with his 1989 book The End of Nature . His many other bestselling books about the environment include Deep Economy ,…
Barry Lopez | Horizon
Barry Lopez won the National Book Award for Arctic Dreams , a “rich, abundant, vigorously composed” ( Boston Globe ) meditation on his travels in the barren but beautiful far North. His other work includes Of Wolves and Men , Crow and…
Adam Rutherford | Humanimal: How Homo sapiens Became Nature’s Most Paradoxical Creature A New Evolutionary History
“A heady amalgam of science, history, a little bit of anthropology and plenty of nuanced, captivating storytelling” ( The New York Times Book Review ), Adam Rutherford’s A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived delves into the…
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha | What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City
The dramatic story of the Flint water crisis—the signature environmental disaster of our time—and an inspiring tale of scientific resistance by a relentless physician who stood up to power. Internationally recognized for her 2015 study…
Eliza Griswold | Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America
In the New York Times bestselling book The Tenth Parallel , immersive journalist Eliza Griswold spent seven years traversing the geographic and ideological fronts in Africa and Asia where Christianity and Islam collide. In I Am the…
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. | American Values: Lessons I Learned from My Family
In conversation with Tracey Matisak A scion of America’s most fabled political dynasty, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is a clinical professor and supervising attorney at the Environmental Litigation Clinic at Pace University’s Elisabeth Haub…
Mark C. Serreze | Brave New Arctic: The Untold Story of the Melting North
A fellow of the American Meteorological Society and director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, geographer Mark C. Serreze is one of the world’s foremost experts on the planet’s cryosphere—Earth’s snow and ice cover—and its…
Richard Powers | The Overstory with William T. Vollmann | No Immediate Danger: Volume One of Carbon Ideologies
A “genuine artist … who can render the intricate dazzle of it all and at the same time plumb its philosophical implications” ( Esquire ), Richard Powers explores a remarkable range of subject matters in his novels. Among them are The…
Anna Badkhen | Fisherman’s Blues: A West African Community at Sea with Min Jin Lee | Pachinko
With an artist’s eye and a ground-level view of people in extremis across the world, writer Anna Badkhen offers “rich and lucid prose [that] illustrates her journey as vividly as might a series of photographs” ( Christian Science…
Bill McKibben | Radio Free Vermont: A Fable of Resistance
Watch the video here . Bill McKibben gave one of the earliest cautions about global warming with his 1989 book The End of Nature . His myriad other bestselling books about the environment include Deep Economy, Eaarth , and Oil and…
Walter Isaacson | Leonardo da Vinci
Watch the video here . Released just weeks after the tech guru’s death, Walter Isaacson’s “staggering” ( The New York Times ) portrait of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs instantly became an international bestseller. Isaacson has also penned…
David Grinspoon | Earth in Human Hands: Shaping Our Planet's Future
Dr. David Grinspoon is the inaugural Chair of Astrobiology at the U.S. Library of Congress. With research focusing on climate evolution and the conditions for life elsewhere in the cosmos, he has consulted on interplanetary space…
Jane Alexander | Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth
In conversation with Laura Kovacs Acting legend Jane Alexander has appeared in some of the finest films of the last 50 years, including All the President’s Men , The Great White Hope , Kramer vs Kramer , and The Cider House Rules . Her…
Jennifer Haigh | Heat and Light with Adam Briggle | A Field Philosopher's Guide to Fracking: How One Texas Town Stood Up to Big Oil and Gas
Jennifer Haigh received the 2003 PEN/Hemingway Award for outstanding debut fiction for her novel Mrs. Kimble . Her other books include the novels The Conditio n, Faith , and the New York Times bestseller Baker Towers , as well as News…
Amy Goodman and David Goodman | Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America
In 1996 Amy Goodman started a radio show called Democracy Now! to focus on issues that are underreported by mainstream news coverage. Today the award-winning program airs simultaneously on satellite and cable television, more than 1,000…
Wayne Pacelle | The Humane Economy: How Innovators and Enlightened Consumers Are Transforming the Lives of Animals
Renowned animal-rights advocate Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, has worked for the passage of more than 500 new state laws and helped to pass more than 25 federal statutes to protect animals…
Weather Wiz Kids
One stop for all kinds of weather links, just for kids! For grades 3 and up.
The Weather Channel
From the Weather Channel. Includes your local forecast, stormwatches, ski conditions, flu outbreaks, and more. For 4th grade and up.
The Energy Co-op
A Philadelphia based energy cooperative that uses combined buying power to connect home and business owners with green and sustainable energy sources.
Philly Clean Cities
Promotes and supports the use of alternative fuels -- information on bio-diesel, ethanol, and more.
Philadelphia Honey Festival
The Philadelphia Honey Festival raises awareness about the importance of honey bees to our environment, our food supply and our economy, and to promote urban beekeeping and gardening. The 7th Annual Philadelphia Honey Festival will take…
Philadelphia Beekeepers Association
Givin' a durn about bees since 2009
Pennsylvania State Beekeepers Association
Homepage of Pennsylvania State Beekeepers Association
Pennsylvania Backyard Beekeepers Association
The homepage of the Pennsylvania Backyard Beekeepers Association
Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture
Nonprofit organization that works with farmers and consumers to promote healthy foods and the ecological well-being of Pennsylvania’s environment -- includes excellent links to other green organizations.
PBS.org-Savage Earth
Just like the Savage Earth series. Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Volcanoes, and more. For grades 4 and up.
Natural Disasters
In every place humans live, the possibility of a natural disaster exists. From National Geographic. Grades 4 and up.
National Weather Service
From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service. Includes advisories, all kinds of forecasts, and text message signup. For grades 5 and up.
National Severe Storms Laboratory
Coloring books that you can print about weather! For Kindergarten and up. Children may need help with printing.
Montgomery Country Beekeepers' Association
Serving Montgomery, Bucks and surrounding counties in Pennsylvania, the MCBA is an association of hobbyist and professional beekeepers.
Kids Against Global Warming
Do something about global warming. The best things to do to prevent global warming. For grades 2 and up.
Green America
Encourages individuals and businesses to use their purchasing power to create a sustainable society. Information on a variety of topics.
Greater Philadelphia Sustainable Business Network
A nonprofit network of business people working towards sustainability in the community, includes a directory of local "green" businesses.
EPA for kids
From the Environmental Protection Agency, for kids. Climate change, the greenhouse effect, games and more. For grades 3 and up.
EEK! Global warming
Environmental Education for Kids (EEK!) site. All about global warming. For grades 3 and up.
Edheads.org
Weather fun and games for kids! For grades 2 and up.
Honeybees
The third Saturday in August is National Honeybee Day, a day to celebrate this small but vital insect. Philadelphians should be especially proud; the modern beehive, known as the Langstroth hive, was invented in the City of Brotherly…