Calling all student artists! The Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District is seeking students to design posters to submit to the 2020 Youth Poster Contest. The theme for this year is Where would we BEE without Pollinators? ABOUT THE POSTER CONTEST The Youth Poster Contest is a national competition sponsored by the National Association of […]
In addition to VMN’s normal monthly Continuing Education webinar series, this month they are adding a “High Five from Nature” series. Don’t we all need a little encouragement from nature in our lives right now? In each webinar, presenters will go over five species or concepts on a theme. These will be somewhat informal webinars of varying […]
Friday, April 24, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM This Clifton Institute program is online. Please register if you would like to watch live so we can communicate and share links via email. Participants will listen to the songs of each of the migratory warblers that pass through our region in spring, while looking at spectrograms […]
Friday, April 10, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM No Way Home: The Decline of the World’s Great Animal Migrations, by David Wilcove, exposes readers to the wonders and perils of animal movement across the landscape. Clifton Institute offers multiple online options for participation, including a Facebook discussion group and a live online meeting at the […]
Was Tuesday, April 7, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Here is the link to the recording: https://vimeo.com/405546899 Join the Clifton Institute in celebrating International Beaver Day! Alison Zak will give a live, online presentation on the challenges and benefits to coexisting with beavers. Please register if you would like to watch live so we can […]
Because of the pandemic, the DC Environmental Film Festival is streaming its movies through the end of March. Most are free to watch. About the festival: The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF) is the world’s premier showcase of environmentally themed films. Since 1993, its mission has been to celebrate Earth and inspire understanding […]
Smithsonian Science How Bring a Smithsonian Scientist into your classroom with Smithsonian Science How! Check out the Science How schedule below to get started, or preview our formats by watching a program from our video webcast archives. Video Webcasts These free, interactive, live video webcasts take questions from your students while introducing them to science concepts and […]
Suffering from their own global pandemic, frogs have few places to hide from mowers, pesticides and fungal disease. But helping them starts at home, right in your own backyard. As Italians sang in hope and unity from their balconies last week, a different kind of national anthem played outside my window an ocean away. American […]
VMN HQ is looking for volunteers willing to do a very tedious, at-home computer task of editing the captions for VMN Continuing Education webinar videos. If this fits your skills and interest, see below for details. Volunteers chosen to assist with this project will be able to report their hours to the VMN Statewide Administration project. Cheers, […]
In November 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the formation of the U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions group and presented the first set of 2030 Champions. U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions are businesses and organizations that have made a public commitment to […]