The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, Inc. will offer Series 5, Course 2: The Living Earth – Land & Related Issues, on Saturday and Sunday, September 23 & 24, at UTEC, Inc., 35 Warren Street in Lowell.  Subjects to be covered are Ecology, Plants, Environmental Science, Wildlife, Earth Stewardship, Source Reduction of Pollutants, Coastal Zone Management, and Field Study of the Land.  Recommended reading is Bringing Nature Home by Douglas W. Tallamy, and Living in the Environment by G. Tyler Miller, Jr., 7th Edition or later. For more information contact Leigh Cameron, ESS Chairman, at leighb.cameron@gmail.com.