{"id":89062,"date":"2023-10-19T16:29:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T20:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=89062"},"modified":"2023-10-25T13:56:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T17:56:38","slug":"lunchtime-discovery-what-is-the-best-place-to-connect-with-nature-at-your-door","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/lunchtime-discovery-what-is-the-best-place-to-connect-with-nature-at-your-door\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunchtime Discovery: What is the Best Place to Connect with Nature? At Your Door!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/MJW18746_800w.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Sara A. Gagn\u00e9\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Sara A. Gagn\u00e9<\/strong>, <em>Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Gagn\u00e9 is also author of \u201cNature at Your Door: Connecting with the Wild and Green in the Urban and Suburban Landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I bet\u00a0you\u00a0won&#8217;t believe\u00a0me when I tell\u00a0you\u00a0that\u00a0you\u00a0share\u00a0your\u00a0home and yard with thousands, yes thousands,\u00a0of other species. From coyotes to luna moths,\u00a0you\u00a0are surrounded by a constellation\u00a0of wildlife in the ecological galaxy that is\u00a0your\u00a0town or city. Join me as I show\u00a0you\u00a0how\u00a0you\u00a0influence the species around\u00a0you, and in turn, how they influence\u00a0you\u00a0in\u00a0your\u00a0yard, along\u00a0your\u00a0street, in\u00a0your\u00a0neighborhood and citywide. In each place, I&#8217;ll share easy ways to build on\u00a0your\u00a0budding relationship with urban nature.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/-4pcd55xqps?feature=share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join us on YouTube!<\/a><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Live Virtual Presentation hosted by NC Museum of Natural Sciences&#8217; Coordinator of Current Science Programs Chris Smith and the NC Department of Environmental Quality Office of Environmental Education and Public Affairs staff.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can post questions in the YouTube chat or tweet questions to #LunchTimeDiscovery and mention @NorthCarolinaEE.<\/p>\n<p><em>Brought to you by the NC DEQ Office of Environmental Education and Public Affairs and the NC Museum of Natural Sciences.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Sara A. Gagn\u00e9, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Dr. Gagn\u00e9 is also author of \u201cNature at Your Door: Connecting with the Wild and Green in the Urban and Suburban Landscape.\u201d I bet\u00a0you\u00a0won&#8217;t believe\u00a0me when I tell\u00a0you\u00a0that\u00a0you\u00a0share\u00a0your\u00a0home and yard with thousands, yes thousands,\u00a0of other&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/lunchtime-discovery-what-is-the-best-place-to-connect-with-nature-at-your-door\/\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[3,13,164,15,170,8,173],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/89062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/89062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89062"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=89062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}