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The Richland Conservation District is selling rain barrel systems for $90 each. Click here to learn more. To purchase a rain barrel, e-mail Charlie Fisher or call 803-576-2080.
February 2010
February 2 - Groundhog Day: Exploring Light and Shadow in the Garden, 3:30 - 5:00 pm at the Carolina Children's Garden (at the Clemson University Sandhill Research and Education Center). $2 per child supplies fee. Limit 15. Register via e-mail or phone (803-459-3212). Additional times may be available upon request. Recommended for ages 5-12, but all are welcome. Click here for more information, including directions to the Garden.
February 3 - Green Steps Workshop in Aiken County
Time: 1:30 - 3:00 pm
Location: South Aiken High School (232 East Pinelog Road, Aiken, SC)
Registration Required: E-mail kristy03@bellsouth.net. Teachers and mentors must register a week in advance and need to check the website two days in advance to confirm there are enough registrants to hold the training.
February 11 - Green Steps Workshop: Eco-Education Through Music, 4:00 - 5:00 pm at Sonoco Recycling (1132 Idlewilde Blvd, Columbia). E-mail Jane Hiller to register.
February 12 - Vermi-Valentines: Love Your Soil!, 3:30 - 5:00 pm at the Carolina Children's Garden (at the Clemson University Sandhill Research and Education Center). $2 per child supplies fee. Limit 15. Register via e-mail or phone (803-459-3212). Additional times may be available upon request. Recommended for ages 5-12, but all are welcome. Click here for more information, including directions to the Garden.
february 15 (presidents' day) - Great Backyard Bird Count: Clemson Sandhill Rally, 8:30-10:00 am at the Carolina Children's Garden (at the Clemson University Sandhill Research and Education Center). FREE. Register via e-mail or phone (803-459-3212). *Training for the GBBC can be provided, upon request, for groups of 5 or more (children and/or adults) during the weeks leading up to the North American observance of the GBBC February 12-15. Click here for more information, including directions to the Garden.
March 2010
March 3 - Green Steps regional TraininG in Cherokee County
Time: 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Location: Cherokee County Clemson Extension Office (1100 West Floyd Baker Blvd., Gaffney, SC 29341. Take exit 92 off
I-85. Turn towards Gaffney. The office is 1 mile on the left, directly across the street from Bi-Lo, in a small brick building with a yellow title loans sign. We are around back in the basement).
Registration Required: Cherokee County schools and mentors e-mail Alana Willingham. Spartanburg County schools and mentors email Erica Shanks. Teachers and mentors must register a week in advance and need to check the website two days in advance to confirm there are enough registrants to hold the training.
March 11 - Green Steps Workshop: Learn to help your students "measure their carbon footprints", 4:00 - 5:00 pm at Sonoco Recycling (1132 Idlewilde Blvd, Columbia). This activity is a requirement for schools applying for the CONSERVE Energy Project of the SC Green Step Schools Initiative. E-mail Jane Hiller to register.
March 17 - Green in the Garden: St. Patrick's Day Celebration, 3:30 - 5:00 pm at the Carolina Children's Garden (at the Clemson University Sandhill Research and Education Center). FREE. Drop-ins welcome. Click here for more information, including directions to the Garden.
March 20 - Vernal Equinox Observance, 1:00 - 2:30 pm at the Carolina Children's Garden (at the Clemson University Sandhill Research and Education Center). $2 per child supplies fee. Limit 15. Register via e-mail or phone (803-459-3212). Additional times may be available upon request. Recommended for ages 5-12, but all are welcome. Click here for more information, including directions to the Garden.
March 25- Green Steps TraininG in Florence County
Time: 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Location: Environmental Discovery Center at Lynches River County Park (Turn off Highway 52 on West Old Number 4 Highway and follow signs to the Park. Turn left into the first parking lot after entering the park. The Environmental Discovery Center is the wooden building at the end of the sidewalk.)
Registration Required: Email Terasa Young tyoung@florenceco.org. Teachers and mentors must register at least one week in advance and need to check the website two days in advance to confirm there are enough registrants to hold the training.
March 27 - Pollination Parade, 1:00 - 2:30 pm at the Carolina Children's Garden (at the Clemson University Sandhill Research and Education Center). $2 per child supplies fee. Limit 15. Register via e-mail or phone (803-459-3212). Additional times may be available upon request. Recommended for ages 5-12, but all are welcome. Click here for more information, including directions to the Garden.
April 2010
April 2 - Egg Hunt, 3:30 - 5:00 pm at the Carolina Children's Garden (at the Clemson University Sandhill Research and Education Center). FREE. Drop-ins welcome. Click here for more information, including directions to the Garden.
April 8 - Workshop: Celebration Ideas for Earth Day (April 22), 4:00 - 5:00 pm at Sonoco Recycling (1132 Idlewilde Blvd, Columbia). E-mail Jane Hiller to register.
April 22 - Earth Day
June 2010
JUNE 11 - GREEN STEPS Workshop at the EEASC Conference in Columbia, More information coming soon. Questions? E-mail Jane Hiller.
JUNE 16 - 25 - SC Teachers' tour, Teaching Sustainable Forestry through Environmental Education (4 or 7 day option). For general information: www.trees.sc.gov/tour.htm. Interested educators must complete and submit a 2010 Application by the deadline of April 15, 2010: http://www.trees.sc.gov/tourapp.pdf. Successful applicants will be notified by May 15, 2010. 2010 agenda: http://www.state.sc.us/forest/tourag.pdf.