APRIL 2008

April 5:           Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival, hosted by the Land Trust of Treasure Valley, Boise Centre on the Grove, www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org.

 

April 12:         MK Nature Center Spring Work Day, 12:30 - 5 pm.Volunteers needed to tidy and prep planting beds for spring. Wear appropriate clothes for outdoor work in all weather conditions. Please call Brenda Buckley at 287-2901 if interested in helping out.

 

April 17:         Sustainable architect and designer William McDonough speaks at BSU as part of their Distinguished Lecture series, www.boisestate.edu.

 

April 18:         Idaho Earth Institute’s Turtle Talk, 7:00 to 8:30pm.  “Environmental Education/Clubs” relating to the Healthy Children Healthy Planet, NWEI course.  Dick Jordan, teacher and advisor for Timberline H.S.’s TREE (Teens Restoring Earth’s Environment) club, will talk about starting eco clubs and being an environmental educator. Location: Timberline High School, Room 215, 701 E Boise Avenue.

 

April 19:         Idaho Earth Institute sustainable-plants sale, Lucy's Coffee Shop, corner Broadway & Belmont (near BSU), 10 am - 2 pm.
All selections are organic. Most are also xeric and/or native.

 

Idaho Native Plant Society plant sale at MK Nature Center.

 

April 19 & 20: 1st Annual 2-Day Earth Day Celebration, sponsored by Idahoans for Music & the Environment, and Farmer Brown’s,  at Farmer Brown’s, Star Rd & Chinden. Music, food, art and educational booths. For info on setting up a display or conducting a workshop, contact Katherine at idahome411@gmail.com. Interested bands and food vendors should contact Seth J. Brown, Farmer Brown’s: farmerbrownsfriends@yahoo.com.

 

April 26:         Idaho Botanical Garden Plant Sale. Fri 4/25 4-8pm mbrs only, Sat 4/26 9am-3pm public.

MAY 2008

 

May 1:           “Once upon the trolley: Boise’s electric road” talk by Barbara Perry Bauer. Part of Fettuccine Forum series in the Rose Room, 5 pm, 718 W. Idaho Street. Free appetizers. Fettuccini $5.

“The Great Turning to a Life Sustaining Society,” talk by Joanna Macy as part of the Kessler-Keener series. Workshop May 2, 3 & 4. “For peace, justice, and life on Earth, fresh ways of seeing arise, and ancient ways return.” - J. Macy. www.joannamacy.net. Local contact: Ed Keener, edmakeener@cableone.net, 429-0266.

 

May 12 – 17:  Boise Bike Week. Kick off the week with National Bike to work day on May 12 and end on Friday with the Pedal Power Parade. Go to www.biketreasurevalley.org to learn about the week’s events.