Tag: news-import
Saving Animals: The Coolest Thing We Do
June 30, 2011By Mike Weilbacher, Executive Director
The Schuylkill Center does a lot of exceptionally cool things: we teach thousands of people, protect hundreds of acres of habitat.
But just maybe the coolest thing we do is save animals. Lots and lots of animals.
Yesterday, WMMR’s Pierre Robert was given the honor of releasing a snapping turtle—a remarkably ancient predator—into the Schuylkill River, the same turtle he brought to our Wildlife Clinic almost 14 months ago. After 14 months of TLC—at great cost to the center—the world is richer by one turtle.
[caption id="attachment_61" align="alignleft" width="200"] Pierre and Thomas Share a Parting…
‘Facts and Fables: Stories of the Natural World’ Art Exhibit Explores Our Experiences with Nature
June 22, 2011[caption id="attachment_43" align="alignleft" width="300"] Opening Reception: June 25th 4pm-7pm[/caption]
"In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we have been taught. " - Baba Dioum
Stories normalize the strange and explain the confounding. Our relationship with the environment is in a state of constant flux, and as an environmental education center, we are always updating how and what we teach about the natural world. As our ways of seeing the world develop, the stories we believe in evolve and expand. Our relationship to our stories is tenuous,…
Growing a Bumper Crop of Butterflies
June 16, 2011By Mike Weilbacher, Executive Director
I love it when a plan works: walking up the back steps at my home this week, I glanced at the large pots where we keep our kitchen garden. What caught my eye was a bump on the end of a sprig of dill: a hunchbacked but handsomely striped insect, the unmistakable caterpillar of the black swallowtail, one of our largest, most striking butterflies.
But wait! A smaller lump below the caterpillar on another leaf was actually a second one. Then I spotted a third. Wait, there are six. No ten. Omigosh: I am the…
Welcome to Our Blog!
June 7, 2011Hello friends of nature and conservation!
Welcome to the brand new blog for The Schuylkill Center. Here we hope to educate, entertain and inform you with posts about environmental science, our local 'green' community here in Philadelphia, eco-art, workshop opportunities, and more!
Subscribe today to be the first to read our inaugural post - coming soon!
In the meantime, stay up to date with us on our website (www.schuylkillcenter.org).
-The Schuylkill Center Staff
