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IN-PERSON: The Elderwise classroom at the Vineyard Church
Join us to learn about the circular economy, and resources available to create a community where we can reduce waste, reuse products and materials, and regenerate nature. Katy Adams and Mackenzie Munro will explain what is compostable and recyclable, and answer our questions about these important issues around waste. We will illustrate ways we see for eliminating waste by crafting a paper quilt square to help us build a community paper quilt! Education Director Katy Adams joined the Ecology Center's education team in 2014. Her advanced degrees in biology and education, along with over 15 years of teaching and practical experience as a research scientist, give her a unique ability to understand environmental issues and share them with others. Assistant Education Director Mackenzie Munro joined the Ecology Center team in 2015. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in environmental science and biology, and has twelve years of experience with other organizations, teaching environmental science and related topics to students of all ages.
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HYBRID: In the classroom and online. A Zoom link will be sent to all one day before class.
This presentation combines two dog sledding trips, both led by the famed arctic explorer Paul Schurke. The first trip was a journey across the North American arctic from Winnipeg to Churchill Manitoba. The second traverses the island of Svalbard, Norway, which is just 10 degrees south of the North Pole. In this presentation Bud Thomas provides some insight into arctic travel, including handling the dog teams, navigational challenges, temperatures of 40 to 50 degrees below zero, and strategies for minimizing polar bear threats. Bud Thomas is a retired Aerospace Engineer, with 50 plus years in rocket engine design for the Saturn-V Apollo rocket, the Space Shuttle’s main engine, and jet engine design for commercial and military aircraft. He has experience in both the Arctic and the Antarctic.
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IN-PERSON: The Elderwise classroom at the Vineyard Church
This class will begin with a survey of the amphibian and reptile species found in our state, highlighting identification characteristics, ecology, and conservation efforts. Dr. Greenwald will then delve into her research on perhaps the most fascinating of these creatures, the unisexual (all female) Ambystoma salamanders. These salamanders breed using a unique mode of reproduction in which they "steal" DNA from other species of salamanders. They are the only animals in the world known to reproduce in this way. Katy Greenwald received her B.S. in biology from Brown University and her Ph.D. from the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology at The Ohio State University. She is a professor of biology at Eastern Michigan University, where research in her lab focuses on molecular ecology and conservation genetics of amphibians and reptiles.
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