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Eco-Friendly Fridays is an environmental education webinar series. Join the Alabama Extension team for training sessions on traditional conservation topics as well as new and emerging issues in environmental education. This free virtual series offers effective best management practices (BMPs) aimed at safeguarding human, animal, and environmental health and practical solutions to help reduce your ecological footprint. Whether you are an educator, an environmental professional, or a nature lover, tune in to discover how you can become a better steward of the environment and its precious resources.
Tune in on the Second Friday of the Month
When: The second Friday of the month from 11 a.m. until Noon CT.
Where: Online with Zoom
Zoom Registration
Registration is required to attend this webinar series. The Zoom meeting number and link will be provided upon completion of the online registration. Visit www.aces.edu/go/EcoFriendlyFridays to register.
New to Zoom? Visit the Zoom website to watch a video that will help you prepare to attend.
Dates and Topics
- February 14—Trees for Bees with Jack Rowe, Alabama Extension Forestry, Wildlife, and Natural Resources Agent
- March 14—Forever Chemicals: Presence and Testing with Daqian Jiang, University of Alabama Assistant Professor
- April 11—Protecting Your Landscape Trees From Construction Damage with Joel Potter, Alabama Extension Urban Home Horticulture Regional Agent
- May 9—Fifteen Tried and True Native Plants for North Alabama with Lynne Weninegar, Alabama A&M University Herbarium Director
- August 8—TBA
- September 12—TBA
- October 10—How and Why Pruning Shapes Trees Over Time with Joel Potter, Alabama Extension Urban Home Horticulture Regional Agent
- November 14—Winter Bird Feeding with Roosevelt Robinson, Alabama Extension Urban Forestry, Wildlife, and Natural Resources Regional Agent
Take the Survey
Did you join us for an Eco-Friendly Friday session? We want to hear from you! Take just a minute or two and fill out the short survey below and tell us what you think. These surveys not only help better our programs but also help determine federal and state funding. This funding allows us to continue providing affordable, research-based education to you and your family. Thank you!
Take the Eco-Friendly Friday Survey at www.aces.edu/go/ecofriendlysurvey.
More Information
Contact Allyson Shabel or Karnita Garner for more information about this series or to learn about other environmental programs offered throughout the state.
UESEP: Urban Environmental Science Education Program provides adults and youth with natural resource conservation strategies that lead to improved environmental awareness and stewardship.
Engaging Citizens through Environmental Education is the UESEP component that provides a framework for citizens to become better environmental stewards by identifying emerging environmental issues and by providing unbiased science-based information to aid in their understanding of these pertinent issues.
This work is supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Renewable Resources Extension Act Program (#1012197) and Capacity Building Grant Program #2017-38821-26426.
