Feb 11th: Putting a Face on Global Sustainability: The Impacts of Copenhagen

On Thursday February 11 at 6:30PM in the Green Quad Learning Center, the Green Quad will host a discussion by USC Law Professor Cinnamon Carlarne on the U.N. Climate Change Conference held last year in Copenhagen. The discussion with be a evaluation of the progress and speed of climate change, as well as what is left to be done with emphasis on experiences from other countries, their ways of living and visions for the future. For additional information, contact Jason Craig, GreenQuadLearningCenter for Sustainable Futures  803-777-1994  craigjd@mailbox.sc.edu

For more information, go to http://www.sustainablemidlands.org/

Feb 15th & Feb 22nd  Mayoral Candidate Forums on Environmental Issues:

1)      The John Bachman Group of the Sierra Club will host a mayoral forum on environmental issues on February 15 at 7:00PM in the USC Green Quad Learning Center.  http://www.greenquadcommunity.org/

2)      The "Mayoral Forum on sustainability issues and the environmental challenges facing Columbia" will be held on Monday February 22 at 6:00PM in the Olympia Room of Historic 701 Whaley. Come early to meet and mingle with the candidates at 5:30PM.

USC Belser Arboretum Open House – Sunday Feb 21st

The site is one of Columbia’s most beautiful and unusual properties. Its highly diverse topography is related to its geological history and structure. The large sand dune at the Bloomwood entry gate marks the most westward incursion of the Atlantic Ocean. The dune is primarily sand and rounded, fist-sized stones. Examples of these wave-polished stones can be seen in the retaining wall adjacent to the Bloomwood gate. The higher ridges are quite dry and support upland forest in contrast to the valley, which is characterized by bottomland forest. The cove area is a former streambed, which emptied into the Atlantic Ocean. In earlier days, an earthen dam held rain water in a pond where bald cypress thrived, and today a small cypress swamp is still present. A former stream, now a storm water outlet, tumbles down over 5 cascades into a handsome pool surrounded by ferns and wildflowers. Several underground springs are present in the lowland area by the streambed.

When Sun Feb 21 1pm   Where 4080 Bloomwood Rd. Columbia SC 29205 (map)

http://www.greenquadcommunity.org/