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  • Wednesday, July 13 – Saturday, July 16 – AHS Children & Youth Garden Symposium

    The American Horticultural Society’s 24th Annual National Children & Youth Garden Symposium will be held July 13 – 16 in Columbia, South Carolina.  This event brings together teachers, landscape designers, and youth program leaders from around the country to collaborate, share, and learn about engaging young people with plants.

    This year’s regional co-hosts are Clemson University Extension, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School. and Riverbanks Zoo & Garden.  One of the event’s highlights will be tours of local public and school gardens.  Participants may choose from more than 50 educational sessions and workshops, and attend A Sense of Wonder, a one-woman play by Kaiulani Lee based on the life of scientist Rachel Carson.  Additional pre-symposium tours will feature visits to notable regional gardens, including the Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden and Moore Farms Botanical Garden (Pictured).  For more information visit www.ahs.org/ncygs or call 703-768-5700, ext. 121.

  • Monday, January 11, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Ishimure Michiko, The Arts, and Social Responsibility

    On Monday, January 11 from 7 – 8:30 at the Kaji Aso Studio Institute for the Arts, Bruce Allen will tell stories of trial and hope based on Japanese environmental incidents, including those in Fukushima and Minamata. His talk will incorporate segments from a recent documentary film about Ishimure Michiko, pictured, Japan’s foremost environmental writer-activist, who is known as the “Rachel Carson of Japan.” The film shows efforts of Japanese to come to terms with environmental and energy challenges, and to nurture reconciliation and hope for the future. The Studio is located at 40 St. Stephen Street in Boston. Suggested donation $10.

  • Thursday, September 27, 4:00 pm – Science & Advocacy: The Legacy of Silent Spring

    Fifty years ago, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring brought concerns about the environmental impact of pesticides to a broad public audience, spawning a grassroots environmental movement that continues to this day. On Thursday, September 27, beginning at 4 pm at Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street in Cambridge, join environmental leaders to explore the legacy of Silent Spring, and how science and advocacy interact in the face of our modern environmental challenges. This event is sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment. The discussion will feature:
    Frances Beinecke, President, Natural Resources Defense Council
    Bill McKibben, Writer, activist, community organizer
    Andrew Revkin, New York Times and Pace University

    With Harvard Faculty:
    William Clark, Harvard Kennedy School
    Rebecca Henderson, Harvard Business School
    Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard Kennedy School
    James McCarthy, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
    John Spengler, Harvard School of Public Health

    Moderated By:
    Daniel Schrag, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; School of Engineering & Applied Sciences

    Event is free; tickets required. Tickets are available starting on day of event. Tickets available starting at noon on day of the lecture at the Harvard Box Office in the Holyoke Center at 1350 Massachusetts Avenue and starting at 2PM at Sanders Theatre. Available by phone and online  (www.my.arboretum.harvard.edu) for a fee.