In case you haven't picked up that snazzy brochure the Grand Rapids Public Library has out that tells about their Earth Week events I thought I'd share them with you. Here's a look at what you can find this week:
April 21 4-6pm
Seymour branch
Container Gardening Workshop
-Container gardening makes gardening possible for anyone who has access to a bit of sunshine. Members of the Heartside Gardeners will help you create a container garden - great for those without yards! Participants will leave with a bucket of Snap Peas or Potato seedlings.
April 21 7-9pm
Main Library
Scientists are the New Rock Stars
-As it gets easier and cheaper to prototype new things, a new generation of tinkerers and experimenters are creating new things that are beneficial to all - as art, design, sustainable technologies. Hear more about Scott Beibin's experiments in ars technica during this live multimedia spectacle exploring fuzzy and quirky lines between hard science, social science, and metaphysics with hands-on examples of environmentally sustainable art and technologies.
April 22 7-9pm
Main Library
Pandora's Locks: How the St. Lawrence Seaway and Ocean Freighters Ruined the Great Lakes
-Jeff Alexander is the author of this book and he will be discussing his theory of how opening the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959 and allowing ocean freighters into the Great Lakes, accidentally unleashed an environmental disaster that will cause more damage than the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
