Come out to St. Ursula Catholic Community for a Container Gardening demonstration with hands on activity! Attendees will leave with their own container they have planted with tomatoes (Roma) and pizza herbs, simple directions they followed to create and plant, and copies of directions for hosting their own Pizza Party Container Garden event. This event…
Join IPC and the Oakland Mills Interfaith Green Team for a Juneteenth Solstice Interfaith Nature & Stormwater Walk at Oakland Mills Interfaith Center June 22nd from 5:30-7PM! Come celebrate freedom and our natural world! Learn more about the environmental stewardship going on at Oakland Mills Interfaith Center. We will be taking a tour of OMI's…
Join Sajeeda Urban Farm and the Farm Alliance of Baltimore for this comprehensive Advanced Urban Beekeeping workshop designed for beginning beekeepers eager to deepen their knowledge, enhance hive productivity, and embrace sustainable practices. Building on foundational concepts, this workshop dives into sophisticated techniques and modern innovations to empower you as a confident, responsible beekeeper. Click here for more information and to…
Interested in a unique opportunity to envision how arts-based learning activities can be leveraged in classrooms, public spaces, and museums to facilitate constructive dialogue? Sign up now for a novel one-day convening on the Homewood campus and the Baltimore Museum of Art. Open to all JHU faculty. Click here for more information and to register.
Meet the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center leaders who are on the front lines of ecological change and how it impacts the Chesapeake Bay. The campus is a natural laboratory for long-term and cutting-edge ecological research, including water quality, fisheries, invasive species, and global climate change. With 2,650 acres of forests, marsh, and shoreline, our focus…
Here in the Mid-Atlantic, QF is advocating for and restoring populations of Northern Bobwhite (Colinus viriginanus) through habitat restoration and outreach. Populations of Northern Bobwhite in the Mid-Atlantic have declined by over 6% annually since the 1980’s, with similar declines seen in populations of songbirds and other organisms associated with early successional habitats. In this…
In Summer 2025 the Carrie Murray Nature Center is excited to host a Friday Night Hike series once a month to explore our beloved Gwynn Falls Leakin Park after hours. Join us for an all ages hike through the forest to discover the magic of a forest on these summer nights. Click here for more…
It’s not a problem to work up a thirst on this birding hike. Let’s check out the property of Waredaca Brewing Company, looking for great blue herons, green herons, and various species of hawks, warblers, vireos, and flycatchers. And as a bonus, our hike ends in the taproom, sharing lunch with new birding friends. The…
There are so many useful plants in our forests and lawns right here in Baltimore City. Our staff will lead you on a hike from the Nature Center through Gwynns Falls Leakin Park to learn about the resources that are all around us. Click here for more information and to register.
Baltimore's Annual Sustainability Open House featuring interactive sustainability displays, free giveaways, free food, and much more! Join us this summer for an exciting afternoon at the Carroll Park Recreation Center as we celebrate the incredible sustainability efforts taking place across Baltimore. This event will be guided by the framework of Baltimore's Sustainability Plan with a…
Join us in becoming a water scientist for a day! Learn what it takes to be a water scientist and help with climate change impact data collection! Registration required. Click here for more information and to register.
Growers start here! If you’re a budding gardener who already has a space to grow in but isn’t sure how to plan for a successful growing season, this class is for you. We’ll cover a year in the life of a vegetable garden: from planning a garden calendar and starting seeds, to planting, harvesting, pest…
Paleoclimatologists refer to the Last Interglacial, about 125,000 years ago, as “the last time it was warm.” It represents the most recent interval (before the last ice age) in which global climate was similar to or even warmer than today, with sea levels several meters higher. The precise impact of this past warmth on the…
Meet at the park to explore our trails with a naturalist! Each month, we've set aside a date for families to connect and explore nature in Gwynn Falls Leakin Park. A short hike through the forest will be led by a naturalist, where families will have the opportunity to explore the trails together in a…
From polluted air to species extinctions, it’s well known: we are being deeply affected worldwide by environmental changes and crises which are heavily influenced by human activity. Yet overwhelming evidence is somehow failing to spur implementation of the policy and values transformations we need to safeguard health. In an upcoming webinar, Dr. Jennifer Cole (Co-Director…