Posted by Anne W on Monday, Jun 5, 2017
We'll be having lots of fun every Friday this summer - drop in between 1 and 2 p.m. each week for sustainability, conservation, and nature-themed activities for school-age children during a program called Earth-Friendly Fridays!
Our first week will be spent mixing up homemade suet and making "upcycled" bird feeders out of kitschy coffee mugs. Later in the summer, we'll make wildflower seed bombs, rock and bone necklaces, tee shirt tote bags, local food snacks, and much more.
Some special guests will join us from time to time, too! You won't want to miss Professor K.W. Therm and his Energy Extravaganza, for instance - plus Johnson County Master Gardener Jackie Wellborn will tell us how to save the honeybees.
Check out the full Earth Friendly Fridays calendar here.
About the Author
Anne W. works in Children's Services and Collection Services. She loves to read, go on low-budget road trips (especially to camp and hike in national parks), and drink craft beer on a patio. Anne W. enjoys visiting thrift stores, but is also a minimalist. Anne W. has two daughters, a husband, and three cats. Anne W. divides her reading...
A hilarious fable about the perils of greed! A cute dung beetle is happy living in nature, collecting enough dung to have a simple yet comfortable life, and no more. But when a leopard suggests he go to a farm where there is an abundance of dung free for the taking, the beetle finds himself amassing more and more dung, to the point that it is a health hazard, he's paranoid that the beetles he's enlisted as "workers" are stealing from him, he's stressed out, exhausted, and unhappy. Will the dung beetle be able to slough off the dung and find balance in his life again? -Anne W