Hear conservation legend Jim “Wild Kingdom” Fowler (11/4 6pm Academy of Natural Sciences)

[ November 4, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Hey, did you know you can watch whole episodes of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom online?

Don’t feel so bad…until I went looking for a clip of Jim Fowler, I didn’t either.

Watch them chase that polar bear down via helicopter at the three minute mark. Kind of a different take on the plight of the [...]

20 Years of Cheetah Conservation (10/21, 6PM Academy of Natural Sciences)

[ October 21, 2010; 6:00 pm; 6:00 pm; ] OK, I’ll say it, my original title was “Never Say Never: Cheetahs Sometimes Win”

And aren’t you glad I didn’t use that one?

The Academy of Natural Sciences is hosting a free talk by Laurie Marker, one of the world’s foremost experts on cheetahs.

20 Years of Cheetah Conservation, Dr. Laurie Marker
Thursday, October 21
6 p.m. Reception
6:30 p.m. [...]

Sustainability Conference at the Academy, 12/15 8:30am-12:30pm

[ December 15, 2009; 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. ] This just in (my inbox…from a few days ago)…

In order to promote this cooperation, the Philadelphia Global
Sustainability Association of Business Students, the City of
Philadelphia, the World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia, and the
Academy of Natural Sciences will host the Philadelphia International
Sustainability Conference, “Leading Change: Sustainability and the
Future of [...]

Explorer Richard Wiese comes to the Academy (9/24, 6–8:30 pm)

[ September 24, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Naturalist, explorer, tv host and handsome, handsome man, Richard Wiese will be at the Academy of Natural Sciences on Sept. 24 to discuss how dreamy men keep their hair bouncy despite jungle humidity living an active, nature-filled life in our modern world.

Living an active, nature-filled life in today’s stress-filled society can be challenging but totally [...]

The Nikola Tesla Energy Independence celebrations THIS WEEKEND

Whoa, how did I miss this.
Today marks the 153 birthday of everyone’s favorite real-life mad — meant with all due respect — genius Nikola Tesla. The Nikola Tesla Inventor’s Club is hosting a three-day celebration of the man, his work, and its modern relevance.
Here’s the schedule ripped straight from their site:
Nikola Tesla
Energy Independence [...]

An Introduction to Transition Communities at The Academy of Natural Science’s Town Square

[ July 9, 2009; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Come on feel the noise
Girls rock your boys
We’ll get wild, wild, wild
Wild, wild, wild.

Perhaps I get a different idea when I hear the words “Quiet Riot,” but the Transition Movement is gaining steam (or wind or solar, preferably) and this event, while not necessarily “rocking,” should be very interesting.

The Academy’s under appreciated [...]

Science Saturday at the Fairmount Water Works

[ July 11, 2009; 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. July 25, 2009; 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. ] It is easy to forget that, under all the concrete and asphalt, that Philly is a essentially a river town, built at the confluence of two great rivers. And even though many of our creeks were long-since diverted to sewers or buried to become future rowhome-sinkers, there is much natural beauty to be seen and [...]