Leave No Trace: John Work Garrett in the American Outdoors examines his experiences through archival photography, diary entries, artifacts, sculptures, and more, asking visitors to consider the idea of the American West from multiple perspectives and reflect on their own relationship to the great outdoors. Click here for more info.
Centered on the environment, this museum-wide undertaking encourages conversation and action around climate change and the role of the museum. Turn Again to the Earth’s suite of exhibitions continues through January 2026. A sustainability plan for the BMA’s continued path to environmentally friendly practices will be published this spring, and a citywide eco-challenge led by…
The Masonville Cove Partnership invites you to join Birds of Urban Baltimore and our bird banding studies on campus! See the bird banding process up-close, and learn how urban greenspaces help migrating birds! Registration reserves your spot, walk-ins welcomed. Various dates from March through June 2025. Click here for more information and to register.
First coined in the 1970s, the term ecocide comes from the Greek word for “house” (oikos) and the Latin verb “to kill” (caedere). Ecocide literally describes the killing of our home – regions of the planet and their ecosystems. This show focuses on ecocide in the context of armed conflict. We want to bring attention…
Curtis Bay is a community in South Baltimore that has experienced over 100 years of environmental violence and harm as a result of the cumulative impacts of stationary toxic facilities (over 70+ facilities in one community). The city of Baltimore has utilized the land as a dumping ground for heavy industrious and noxious facilities. The…
A week-long celebration of community, environmental stewardship, and collective action in Baltimore. This event brings together families, volunteers, and local leaders to connect with nature and build a greener future. Click here for more information.
Each Monday during the academic year, all residential locations on campus will offer vegan and/or vegetarian menu options in place of meat. Click here to learn more.
Take a break from work or finals studying and relax on hammocks on Keyser Quad all day today! Reconnect with nature and reflect during Earth Month.
Siyu Xie presents, “Plum Catalogs: The Comportments of Floral Bodies.” This talk is part of the year-long CTL Seminar, which features research presentations from faculty, students, and invited speakers. Click here for more information.
This study day, organized in conjunction with the BMA exhibition Watershed: Transforming the Landscape in Early Modern Dutch Art, invites conversation and reflection on the environmental, economic, social, and political consequences of the Dutch Republic’s engagement with the water. This convening aims to address how artists, their contemporaries, and the objects on view reveal both an…
Join us for a spring migration bird walk during our extended hours! All levels of experience are welcome. Binoculars are available for everyone, but feel free to BYOB (bring your own binoculars) if preferred. Registration is required for this free event. Click here for more information and to register.
Each semester, Hopkins Dining’s Sustainability Manager, Graham Browning, organizes a meet-up at a local Baltimore farmers market near our own Homewood campus at the 32nd Street Farmers Market. Click here for more information.
Join the Midtown Community Benefits District to support the health of the communities’ tree canopy by lending a hand! Bolton Hill Community Association and Midtown are co-hosting a volunteer tree planting event from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Saturday, May 3rd. There will be trained tree keepers on staff to provide direction and tools provided for planting.…
Each Monday during the academic year, all residential locations on campus will offer vegan and/or vegetarian menu options in place of meat. Click here to learn more.
Join us for a transformative gathering that explores the pioneering Regenerating Relational Ecologies Global Action Research Initiative. This event brings together community leaders, regenerative practitioners, researchers, educators, and ecological stewards to engage in a shared inquiry into the resilience of living systems through relational and regenerative practices. Click here for more information.
Come out to tour a lush healing sanctuary with Eclipta Herbal founder, artist, educator and clinical herbalist Alyssa Dennis! Nestled on a 0.7-acre plot in Northeast Baltimore City, the Eclipta Herbal Sanctuary is a vibrant, living ecosystem home to over 100 species of medicinal plants—and growing. This space is dedicated to ecological education, conservation, and…
Join an engaging evening of intellectual exploration and networking at Sip & Solve: AI Lightning Talks with a Twist, presented by the Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute in partnership with Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). This unique event brings together distinguished faculty members from Johns Hopkins University to share insights into their…
Weed Warriors help the Department of Recreation and Parks manage Non-Native Invasive (NNI) plants which are harmful to trees and forest patches. Certified Weed Warriors are community members, like you, trained as environmental stewards by TreeBaltimore! Weed Warriors 101: Invasive Plants in Urban Ecosystems provides an introduction to non-native invasive plant species, how they were…
Interested in learning how to vermicompost but not sure where to begin? Already vermicomposting but need a refresher? This Home Vermiomposting workshop will give you what you need to be a successful composter! The hands-on workshop will cover the benefits of vermicompost, the setup and steps to creating successful compost, and how to treat common…
Please join the Johns Hopkins MA in Science Writing program in celebrating their Spring 2025 graduates. Each student will be reading from their final thesis. This is a completely virtual event. Alumni, faculty, students, and their friends and families are invited to this event. Click here for more information and to register.
Enjoy a midday springtime pause to connect with nature in the midst of the city, refresh breath and body, and tap innate creativity and playfulness in Baltimore's geologically unique Stony Run Creek. Join Lala Bodi Yoga founder Laura Glaeser (RYT 200) and artist/anthropologist Jana Kopelent Rehak for an immersive and playful afternoon of guided nature-based…
Join the Midtown Community Benefits District to support the health of the communities’ tree canopy by lending a hand! Madison Park Improvement Association and Midtown are co-hosting a volunteer tree planting event from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Saturday, May 10th. There will be trained tree keepers on staff to provide direction and tools…
Give a day for the Bay! Join the National Aquarium’s Conservation team for trash cleanup, trail rebuilding, and gardening at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine. We will remove trash and debris from the wetlands, rebuild the trail, and maintain the rain garden. Trail rebuilding and debris removal will be done with Maryland Conservation…
Join us for a bus tour of South Baltimore’s favorite parks and trees. See Fort McHenry’s Cambridge elm, two memorial groves of flowering cherries, and enjoy the champion green hawthorn and laurel oak in Riverside Park. We'll also swing by Baltimore's own 'Ellis Island' and then stand in the shade of the Frederick Douglass elm.…
Bike to Work Week is May 12-16! Staff, faculty, and students are invited to join the movement and bike to campus to enhance their personal well-being and reduce the environmental footprint of their commuting. Take a photo of yourself during Bike to Work Week and post it to social media with the hashtag #JHUBikes. You can also upload…
Each Monday during the academic year, all residential locations on campus will offer vegan and/or vegetarian menu options in place of meat. Click here to learn more.
Real Food Farm is welcoming up to 10 volunteers to help out with deconstruction of the farm in preparation for an upcoming move. Registration is required in advance for each individual volunteer. All are welcome regardless of experience or ability. If you represent an organization or company that would like to volunteer as a group, please contact…
The Johns Hopkins Chapter of Project Bridge proudly presents the Spring 2025 Science Gong Show. Join a night of science, fun, and chaos as local scientists discuss their research without using jargons while avoiding the wrath of the audience' cowbells. Click here for more information.
Would you like to help create a garden for birds? Learn about a new project to provide the Thames Street Park herons with a native planting beneath the trees they nest in. Join us in a discussion of how the ecological relationships between native birds and native plants can make gardening fun and meaningful. We’ll…
The Social Innovation Lab at Johns Hopkins University invites you to attend our annual accelerator showcase event. This event will feature our cohort of changemakers from 2024-2025, who are building ventures to create sustainable change with a measurable impact, starting right here in Baltimore City. Click here for more information and to register.
Hummingbirds have evolved to push the boundaries of vertebrate physiological performance. Although these adaptations have proven to be beneficial to hummingbirds in a wide variety of ways, adaptations are also associated with trade-offs that influence how the birds function and interact with their environment. This talk will focus on hummingbird natural history along with the…
The Stoop, in partnership with Bikemore, presents “Spoke & Word: Tales from the Bike Lane." Celebrate Bike Month with true, personal stories about the experiences, challenges, and positive outcomes of cycling in Baltimore. Click here for more information and to register.
What is a fruit’s biology and function? Explore the relationship between animals and fruits. Learn about the many uses and benefits of tree fruits. Join us in the NEC classroom to explore the fascinating world of tree fruits folowed by a guided tour on the Cylburn grounds. Because this lecture and walk will take place…
Celebrate your Bike to Work Day at our after party at Peabody Heights Brewery. There will be music, drinks, a food truck, tabling from friends of Bikemore, a raffle, and more! Click here for more information and to register.
Are you compost curious? Are you passionate about urban sustainability, zero waste initiatives, and creating a cleaner and greener Baltimore? Then please join us for this workshop on creating community composting systems for urban gardens. Click here for more information and to register.
Stillmeadow Community Fellowship has partnered with Blue Water Baltimore to complete the construction of a new bioswale, a type of Green Stormwater Infrastructure, or “GSI”. This bioswale was installed in an effort to mitigate the flooding that occurs along Frederick Avenue in the Irvington neighborhood of West Baltimore. Volunteers will assist Blue Water Baltimore and…
Weed Warriors help the Department of Recreation and Parks manage Non-Native Invasive (NNI) plants which are harmful to trees and forest patches. Certified Weed Warriors are community members, like you, trained as environmental stewards by TreeBaltimore! Weed Warriors 102: Species ID & Removal Techniques provides an introduction to plant identification characteristics and terminology, and teaches…
Celebrate Trails with the Friends of Masonville Cove! Join us on Saturday for a day of exploring our scenic trails, fun nature activities, and friends. Click here for more information and to register.
Bring friends and family to celebrate Turn Again to the Earth, the BMA’s city-wide initiative and series of exhibitions focusing on the environment, climate change, art, and culture. Among the series is Black Earth Rising, an exhibition of compelling artworks by contemporary African diasporic, Latin American, and Native American artists who are inspired by the…
Join the Ecological Design Collective for our End of Year Reception — a celebration of community, imagination, and collective care for the land. Over the past year, we’ve gathered in parks, gardens, vacant lots, and urban wilds to reimagine our relationship to land through a series of Grounding Events — community walks, plant knowledge sessions,…
Please join MA in Science Writing and MA in Writing students on Sunday, May 18, as they share selected work from their theses, in person on the Homewood Campus. Click here for more information and to register.
Each Monday during the academic year, all residential locations on campus will offer vegan and/or vegetarian menu options in place of meat. Click here to learn more.
Real Food Farm is welcoming up to 10 volunteers to help out with deconstruction of the farm in preparation for an upcoming move. Registration is required in advance for each individual volunteer. All are welcome regardless of experience or ability. If you represent an organization or company that would like to volunteer as a group,…
Please join the 2025 Hopkins Medicine Distinguished Speaker Series event, featuring "A Conversation with Meena Seshamani." A pre-event dinner and reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. and the speaker will begin at 6 p.m. Meena Seshamani most recently led the Medicare program at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. On Feb. 6, she…
Join DPW, BMORE Beautiful, and Reservoir Hill Improvement Council for a Pollinator Hotel-making workshop. Pollinator hotels are structures that accommodate native bees by providing small nesting spaces using natural materials. In this workshop, you will have the opportunity to make your own pollinator hotel and learn about the Coevolution of Flowers and Bees given by Baltimore City…
Join Dr. Nancy Sonti, Research Ecologist with the US Forest Service for an informative walk to learn more about our oak study research sites at Cylburn Arboretum. Oak seedlings have been planted in an ‘oak orchard’ as well as in forest canopy gap sites in the woodland at Cylburn. This research is examining the impact…
Weed Warriors help the Department of Recreation and Parks manage Non-Native Invasive (NNI) plants which are harmful to trees and forest patches. Certified Weed Warriors are community members, like you, trained as environmental stewards by TreeBaltimore! In Weed Warriors 201a: Project Planning & Leadership, we'll review some of the non-native invasive plants we've learned already,…
What do thousands of horseshoe crabs do when the evening tide is high and the spring moon is new or full? A spawning so huge that people travel to view it from around the world. The scene begins with male horseshoe crabs waiting along the water’s edge. As a female moves with the tide onto…
Join the National Aquarium and National Wildlife Federation as we maintain the Oriole Garden—a wildlife garden located in Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Volunteers will remove weeds and invasive species. Gloves, tools and other materials will be provided. Please wear closed-toe shoes and clothing that can get a little dirty. The Oriole Garden, which features…
Join our experienced animal care naturalists for an immersive birding adventure through the scenic trails of Gwynn's Falls Leakin Park! This guided hike is perfect for bird enthusiasts of all levels, offering a unique opportunity to observe and identify local bird species in their natural habitat. Learn about bird behaviors, habitats, and the importance of…
Join Doug Munro, area resident and amateur historian, for a learning walk along the Stony Run Path, which used to be the tracks of the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad. Doug will take us back in time with landmarks, pictures, facts, and stories. Come learn about the great many things that moved north and south along…
Community members can reserve a 10×10 space to sell their items. Everyone is invited to come and shop for secondhand finds. Click here for more information and to register.
At this month’s meeting of the NHSM Lep Club, we’ll welcome Amanda Wray, founding member of Wild Ones Baltimore, for a discussion of the benefits of adding native plants to your yard and garden. Contact the club coordinator ([email protected]) with any questions or comments. If you love butterflies and moths, consider joining the NHSM Lep…
Kara Mae Harris, author of the popular Maryland-centric food blog Old Line Plate, will discuss the long history of Baltimore's food culture, its decades of changing culinary trends, and the traditional foods that have become staples of the Baltimore experience. Click here for more information and to register.
Luís Gustavo Arruda is affiliated with the Center for Nutritional Education and Recovery (CREN) in São Paulo, Brazil. With a background in Biological Sciences and a PhD in Environmental Education, he works at the intersection of health, education, and sustainability. Click here for more information and to register.
Celebrate #BlackBirdersWeek with BlackAFinSTEM, Birds of Urban Baltimore, and the Masonville Cove Partnership! Join us for a bird walk, see the bird banding process up-close, and learn how urban greenspaces help migrating birds! Please note that this event is meant to elevate and celebrate Black birding experiences. Meet us at the bird banding station by…
Weed Warriors help the Department of Recreation and Parks manage Non-Native Invasive (NNI) plants which are harmful to trees and forest patches. Certified Weed Warriors are community members, like you, trained as environmental stewards by TreeBaltimore! Weed Warriors 201b: Project Planning & Leadership Continued is the fourth and final class in our certification series. In…
There's a whole different world out there under the leaves, rocks and logs! Take a hike on the Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park trails with a naturalist to discover the reptile and amphibian world living just outside of Carrie Murray Nature Center. Learn about "herping" and how to safely enjoy and appreciate our ecothermic wild neighbors! Click…