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October 2023
Learning Series: Investing in Local Leadership to Advocate for Equitable Climate Resilience
The presentation will include examples of community-based organizations that are investing in developing community leaders to build momentum for local water equity and climate resilience. Highlighted will be the River Network’s Fostering Community Leadership tool, and hear from representatives of local organizations that are helping community members build their leadership capacities and put them to use through citizen advisory boards, climate ambassador programs and other avenues, with the ultimate goal of making lasting change in their communities. This session is part…
Find out more »Composting 101
The Anne Arundel County Master Gardeners will teach you how to make your own compost using yard waste and kitchen scraps. Attend the one-hour compost demonstration at the compost site on the Wildwood Trail at Quiet Waters Park. Anne Arundel County residents will receive a FREE compost bin. The program repeats on November 4. The demonstration may be canceled in the event of heavy rain or an excessive heat warning. County Park entrance fee is $6 or a park pass.…
Find out more »Green Reads Book Club
Annapolis Green Reads, our environmental book club, has an interesting book in store for October, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach. She has been described as America’s funniest science writer. “What’s to be done about a jaywalking moose? A bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? Three hundred years ago, animals that broke the law would be assigned legal representation and put on trial. These days, as New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach discovers, the…
Find out more »November 2023
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay 18th Annual Watershed Forum
This watershed-wide event reaches over 400 restoration and protection practitioners to inspire and empower local action toward clean water. Participants share successful tools and techniques, offer lessons and learnings from on-the-ground work, build capacity of local organizations, foster partnerships, educate on new initiatives and emerging practices, networking and celebration! The theme for 2023 is Private Investment in Sustainable Partnerships to Achieve Clean Water Goals. Register now
Find out more »Composting 101
The Anne Arundel County Master Gardeners will teach you how to make your own compost using yard waste and kitchen scraps. Attend the one-hour compost demonstration at the compost site on the Wildwood Trail at Quiet Waters Park. Anne Arundel County residents will receive a FREE compost bin. The demonstration may be canceled in the event of heavy rain or an excessive heat warning. County Park entrance fee is $6 or a park pass. Questions: Email QWPcomposting@hotmail.com
Find out more »Learning Series: Centering Those at Risk–The Power of Community-Led Research for Climate Resilience Investments
Community-led research is a powerful approach to gather and apply community generated data to inform climate resilience decisions such as green infrastructure plans and watershed restoration priorities. In the hands of those community members who are at greatest risk from climate change, CLR is a way to capture their wisdom and experiences and build an advocacy platform to ensure efforts to build community resilience address issues of justice and advance solutions that are based on community needs. Highlighted will be…
Find out more »December 2023
Learning Series: Equitable Resilience Planning Frameworks
This session will cover how to engage and center the needs of the most vulnerable community members when developing climate resilience plans. It will include examples of community-driven plans that advance community priorities, drawing from the experience of members of the National Association of Climate Resilience Planners and the Community-Driven Climate Resilience Planning Framework. Information and registration
Find out more »January 2024
General Assembly Convenes
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Find out more »Learning Series: Building Climate Resilience–Transforming Communities through Green Workforce Development
Join the River Network for an inspiring webinar on community-led environmental transformation through green jobs. Discover how communities have successfully built green workforce programs to transform vacant or contaminated lands while bridging communities’ climate and economic goals. Hear from experienced practitioners and community leaders who have harnessed the power of green jobs to transform brownfields into community assets. Information and Registration
Find out more »Green Drinks & the Environmental Legislative Summit
The first Green Drinks of the year follows the Environmental Legislative Summit at the Graduate Hotel. This special Green Drinks is where we "Continue the Conversation" and connect in person over the legislative priorities presented at this year’s summit. We will hear from our District 30 Champion for the Environment, State Senator Sarah Elfreth. The Summit, 6 - 7:30 pm, is organized by the Maryland LCV's Citizens' Campaign for the Environment (CCE), is free with registration required. Learn more and…
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