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West End Cycle Atlanta: An Appendix to ATL’s Transportation Plan
West End MARTA Station 680 Lee St SW, Atlanta, GA, United StatesCycle Atlanta will develop a strategy to create a safe and connected network of high-quality bicycle facilities to selected MARTA stations including the West End Station.
Monthly Park Meeting | May 11
Clay Cemetery 31 Clifton St NE, Atlanta, GA, United StatesJoin Park Pride on the second Thursday of every month at 7:30am as community leaders and park advocates from throughout Atlanta and DeKalb come together for education, networking and strategy for advancing the parks movement.
Closing Celebration of Atlanta Bird Fest 2017
Manuel's Tavern 602 North Highland Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA, United StatesJoin Atlanta Audubon Society and author Dr. J. Drew Lanham on Sunday, May 21 at Manuel’s Tavern from 3:30 to 5:30 PM for the Closing Celebration of Atlanta Bird Fest 2017. Author of the book The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature, Drew Lanham fascinates readers with the connection of freedom and nature and the contraction of being black in the rural south even up to modern times. An Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Master Teacher at Clemson University, Dr. Lanham defines himself as a birder, a naturalist, and a hunter-conservationist. This event is free and open to the public.
Mark Pendergrast Presents: City on the Verge
Georgia State University's Student Center East 55 Gilmer St SE, Atlanta, GA, United StatesAtlanta is on the verge of tremendous rebirth-or inexorable decline. A kind of Petri dish for cities struggling to reinvent themselves, Atlanta has the highest income inequality in the country, gridlocked highways, suburban sprawl, and a history of racial injustice. Yet it is also an energetic, brash young city that prides itself on pragmatic solutions.
Inman Park-Reynoldstown and Candler Park-Edgewood Cycle Atlanta Appendix to ATL’s Transportation Plan
Virginia-Highland Summerfest 833 Virginia Ave NE, Atlanta, GA, United StatesCycle Atlanta will develop a strategy to create a safe and connected network of high-quality bicycle facilities to selected MARTA stations including the Inman Park-Reynoldstown and Candler Park-Edgewood Stations.
How Cities Effect Climate + How Trees Can Help
Trees Atlanta Tree House 112 Krog St, Atlanta, GA, United StatesIt is well known that climate is changing. One of the most well-understood aspects of such change for scientists is urbanization. However, the public may not be as aware of all of the ways cities can affect weather and climate. Cities modify temperature through urban heat islands, alter the natural water (floods, rainfall) and carbon cycles, and increase air pollution. Join Trees Atlanta for this exciting talk, which will discuss the simple to complex ways cities affect our climate and how trees can mitigate some of these changes.
Film Screening: Flight of the Butterflies
Midtown Art Cinema 931 Monroe Dr NE, Atlanta, GA, United StatesMonarchs Across Georgia is hosting a film screening of Flight of the Butterflies on Saturday, June 17, 2017 at Midtown Art Cinema from 11 - 11:45 A.M. Your price of admission is a donation to the Environmental Education Alliance of Georgia. Native milkweed plants will be available for the sale in the theater foyer after the showing for $6 each.
H.E. Holmes Cycle Atlanta: Appendix to ATL’s Transportation Plan
Hamilton E. Holmes MARTA Station 70 Hamilton E Holmes Dr NW, Atlanta, GA, United StatesCycle Atlanta will develop a strategy to create a safe and connected network of high-quality bicycle facilities to selected MARTA stations including the Hamilton E Holmes City Station.
Doggie Daze at Blue Heron Nature Preserve
Blue Heron Nature Preserve 4055 Roswell Rd NE, Atlanta, GA, United StatesDogs and dog owners! Blue Heron Nature Preserve is hosting its third annual Doggie Daze event on July 15th, 2017 at 9am-11am. Everyone invited to the Preserve for this free event to meet new friends, enjoy fun activities, and appreciate the outdoors.