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Calendars of Environmental, Outdoor and Natural History Events, Programs and Meetings Community Events, Programs and Meetings College and University Seminars, Talks and Meetings   Calendar of Community Events, Programs and Meetings Regular (more or less) Monthly and Weekly Events and Meetings Week Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 . . Missourians for Safe Energy, 7:15 pm, 804C E. Broadway. Smart Growth Coalition,7:15 pm, County Govt Bldg; Chouteau Grotto , 7 pm, Casteel Building, 1518 Business Loop . . . 2 . Native Plant Society - odd months, 7 pm, UU Church . . . . Wild Ones, 10 am, loc varies 3 . . Sierra Club, 7:30 pm, Hillel 1107 University Ave. Audobon Society, 7:30 pm, UU Church 2615 Shepard Blvd. Community Garden Coalition, 7 pm, Library . . Explore Rock Bridge, 1-3 pm, Rock Bridge Park 4 . . . . . . Weekly . Columbia Farmer's Market, Mar-Nov, 4-6 pm, 1701 W. Ash Boone Co Famer's Market Apr-Oct, 4-6 pm 1005 W. Worley . Columbia Farmer's Market, Mar-Nov, 4-6 pm, 1701 W. Ash Boone Co Famer's Market Apr-Oct, 4-6 pm 1005 W. Worley . . Columbia Farmer's Market, Mar-Nov, 8 am - noon, 1701 W. Ash; Boone Co Famer's Market Apr-Oct, 1005 W. Worley 2008 Community Events, Programs and Meetings (all are Free and Open to the Public unless otherwise noted) September - Bike Education Classes - PedNet - http://www.pednet.org/ September 15 - November 15 - Walking School Bus Program - PedNet - http://www.pednet.org/ September and October Weekends - Wild Cave Tours - day long adventure style, Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, $25 - $40 plus equipment and clothing, 573-449-7400 for more information September 4, 11, 18, 25 - Twilight Festival - 6 - 8 pm, Downtown Columbia September 4 - Columbia Visioning Showcase - 6-8 pm, Missouri Theater, Downtown Columbia (during the Twilight Festival) September 6 - Lost in the Woods (Map and Compass reading) - noon - 4 pm, Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, 13 to adult, reservations required 573-449-7400 September 6 - Tiger Tailgate Recycling (SEMO) - MU Football Stadium - jrg7wb@mizzou.edu September 6 & 7 - 3rd Annual Eco Art Fest - 2-10 pm / 2 - 8 pm, Cooper's Landing, Missouri River. $5 suggested donation, proceeds for the Missouri River Cultural Conservancy September 9 - Rock Bridge Memorial State Park Open House - 6:30 pm, Rock Bridge Memorial State Park September 11 - Renewable Energy Forum - 3:30 - 5, Cornell Hall, MU Campus, Columbia September 13 - Tiger Tailgate Recycling (Nevada) - MU Football Stadium - jrg7wb@mizzou.edu September 13 - Sustainable Living Fair - 10 am - 6 pm, ATKINS HOLMAN STUDENT COMMONS AT COLUMBIA COLLEGE (new location!). Guided tour workshops on passive solar and active solar construction, keynote "Getting to Solartopia" by Harvey Wasserman - http://www.slfcolumbia.org/ September 13 - Wild Ones Fall Seed Collection - TBA - http://wildones.missouri.org/calendar.html September 18 - Stream Extravaganza - 6 - 8 pm, Flat Branch Park 4th and Broadway, Columbia - September 19 - Finger Lakes State Park Meeting - 7 pm, Finger Lakes Park Contact Station - http://www.mostateparks.com September 19 & 20 - Columbia BioBlitz - 5 pm to 5 pm, Twin Lakes Nature Area - http://bioblitz.missouri.edu/ September 20 & 21 - 31st Annual Heritage Festival - 10 am - 5 pm, Nifong Park - http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/ParksandRec/Activities_and_Programs/heritage-festival.php September 21 - Meditation in Nature - 8:45 - 10 am, Wagon Wheel Trailhead, Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, Columbia - Peter, 814-3632 September 23 - Biomimicry for a Sustainable Environment - 9:30 - 10:45 am - Reynolds Alumni Center, MU, Columbia September 23 - Peace Corps General Information Meeting - 6 - 7:30 pm, Student Success Center, MU Campus, Columbia - mkittrell2@peacecorps.gov or 1-312-353-7748 September 24 - Jeff Corwin - 7:30 pm, Jesse Auditorium - MU Campus, Columbia. Delivering the annual Delta Gamma Lecture on Values and Ethics, Emmy winning host of The Jeff Corwin Experience on Animal Planet and a star of CNN's Planet in Peril will discuss the environmental threats facing us today and what we can do to encourage conservation. Book signing 4-5 pm at the University Bookstore. Tickets free for students (but must be reserved at Brady Box Office - 882-4640), $10 General Admission September 25 - "Kilowatt Ours" film and panel discussion - 7 pm, Daniel Boone Regional Library -http://columbiaclimatechangecoalition.org/ September 27 - Hinkson Clean Sweep - 10 - noon, 5 sites, free food, register with City of Columbia -www.gocolumbiamo.com/volunteer or call 573-874-7616 September 27 - South Farm Showcase - 10 am - 4 pm, New Haven Rd 1/4 mile east of AC Grindstone exit off 63, Columbia - http://cafnr.missouri.edu September 27 - Spider Sniff and Owl Prowl - 7 - 9 pm, Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, 8 to adult; reservations required 573-449-7400 September 27& 28 - Columbia Festival of the Arts - Downtown Columbia - http://www.discoverthedistrict.com/pdf/events/columbiafest.pdf October 1 - "If Not Nuclear Power, What Then" presentation - 7:30 pm, 113 Arts and Science, MU Campus, Columbia - www.mosafeenergy.org October 3 & 4 - Roots 'n Blues 'n Barbeque Festival - Downtown Columbia -http://www.rootsnbluesnbbq.com/ October 4 - Know the Dark - 7 - 9:30 pm, Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, 8 to adult; reservations required 573-449-7400 October 11 - Tiger Tailgate Recycling (Oklahoma) - MU Football Stadium - jrg7wb@mizzou.edu October 11 - Honeysuckle and Euonymous Eradication (Wild Ones and Green Belt Coalition) - TBA - http://wildones.missouri.org/calendar.html October 11 & 12 - Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival - Hartsburg - http://www.hartsburgpumpkinfest.com/ October 12 - Orienteering Meet - 9 am to 2 pm, Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, 8 to adult; free white course; yellow - orange - red courses $8 individuals, $15 teams or families; to register 573- 874 - 0171 October 13 - Earth Day Coalition Planning Meeting - October 18 - 6th Annual Missouri Chestnut Roast - MU Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center, New Franklin - http://www.centerforagroforestry.org/events/chestnut/index.asp October 18 - Wild Area Adventure - 12:30 - 4:30 pm, Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, 8 to adult; reservations required 573-449-7400 October 19 - Meditation in Nature - 8:45 - 10 am, Wagon Wheel Trailhead, Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, Columbia - Peter, 814-3632 October 25 - Tiger Tailgate Recycling (Colorado) - MU Football Stadium - jrg7wb@mizzou.edu November TBA - Kids Trout Outing (Catch and Release) - Cosmo Bethel Park Lake - http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/ParksandRec/Activities_and_Programs/special_events.php November 8 - Tiger Tailgate Recycling (K-State) - MU Football Stadium - jrg7wb@mizzou.edu November 16- Meditation in Nature - 8:45 - 10 am, Wagon Wheel Trailhead, Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, Columbia - Peter, 814-3632 November 22 - November Night Sky - 7 - 9 pm, Rock Bridge Memorial StatePark, 8 to adult; reservations required 573-49-7400 December 15 (tentative) - Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count - 15 mile diameter circle centered on Rock Bridge Elementary School - http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/index.html December 31 - First Night - Downtown Columbia - http://www.discoverthedistrict.com/pdf/events/firstnight.pdf 2009 Community Events, Programs and Meetings (all are Free and Open to the Public unless otherwise noted)   February 26-March 1 - True False Film Festival - Columbia - http://www.truefalse.org/news/ April TBA - Clean Up Columbia - http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/Volunteer/Opportunities/clean-up_columbia.php April 19 - Earth Day - noon to 7 pm, MU Peace Park and Downtown Columbia - http://www.columbiaearthday.org/ May TBA - Annual Mayor's Bike, Walk, Wheel Challenge - http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/Volunteer/Opportunities/#PW May 10 - North American Migration Count - 573-442-1481 June 6 & 7 - Art in the Park - Stephens Lake Park - http://www.discoverthedistrict.com/pdf/events/artinpark.pdf   Calendar of College and University Seminars, Talks and Meetings Regular (more or less) monthly and weekly seminars and meetings during the Fall and Winter Semesters Week Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 . . . . . . 2 . . . Sustain Mizzou - 7 Stewart 100 . . . 3 . . . . . . 4 . . . Sustain Mizzou - 7 Stewart 100 . . . Weekly . MU Soil, Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences - 4pm, 123 ABNR . . MU Conservation Biology Sem 4:30, alt program, disc group MU Forestry - 3pm, 123 ABNR MU F& W - 3:30 pm, 2-6 Ag . MU Colleges and Departments that occasionally host environmentally related seminars Anthropology - http://anthropology.missouri.edu/events.html Biology - http://www.biology.missouri.edu/ CAFNR (incl F&W, Forestry, SEAS) - http://cafnr.missouri.edu/calendar/ College of Engineering - http://www.engineering.missouri.edu/calofevents.html Geography -http://www.geog.missouri.edu/about.shtml Geology - http://geology.missouri.edu/eventsnews.html Rural Sociology - http://www.ruralsociology.missouri.edu/ Columbia College Events Calendar - http://www.ccis.edu/newsroom/events.asp Stephens College Events Calendar - http://www.stephens.edu/news/stephensevents/monthly/   2008 Seminars, Talks, Workshops September 11 - Cons Bio Reading - Where does biodiversity go from here? - 4:30, 218 A Tucker, MU Campus, Columbia - http://www.conservbio.missouri.edu/calendar.html September 12 - Communicating Science to Policy Makers and the Public - 10 - 11 am, Monsanto Auditorium, Bond Life Sciences Center, MU Campus, Columbia September 18 - Bat and Cave Conservation in Missouri , Dr. Bill Elliott, Missouri Department of Conservation- 4:30- 5:30, 106 LeFevre, MU Campus, Columbia - http://www.conservbio.missouri.edu/calendar.html September 23 - Bradford Farm and Sustainability, Tim Reinbott - 11:45 - 1 pm, Life Science Building, MU Campus - http://cafnr.missouri.edu/calendar/ September 23 - Biomimicry for a Sustainable Environment - 9:30 - 10:45 am - Reynolds Alumni Center, MU, Columbia September 25 - Cons Bio Reading - Conservation biology for suites of species - 4:30, 218A Tucker, MU Campus, Columbia - http://www.conservbio.missouri.edu/calendar.html October 2 - Cons Bio Reading - TBA - 4:30, 218A Tucker, MU Campus, Columbia - http://www.conservbio.missouri.edu/calendar.html October 9 - Conservation and Social Justice, Dr. Brett Williams, American University - 4:30, 106 LeFevre, MU Campus, Columbia - http://www.conservbio.missouri.edu/calendar.html October 16 - Cons Bio Reading - Reducing Energy Inputs in the US Food Sysem - 4:30, 218A Tucker, MU Campus, Columbia - http://www.conservbio.missouri.edu/calendar.html October 17 - ADA Issues in Natural Resources Disciplines - 3:30, 123 ABNR, MU Campus, Columbia October 23 - Food Systems and Conservation, Dr. Mary Hendrickson, MU - 4:30, 106 LeFevre, MU Campus, Columbia -http://www.conservbio.missouri.edu/calendar.html November 13 - Temperate Rainforest Conservation, Ian and Karen McAlllister, authors "The Last Wild Wolves" - 4:30, 106 LeFevre, MU Campus, Columbia - http://www.conservbio.missouri.edu/calendar.html