Learn from recognized experts in their field when The Whitney Laboratory presents their monthly public lecture series. Presentations include current science topics, plus subjects from on-going research programs at the Lab. This month’s lecture is Plight of the honeybee with Dr. Jamie Ellis, Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida.
7 p.m.
Admission is Free
Whitney Lab’s Center for Marine Studies, 9505 Ocean Shore Blvd., Palm Coast, FL
Call 904.461.4000
Gray’s Reef 2008 Ocean Film Festival
“The mission of the GrayÃs Reef Ocean Film Festival is to educate, inspire and enlighten coastal Georgia residents about the world’s oceans and the issues facing them. We use films to explore the beauty of the sea, the complexity of the marine ecosystem, the creatures that inhabit it, our maritime heritage and humankindÃs relationship with the oceans and the environment in a positive, healthy, family-oriented format.”
Four Days, 50 Films
September 18, 19, 20 & 21, 2008
For more information visit Gray’s Reef website
Watts Up…? Mad Science Saturday in Charleston
Explore the wonderful world of electricity. Experiment with static electricity, grounding, and a Van de Graaf generator! Beware – we may turn a good hair day into a bad hair day! Every month The Charleston Museum offers a special Saturday program dedicated to providing an educational as well as exciting experience for the whole family. Join us each month for a different themed event including presentations and craft projects for children of all ages.
Free with general admission – FREE for Museum members; $10/adults, $5/children, under 3 FREE
photo credit: Peter Kaminski
EverGreen Family Festival in Ponte Vedra with New Date
This festival got moved to a new date due to Hurrican Fay. So mark your calendars and stop by the Cultural Center for an environmentally-themed Family Festival on September 20th! This special day is FREE for our community.
Chalk artist Jo Sinclair will greet you & invite you to create “green-sterpiece,” stroll through a cool rain forest in the courtyard, create a butterfly garden at the JAXPORT & TREE HILL Nature Center butterfly activity table, stop by Guana Research Reserve’s estuary table and make a fun fish project, visit the the JAX4KIDS.com art activity table, visit the water station and Fazzini’s Coffee refreshment area, enjoy special performances and demonstrations throughout the day by Cultural Center artists and instructors, help your child make drums out of recycled Boar’s Head Brand boxes, visit young local artist Chloe Cannan at her recycled art table, get your American Lung Association green tatoo, visit Marie Hurst/GreenSpace Interior Design’s green room filled with fun activities for kids and families, listen to Cultural Center artist Lois Simon read her children’s book, MAC (The Story of a Happy Apple), Cable Spence Kazoo Band will play in the courtyard and more!
For more information about the festival, please contact Ponte Vedra Cultural Center
50 Executive Way, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
(904) 280-0614 or visit the website at www.ccpvb.org
Oyster Shell Bagging Event – Brunswick, Georgia
G.E.O.R.G.I.A. Shell Bagging Event in Brunswick, Georgia
The University of Georgia’s Marine Extension Service coordinates a community-based oyster restoration project called GEORGIA (Generating Enhanced Oyster Reefs in Georgia’s Inshore Areas). This program recycles oyster shell to create new oyster reefs, and enhances stewardship and public awareness of the importance of oyster reef habitat along the Georgia coast.
Bagging takes place at new Brunswick Shell Recycling Center on September 6th near DNR Headquarters. Please RSVP.
Call Casey Sanders at 912-264-7323 visit the website for more information.