Excellent point, @AgroecologyMap ! Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday!
#naturebasedlearning
The Young Tree Grower’s Guide
https://treegrowersguide.org.uk/ytgg/
#SolarPunkSunday #Trees #Nature #NatureBasedLearning #GrowingTrees #WildLife #BioDiversity #Education #FreeStuff
News From Earth.Org Kids
https://kids.earth.org/
#SolarPunkSunday #Nature #WildLife #BioDiversity #NatureBasedLearning #Education #Environment #Climate
Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland (BSBI): Botanical Skills Webinars
https://bsbi.org/botanical-skills-webinars
#SolarPunkSunday #Botany #Webinars #Education #NatureBasedLearning #UK #Ireland #Plants #Nature
South Downs National Park Authority Upcoming Events
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/south-downs-national-park-authority-9884472334
#SolarPunkSunday #SouthDowns #Nature #WildLife #BioDiversity #SouthDownsNationalPark #YouthAction #NatureBasedLearning #FreeEvents #UK
#Maine - Autumn Adventure Day at #BradburyMountainStatePark
Date: October 25, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Location: 528 Hallowell Road, #PownalME
State Park: #BradburyMountain
Event Type: #NatureExploration, Special Event
"Join us for a full day of family-friendly fun featuring #LeaveNoTrace principles. Our Autumn Adventure festival will lead you through a wide range of fall activities throughout the entire park. Come experience fall crafts, hands-on learning demonstrations, and guided hikes while practicing minimum impact on the outdoors."
Activities Include:
- 10:00 AM Language of Nature walk to the summit
- A guided 2-hour hike with Maine Guide and Maine Naturalist Jeanne Christy. - 11:00 AM Maine Wilderness and Rescue guided hike and demonstration of mountain rescue at the Quarry
- 12:00 PM Amazing Adaptations presented by the Maine Center for Wildlife.
- 1:00 PM Nature as my Muse presented by the Maine Center for Wildlife
- 3:00 PM Leave No Trace Principles presented by Maine Leave No Trace Advocate Tom O'Brien
- 3:30 PM Leave No Trace Trail of Treats: A self-guided hike through the Seven Principles
- 5:00 PM Fire lightning with hot dogs and s'mores
- 7:00 PM Outdoor movie
Contact Name: The Park
Contact Phone: (207) 688-4712
Website: https://www.maine.gov/dacf/parks/trail_activities/bradbury_trail_conditions.shtml
Cost:
Free with Park Admission: Adult Maine Resident = $4. Adult Non-Resident = $6. Senior Non-Resident = $2. Children 5-11 years = $1. Maine Seniors and Children under 5 are free.
#SolarPunkSunday #MaineParks
#MaineEvents #Maine #Nature #SpendTimeInNature #NatureBasedLearning
#MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime
Railwayland Project, Lewes, Sussex, UK
Free course for 14-25 yrs
Social Media Content Creation and Photography for Nature
2-30 October 4.00-6.15pm Linklater Pavilion, Railway Lane, Lewes, BN7 2FG
email: naturelinks@railwaylandproject.org
text: 07579 852 961
https://www.railwaylandproject.org/nature-links
#Education #Photography #Nature #UK #NatureBasedLearning #WildLife #Lewes #Sussex #SolarPunkSunday
#WellsME - Native #NewEngland #Shrubs
Saturday, October 4, 2025,
10:30am – 1:00pm
"Join Boot Boutwell to explore the world of native New England shrubs in autumn!
"Shrubs are a key part of New England landscapes. This program will take a close look at about ten common native New England shrubs, such as high bush blueberry, silky dogwood, sheep laurel, meadowsweet and steeplebush as well as a few non-native invasive shrubs. The program will focus on plant identification as well as fun and interesting #NaturalHistory. We’ll see a plant which colonial Americans used to make candles, a plant whose fruit sea captains used to bring on long voyages to help prevent scurvy, and a plant which the Chippewa used to restore balance in their lives. And as winter is coming and the leaves are going, we’ll also consider some winter identification characteristics. Children ages 10 and up are welcome to register if accompanied by an adult."
Please note: Program fee does not include site admission fee.
Laudholm Members: Free (become a member)
Under 6: Free
Ages 6 to 16: $2
Over 16: $6
Pricing:
Members: $10.00
Non-Members: $13.00
Reservations
Required
FMI and to register:
https://wellsreserve.org/event/77001/native-new-england-shrubs
#SolarPunkSunday #SpendTimeInNature #NaturePreserve #NatureBasedLearning #MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime #PlantIdentification #Maine #MaineEvents #LaudholmPreserve
#FullMoon Observation & Yoga on #MountBattie
Division / Program: Parks and Lands
Date: September 7, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Camden Hills State Park, 280 Belfast Road Camden, ME 04843
State Park: Camden Hills
Event Type: Nature Exploration
Arrive at 7:00 p.m. at the summit for yoga with Nicole Lazure, Outdoor Recreation Planner for the Bureau of Parks and Lands, then enjoy the full "Corn" Moon from the top of Mount Battie. The gate will be open until 10:00 p.m. Bring your binoculars and telescopes. This is a self-guided viewing.
Contact Name: The Park
Contact Phone: (207) 236-3109
Cost: Programs are free with park admission. Day use: $1.00 ages 5-11, $4.00 Maine residents age 12-64, $6.00 non residents age 12-64, $2.00 non residents 65+; persons under 5 & Maine residents 65+ free
#SolarPunkSunday #LunarPunkSunday #MaineParks #MaineEvents
#Maine #Nature #SpendTimeInNature
#NatureBasedLearning #MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime
Kingcombe Visitor Centre At Dorset WildLife Trust
https://www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/kingcombevisitorcentre
#SolarPunkSunday #Trees #NatureWalks #NatureReserves #Woods #Rivers #WildLife #Dorset #WildLifeTrusts #BioDiversity #Birds #Insects #NatureBasedLearning
Irish Wildlife Trust Free Download
The Secret Life Of Solitary Bees
https://iwt.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IWT-Spring-2020-The-SecretLifeOfSolitaryBees.pdf
#SolarPunkSunday #WildLife #Ireland #WildLifeTrusts #Nature #Education #BioDiversity #Community #Forests #NatureBasedLearning #Pollinators #Bees
Scottish Wildlife Trust Pre-School Events At Falls of Clyde.
Every month on a Friday morning, 10am-12:30pm, starting Friday 12 September.
https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/2025/09/badger-cubs-forest-play-is-back/
#SolarPunkSunday #WildLife #Scotland #WildLifeTrusts #Nature #Education #BioDiversity #Community #Forests #NatureBasedLearning
Scottish Wildlife Trust Discovery Den: "..how to make a pond in a bucket.. woodland games.. library of nature-themed activities.. handy activity packs.."
https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/learn/
#Scotland #ScottishWildLifeTrust #WildLifeTrusts #NatureBasedLearning #Nature #WildLife #Trees #Woods #Ponds #SolarPunkSunday
#Technology for #Luddites
What Digital Does to Our Brains
April 30, 2015 by kris de decker
via #NoTechMagazine
Illustration by Luis Quiles
"It turns out that digital devices and software are finely tuned to train us to pay attention to them, no matter what else we should be doing. The mechanism, borne out by recent neuroscience studies, is something like this:
- New information creates a rush of dopamine to the brain, a neurotransmitter that makes you feel good.
- The promise of new information compels your brain to seek out that dopamine rush.
"With fMRIs, you can see the brain’s pleasure centres light up with activity when new emails arrive.
"So, every new email you get gives you a little flood of dopamine. Every little flood of dopamine reinforces your brain’s memory that checking email gives a flood of dopamine. And our brains are programmed to seek out things that will give us little floods of dopamine. Further, these patterns of behaviour start creating neural pathways, so that they become unconscious habits: Work on something important, brain itch, check email, dopamine, refresh, dopamine, check Twitter, dopamine, back to work. Over and over, and each time the habit becomes more ingrained in the actual structures of our brains.”
https://www.notechmagazine.com/2015/04/what-digital-does-to-our-brains.html
#SolarPunkSunday #TechAddiction #MoreGreenTime #BoardGames #Gardening #NatureBasedLearning #Greenbathing #TheLudditeClub #NeoLuddites #MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime
"Social Farms & Gardens is a UK wide charity supporting communities to farm, garden and grow together.
We believe in the power of nature-based activities and community. Our 3,000 members bring nature into people’s lives every day. Through projects and partnerships, we work with communities for people and the planet."
https://www.farmgarden.org.uk/
#SolarPunkSunday #Farms #Gardening #Community #Nature #CityFarms #Education #NatureBasedLearning
So, I've been gathering up articles about #UrbanGardening and related topics. #RepairCafes, #Rewilding, #NatureBasedLearning, and #CriticalMass / #BicyclingEvents are also on my mind. What #SolarPunkSunday topics are on your mind?
Taking another break to post more cool events happening in #Maine. A little weekday #SolarPunkSunday / #NatureBasedLearning / #GreenTime action!
Learn to Clam at #ReidStatePark
Date: August 1, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: 375 Seguinland Road, #GeorgetownME 04548
State Park: Reid
Event Type: #NatureExploration
"Learn about Maine's clams and try your hand at clam digging with Shellfish Warden John Hentz and the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust. Meet at Todd's Point parking lot near the Clam Trail. Bring mud boots and gloves.
"Program may be canceled due to continuous precipitation or lightning in the area."
Contact Name: The Park
Contact Phone: 207-371-2303
Cost: Programs are free with park admission. Day use: $1.00 ages 5-11, $6.00 Maine residents age 12-64, $8.00 non residents age 12-64, $2.00 non residents 65+; persons under 5 & Maine residents 65+ free
Co-Sponsor: #KennebecEstuary #LandTrust
#MaineEvents #NatureEvents
#CitizenScience #NatureObservation
#Maine #SolarPunkSunday #NatureBasedLearning
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