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Events Calendar
Forwarded from Anne Ready, GVED
FILM: 2040 April 11-18 On demand
Gallatin Valley Earth Day and The Valley of the Flowers Project presents 2040. Filmmaker Damon Gameau explores what the future could look like by 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions that exist today. Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prTQ443akE&ab_ channel=MadmanFilms
What others are saying
“Accessible, informative and optimistic look at solutions to the climate crisis...2040 is a rare climate documentary with an optimistic message” — The New York Times “Inspiring and empowering...as entertaining as educational” — The Los Angeles Times “2040 might just shift your world for the better.” --- Liam Maguren, Flicks.co.nz
About 2040
Award-winning director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) embarks on a journey to explore what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them rapidly into the mainstream. Structured as a visual letter to his 4-year-old daughter, Damon blends traditional documentary with dramatized sequences and highend visual effects to create a vision board of how these solutions could regenerate the world for future generations. REGISTER: https://2040-april-11-18. eventbrite.com
TALK: Wind Energy Basics
On demand
Watch it on the Gallatin Valley Earth Day yourtube channel! Visit www.gallatinvalleyearthday.org to access. Join Robb Larson, MSU engineering professor, on Tuesday, April 13 at noon and learn about wind energy in Montana. Also learn about how a wind energy farm transformed the economy of Rawlings, WY from Mayor Terry Weickum. Wind Energy - the fastest growing source of energy Wind Energy is one of the world’s fastest growing sources of energy, and one that directly affects the state of Montana, the northern Rocky Mountain and Pacific Northwest regions, and the nation. Implementation of Wind into our energy portfolio involves many factors including transmission capacity, land usage, environmental issues, social and political topics, and a significant amount of technical engineering work.
What Robb will discuss
In this session Larson will discuss many of these wind energy-related topics, including: • How much wind energy could we produce in Montana? • What wind projects are already in place? • How can we make sure that windmills don’t freeze? • How can we make them more safe for birds? • What are our energy storage options and how does wind fit in with other green electric energy options on the grid?
Robb Larson
Robb Larson is an associate professor in the Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department at Montana State University. His research interests include: Wind Energy, Renewable Energy Technologies, Snow and Avalanche Science, Composite Materials, and Instrumentation. Robb serves as the director of Montana State’s Wind and Renewables Center and has taught courses in Wind and Renewable Energy at MSU for the past 14 years.
Terry Weickum
Terry Weickum is the current mayor of Rawlins, WY where they are iinstalling one of the largest wind farms in the United States. Terry was appointed chairman of the Wind Task Force committee for the Wyoming County Commissioners Association. He was Chairman of the Carbon County commissioners. Terry is a past Chairman of the Republican party for Carbon County where he served for 2 years
FESTIVAL: Gallatin Valley Earth Day Festival at the Bozeman Public Library
April 17 10am - 1 pm
Exhibits ~ Children’s Activities ~ Food ~ Music Clean Up Day - City of Bozeman and Bozeman Beautification Advisory Board are handling out totes for cleaning up Bozeman. The totes include vests, trash bags, gloves.
Exhibits
• Electric car • “Ride” an electric Harley Davidson bike on a stand/ also children size bike
• Composting • Solar panels • Native plants • Seed exchange info • Climate action • BHS Solar Schools club • Wildlife info • Water Conservation • Start from the library and follow a storybook trail to the Indreland Audubon wetlands nearby
Children’s Activities
• Making musical instruments from recycled materials • Montana Science Museum activity • Indreland Audubon Wetlands Science project • much more!
Music
Great music from Taylor Burlage and his band members.
Food
Delicious food provided by The Ugly Onion
~COVID safe guidlelines will be followed ~
TALK: “Bridger Bowl is For The Birds”
April 18 On demand
Bridger Bowl presents “Landscaping for Birds”. The Bridger mountains are a primary North American migration route for raptors. More than 15 species, including Golden Eagle and Bald Eagle, might be viewed over the course of the annual raptor count. 2021 marks the 30th year of the field work conducted on Bridger Bowl’s ridge during September and October, culminating in Bridger’s annual Raptor Fest in early October. But the Bridger range is also home to more than 30 species of songbirds. Bridger Bowl is committed to protecting its bird life - learn what you can do to support birds at home. Watch “Landscaping for Birds” Powerpoint by Paulette Epple/ Sacajawea Audubon https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=DSQkdbpcX8&t=717s.
The Effect of Climate Change on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem” Dr. Cathy Whitlock April 19 On demand
Bridger Bowl presents “The Effect of Climate Change on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem” Dr. Cathy Whitlock, Phd, Research Professor, Regents Professor Emirita of Earth Sciences, Fellow of the Montana Institute on Ecosystems Watch https://www.tedxbigsky. com/portfolio/awakening-to-endlesschange/ There is no doubt that climate change is affecting skiing, whether at ski areas or in the backcountry, with changes in weather patterns and more extreme weather events occurring. Bridger Bowl’s commitment to actions and policies that engender change at the local, national and global level is facilitated by our partnerships with Protect Our Winters (link), Montana Renewable Energy Association (link). Dr. Cathy Whitlock, one of the authors of the Governor’s 2017 Montana Climate Assessment presents an overview of what effects we can expect to see, here in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
TALK: Creating a Zero Waste Home
April 19 7:00 pm
Creating a Zero Waste Home with Julie Fathy Virtual talk. Learn the ins and outs of creating a zero waste household from local expert Julie Fathy. REGISTER at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/ register/6404612765023 770123
A Zero Waste Home
Learn about the zero waste lifestyle and practices you can establish at home that are environmentally thoughtful. Julie Fathy will lead you on an inspiring visual journey of her “zero waste” home. She will provide simple and affordable ideas to reduce your consumption and decrease your household waste. You will leave with solutions for creating a beautiful home that honors the earth.
Julie Fathy
For as long as Julie can remember, she’s been drawn to simple and intentional living with deep reverence given to the natural world. As part of her path, she started critically thinking about her family’s waste over a decade ago. Her approach to zero waste has been to consume less, adopt practices of making, thrifting, and mending, and eating a diet that is mostly local, home grown, and cooked from scratch. Julie is a mother to three and lives with her husband and youngest child in the mountains near Bozeman, Montana. Professionally, she founded and coowns a nutrition consulting company. When not working you can find her in the wilderness or immersed in any number of homemaking projects.
April 20 7:00 pm
“Grain by Grain”by Bob Quinn and Liz Carlisle book club discussion. Bozeman Public Library book club
discusses “Grain by Grain” with special guest Bob Quinn. We don’t have to accept stagnating rural communities, degraded soil, or poor health. By following Bob’s example, we can grow a healthy future, grain by grain. For more information https://www. bozemanlibrary.org/services/adults/ book-clubs/bozeman-public-librarybook-club
What people are saying
“Holy cow! I was utterly blown away by this book. I had little expectation for what this book would be (many health related books end up very dry and hard to follow). Not this one! It’s written in a very intriguing way and blends stories, his personal experiences, science, and the history of the modern food system into a very compelling book!” - Jamie Balmet “If you live in Montana, or care about high quality food, or want to more about food systems, organic farming, the value of ancient grains, this book is a good introduction. Bob Quinn is a gem and Liz Carlisle adds her own brilliance to this book. worth your time.” - Goodreads
About Bob Quinn:
Bob Quinn —author of the acclaimed book, “Grain by Grain” - A a leading green businessman. He has a PhD in plant biochemistry; he is not only a leader in Montana for organic and sustainable agriculture, but a leader in alternative energy as well. He served on the first National Organic Standards Board, and has been recognized with the Montana Organic Trade Association Organic Leadership Award, and Rodale Institute’s Organic Pioneer Award. His enterprises include the ancient-grain business Kamut International and Montana’s first wind farm. TALK: People and Wildlife: Conservation and Coexistence
April 21 Noon
Bozeman Public LIbrary’s Community Forum for April: Join Mike Phillips, co-founder and director of the Turner Endangered Species Fund and Lisa Upson, director of People and Carnivores for this Library Community Forum on Wednesday, April 21st at noon. Zoom link:: https://us02web.zoom. us/j/81083440088 As we know, conserving wildlife—in the Gallatin Valley, the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, and in public and private landscapes across Montana and throughout the West— contributes to our lives and livelihoods in many ways, some beyond imagining even 30 or 40 years ago. The central issue of wildlife conservation is coexistence, which is only being magnified by the numbers of people moving into our region. How do we conserve wildlife and promote biodiversity across large landscapes? What are local examples of projects that conserve wildlife on ranches, farms, and public lands? If coexistence with wildlife is a primary focus of conservation, how does it work? How is it working? Lisa Upson, director of People and Carnivores, has worked in large carnivore conservation for 15 years, with a focus on grizzly bear and wolf coexistence. She has also worked as a mediator and taught public administration at the University of Montana. She received her Master in Public Administration at MSU. Mike Phillips is the co-founder and director of the Turner Endangered Species Fund. His work has included the reintroduction of gray wolves to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and working with the Obama administration and the U.S. Senate to pass clean energy jobs and climate change legislation. Mike is a former Montana state legislator, serving from 2006 to 2020. Library Community Forums are free and open to everyone
REUSABLE BAG GIVEAWAY: Grocery Store’s Reusable Bag Giveaway Promotion
April 22 All Day
The following grocery stores will be giving away reusable bags on Earth Day, as long as supplies last! WHEN: April 22, 2021 PARTICIPATING STORES: • Albertson’s - 200 S 23rd Ave · In University Square Shopping Center, Bozeman • Safe way - 1735 W Main St, Bozeman • Town & Country - 1611 S 11th Ave, Bozeman • Town & Country - 219 N 19th Ave, Bozeman • Town & Country - 205 W Madison Ave, Belgrade • Walmart - 1500 N 7th Ave, Bozeman, • Rosauers - 3255 Technology Blvd. W., Bozeman, SEED EXCHANGE: Earth Day Seed Exchange. In Person Event.
April 22
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm The Gallatin Conservation District presents ~ Celebrate Earth Day in the Education and Outreach Center located in Manhattan by picking up FREE wildflower and vegetable seeds saved from our gardens! Feel free to bring your own seeds to share if you’d like. WHERE: Education and Outreach Center 123 S. Broadway Street (Next to the Garden Cafe) COST: Free This will also be another opportunity to sign up for our Gallatin Pollinator Initiative program and pick up your FREE pollinator seed mixes to start your own pollinator plots. We’ll see you in the garden on Earth Day! More information at http:// gallatincd.org/event/earth-dayseedexchange/?instance_id=1000
April 22 7 pm
Join Gallatin Valley Earth Day for a special Earth Day Celebration with local musicians and short films featuring our kids! RSVP: https://bozemanarts-live. com/calendar-2/ The evening includes: a vocal duo of “This Pretty Planet” performed by Kate Bryan and Betsy Wise, Taylor Burlage will play “Deep Beneath” and short films about Earth Day hero kids.
KATE BRYAN
Kate Bryan is a singer/musician with Kate & The AlleyKats. Her life’s mission is to inspire creativity, community and connection through music for people of all ages. She is a teacher (Early Childhood Music Together Kids Classes, MusicTogetherBozeman.com), Summer Music Camp Director (Girlsing Singing, Songwriting & Art Camp, www.GirlSing.com) and Choir Director (Singing Souls Senior Chorus and Groovin’ Choir at Pilgrim Church). To book Kate & The AlleyKats for special events or to learn more about Kate’s community music offerings, visit https://www. KateBryanMusic.com.
BETSY WISE
Betsy Wise lives a life steeped in music, teaching, songwriting, and gigging, with a strong belief in the healing, connecting, and transformative power of music through Song Bird Studio and Montana Women’s Chorus. Betsy has 25 years of experience teaching, singer/songwriter gigging, and harmony singing in the long-standing Bozeman rock band Hooligans. Playing in a most recent endeavor Betsy and Johnny with John Sanders. Her new selftitled recording Betsy Wise was released in February 2020. For more details see https:// www.betsywisesongs.com/
CHELSEY TREVINO
Chelsey Trevino is 29 years old and was born in Oklahoma. She moved to Montana in 2014 to attend college at Montana State University. She has been performing and writing acoustic songs for the last 14 years. Recently graduated from MSU in spring of 2020 with a bachelors in Environmental Science, she landed her dream job working for the City of Bozeman as a Water Conservation Technician in 2020. Her musical genre is hard to place but has a blues feel with meaningful lyrics to back up her unique acoustic sound filled with passion.
TAYLOR BURLAGE
Born and raised in Montana, Taylor Burlage has been playing and writing songs for 10 years now. Influenced by the likes of Justin Townes Earle, Josh Ritter, and Mandolin Orange, his songs are driven by simple lyricism and a deep reverence for the Montana landscape. As a student at Montana State University, he studies Film and Photography and is continuously in search of new places and opportunities to document the natural world. Taylor filmed our local children who shared their thoughts on Earth Day with us!
CLAIRE VLASES
Inspiring Young Heroes “Solar Makes Sense” video. Claire Vlases tells her story in this short video, including how she came up with the idea, how they raised the money, and how the project has benefited the school and the community. The principal of SMS, Gordon Grissom, also talks about how Claire’s perseverance and hard work made such a difference in making her big dream a reality.
BOZEMAN KIDS
Throughout the evening, short filmed “vignettes” of the following children will be shown. In their own words, they will share with us their ideas and wishes on how we can make our earth a healthier and better place to live for both people and animals. A big thanks to Taylor Burlage (see above) for filming these vignettes and the wonderful kids who shared their thoughts and wishes with us. Thanks to our sponsors who underwrote this evenings production: Montana Mindfulness Project and Uphill Pursuits
MUSIC: Requiem for a Forest
April 22 7:00 pm
Requiem for a Forest In celebration of Earth Day, Gallatin Valley Earth Day partner, the Intermountain Opera Company, presents a rerelease of their commission by local composer Eric Funk. RSVP: https://bozemanarts-live. com/calendar-2/ With stunning cinematography by Thomas Thomas and a new recording by Montana’s premier choral ensemble, Roots in the Sky, Requiem for a Forest is a plaintive reflection on the Bridger forest fires, the state of our environment, and the inherent regrowth of a forest. This piece, premiered earlier this year by Intermountain Opera performers, will be broadcast in this new format on April 22 at 7 p.m.
About Eric
From 1994-2002, Eric was conductor of the Helena Symphony Orchestra in Helena, Montana. From 1994- 1999, he was also the conductor of the Gallatin Chamber Orchestra in Bozeman, Montana. Past performance venues for his works include Dvorak Hall [Prague], Lutoslawki Radio Hall [Warsaw], Symphony Hall [Riga], Carnegie Hall [NY], the Renda Theater, and the Gaudeamus International Interpreters of Contemporary Music Festival (Rotterdam). His 144 major works have earned him numerous awards and commissions, including 13 ASCAP Standard Awards, the 2001 Governor’s Award for the Arts (Montana), a 2011 Innovation in the Arts Award, a 2012 Humanities Hero Award (Humanities Montana, NEH), and three Arts Commission Fellowships. He currently teaches for the School of Music/Montana State University where he has won numerous teaching awards.
ART CLASS: Drawing Together: an evening of art, wine, & cheese, and climate advocacy
April 23 5:30 pm
Join Butte artist, Laurel Egan, for a virtual drawing class. Art supplies will be mailed to participants, so registration closes April 16th. We’ll also email suggestions for climate friendly local wine and cheese pairings! Limit of 30 participants. Registration closes April 16th. REGISTER: http://bit.ly/DrawingTogether4-23-21
LAUREL EGAN
Laurel is a member of the Main Stope Gallery in Butte, Montana. She has been fortunate to enjoy a long career as a medical librarian for St. James Healthcare and recently the ability to work remotely for Kalispell Regional Healthcare. Her family now includes two very active grandchildren. Each and every family member plans on sharing their outdoors adventures with them. They hope to enjoy Montana for many generations ~ Montana Citizens Climate Lobby ~ BIRD WALK:
April 24 8 am & 10 am
Guided bird walk through the Story Mill Park nature preserve with volunteers from Sacajawea Audubon Society. They will take up to 16 people in two smaller groups of 8. Meet in the pavilion with the tree sculpture across from the Community Center. Masks will be required.
RUN: Gallatin Valley Earth Day Run, 2021: A Run for the Sun!
April 24 9 am
LASTING RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR GROWERS.
THOUGHTFULLY SOURCED COFFEE FROM AROUND THE WORLD
CONTINUED SUPPORT OF LIKE MINDED COMPANIES
JOIN US THIS EARTH DAY TO SEE HOW TREELINE COFFEE IS PROVIDING A MORE SUSTAINABLE COFFEE SOLUTIONS 624 N.WALLACE | 136 W. MAIN ST. WWW.TREELINECOFFEE.COM Run/walk to benefit the Solar Schools Club & put solar panels on our schools
Gallatin Valley Earth Day, Big Sky Wind Drinkers and the BHS Solar Schools Club bring you “Run for the Sun”
Location: Gallatin County Regional Park, south parking lot (off Oak Street, at Yellowstone Avenue) Event Options: In-person 5K run (limited to 125 runners), or fullyvirtual participation option (run 5K anytime, anywhere, from April 17-24)
Race website:
https://www.winddrinkers.org/trailhead/races/ru n-for-the-sun Registration: opens April 7th. Sign up at https://runsignup.com/Race/ MT/Bozeman/Gallati nValleyEarthDayRun
Please read and comply with all event COVID requirements listed on the race & registration website
EXHIBIT TRAIL: Earth Day in the Park
April 24 10 am - 2 pm
Exhibits. Get your kids passport stamped and turn in for a prize. Exhibits include: Electric car, electric Harley, Native Plants, Climate Action, Wildlife info, Kids activities Where: Gallatin County Regional (100 acre) Park Visit www.gallatinvalleyearthday.org for more details GARDEN TOUR: Plants for Birds Garden Open House
April 24 10 am - 2 pm
Plants for Birds Garden Open House (10 am - 2 pm) Sacajawea Audubon Society will host an ‘open house’ tabling event at the Plants for Birds Garden within the Learning GardenPlants at StoryMill Park.
WORKSHOP: Vermicomposting 101 workshop (Manhattan, MT)
April 24 11 am & 1 pm
Education and Outreach Center 123 S. Broadway Street, Manhattan COST: Free CONTACT: Sarah Bowman (406-2824350) Did you know that using vermicast in your gardens can help improve soil structure, invite better plant growth, and can shield your plants from pests, pathogens, and parasites? Come learn all about VERMICOMPOSTING and how you can use WORMS to compost your food scraps, newspapers, cardboard and other materials into healthy compost for gardens.
FILM: The Need to Grow
April 24 - May 1 On demand
Gallatin Valley Earth Day and The Valley of the Flowers Project presents “The Need to Grow” Watch “The Need to Grow” online at anytime, April 24-May 1. Watch the trailer: https://vimeo.com/ ondemand/theneedtogrow With an estimated 60 years of farmable soil left on Earth, The Need To GROW offers an intimate look into the hearts of activists and innovators in the food movement - an 8 year old girl challenges the ethics of a beloved organization - a renegade farmer struggles to keep his land as he revolutionizes resource effi cient agriculture - and an accomplished visionary inventor faces catastrophe in the midst of developing a gamechanging technology. Register at www.gallatinvalleyearthday.org GAME: Trash Trivia
April 29 7 pm
Join BPL and Republic Services to talk trash in the form of another fun trivia night! In honor of Earth Day, this evening’s trivia will be focused on our garbage. Test your knowledge about we throw away, what happens to our trash, and the ins and outs of recycling. We hope to see you there! Registration is required: https://us02web.zoom.us/ meeting/register/tZ0vfumvqT8qH dYOtUtr81VLTqEG2d2cbDMe
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