Public Event
National Library Week Event: A Day with Animals from the Creature Conservancy
Saturday April 16, 2016: 1:00pm to
2:00pm
Pittsfield Branch: Program Room
Grades K-5
Public Event
A Day with Animals from the Creature Conservancy for Teens & Adults
Saturday April 23, 2016: 2:00pm to
3:00pm
Pittsfield Branch: Program Room
Grade 6 - Adult
Lectures & Panel Discussions
City Of Ann Arbor 2016 Sustainable Ann Arbor Forum: Looking to the Future: Ann Arbor in 2025
Thursday April 7, 2016: 7:00pm to
8:30pm
Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room
Lectures & Panel Discussions
City Of Ann Arbor 2016 Sustainable Ann Arbor Forum: Land Use and Access
Thursday March 3, 2016: 7:00pm to
8:30pm
Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room
Lectures & Panel Discussions
City of Ann Arbor 2016 Sustainable Ann Arbor Forum: Resource Management
Thursday February 4, 2016: 7:00pm to
8:30pm
Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room
Crafts
Spring Seed Bombs!
Saturday May 14, 2016: 3:00pm to
4:00pm
Downtown Library: Secret Lab
All Ages
Crafts
Shoebox Cities!
Monday February 15, 2016: 2:00pm to
3:30pm
Malletts Creek Branch: Program Room
Grades 2-8
Blog Post
It's Easy Being Green: A Sustainable Living Expo / Sunday, September 27, 12:30-5:30 PM
by erin
It's Easy Being Green is a day-long learning, local buying, and eating exposition celebrating living a life that’s better for the planet and not so hard on the wallet. From supporting efforts to reduce your carbon footprint to learning homesteading skills for living a more hands-on, DIY life, It's Easy Being Green has you covered!
Join us on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, from 12:30-5:30 PM. The library is open from 12:00-6:00PM. FREE Parking on Sundays too!
The Expo features:
A Keynote presentation, "Plants, Pollinators, and Why They Matter," plus 11 learning sessions on a variety of topics including bike commuting, rain & container gardening, permaculture, fermentation, and more.
Over 20 vendors selling upcycled, recycled, handmade wares including jewelry, clothes, bath products, artwork, wool and other fibers. Plus vendors selling mushroom growing kits, outdoor animal keeping supplies, fermented products, and shrubs (drinking vinegars). Vendors include The Brinery, McClary Brothers Drinking Vinegars, Ann Arbor Seed Company, Happy Fuzzy Yarn, Divine Iguana, Lead Head Glass, among others.
Opportunities to chat with representatives from area organizations such as Recycle Ann Arbor, Project Grow, Ann Arbor Backyard Beekeepers, Sic Transit, Natural Area Preservation, Slow Food Huron Valley, Agrarian Adventure, Leslie Science & Nature Center, Ecology Center, and other green neighbors.
There will be three outdoor food vendors: The Shimmy Shack (vegetarian/vegan), and Mani Strada (the new venture from the Mani Osteria & Isalita purveyors) and Hello Ice Cream..
Learning Sessions Schedule:
12:30-1:15
Keynote: Plants, Pollinators, and Why They Matter with Joseph Tychonievich, Greensparrow Gardens
1:30-2:15
Family Bike Commuting with Michael Firn of Sic Transit Cycles
Container Gardening with Growing Hope
2:30-3:15
Rain Gardens with Jesse Tack of Abundant MI Permaculture and Whole Culture Repair
Mending Workshop with Karen LePage of Gentle Clothing
Bee Keeping with Jamie Berlin of Ypsi Melissa
3:30-4:15
Permaculture with the People’s Food Co-Op
Keeping Animals with Harnois Farms
4:30-5:15
Intro to Canning with Cynthia Hodges
Vermiculture with Starr Valley Farms
Fermentation 101 with The Brinery
Blog Post
Come on a Nature Walk Thursday, August 6 at Furstenberg Nature Area!
by eapearce
As part of the Ann Arbor District Library's partnership with Natural Area Preservation, we organize nature walks at various local natural areas throughout the summer! These walks are appropriate for all ages, especially those interested in learning about local flora and fauna. This coming Thursday, August 6, the nature walk will be at Furstenberg Nature Area. This 38-acre park, located off of Fuller Road, contains mesic forest, prairie and wetland ecosystems. The land was first acquired by the City of Ann Arbor in 1971 and much of the 1980s were spent turning it into the park it is today.
The walk begins at 7:00pm and goes until 8:30pm. We'll meet in the parking lot off of Fuller Road. Wear shoes that can get a little muddy and bring water and bug spray if you'd like!
If you're interested in learning more about the ecosystems and communities in the Huron River watershed, try the lovely little book Along the Huron: the natural communities along the Huron river corridor in Ann Arbor, Michigan, available in the library's collection.
Blog Post
Nature Walk @ Barton Nature Area this Thursday
by eapearce
The Ann Arbor District Library and Natural Area Preservation team up each year to offer a series of informative walks at local nature areas throughout the summer. This year's first nature walk will take place this Thursday, May 7 from 7:00-8:30pm at the Barton Nature Area.
Barton Nature Area is a 102-acre park located along the Huron River divided into two sections. A variety of ecosystems can be seen in Barton, including old field, prairie, wet shrubland, mesic forest and emergent marsh. A representative from NAP will lead the walk, offer information about native plants and animals, and about the landscape, and answer questions. We'll meet in the parking lot off of Huron River Drive, just north of Bird Rd. Wear comfortable shoes and clothes and bring water if you'd like.
Other walks this summer will take place at Argo Nature Area, Furstenburg Nature Area and Black Pond Woods.