4 resources you can use on National Take a Hike Day in Birmingham, Saturday, November 17
Happy National Take a Hike Day Birmingham!
Category Outdoors
Reforesting and restoring East Lake Park, Birmingham’s original Railroad Park
East Lake Park is experiencing an ecological renaissance.
6 top drives for viewing fall colors around Birmingham
Sponsored Where can you find the best color-explosive fall drives around Birmingham? Here are six that will make you say “Wow!”
3 things you can do now to help keep Alabama the Beautiful
Sponsored In our first two installments “Protecting Alabama the Beautiful by cleaning up our mess” and “Turning dumps into natural wonders” we examined Alabama’s legacy of pollution problems and remarkable comeback stories, including Turkey Creek Nature Preserve and Red Mountain…
The 13th annual Moss Rock Festival was a blast! Here’s what you missed.
Moss Rock Festival, Birmingham’s premier eco-creative festival, drew large crowds for its 13th annual festival weekend. The festival lasted all weekend (November 3-4) and featured local musicians, bouldering, wonderful art and an epic beer garden.
Aviate’s Jet Setter Collection turns your summer go-to into an essential fall-winter accessory, featuring a fashion photo shoot at Railroad Park
What’s lightweight, goes with anything and looks killer with a high ponytail? Your favorite baseball cap, of course. But as your wardrobe gets cozier for fall and winter, the summer go-to can look a little out of place. Fortunately, Aviate,…
Toyota Green Initiative volunteers made ‘magic’ happen at the West End Community Garden
Last week, before the Magic City Classic, the Toyota Green Initiative (TGI) joined forces with Birmingham West End neighborhood volunteers and students from Alabama State University, Alabama A&M and nearby colleges to make some “magic” of their own, volunteering at…
From dumps to natural wonders. See how two communities brought back nature in Birmingham and Jefferson County
Sponsored Paradise lost. That is how a long time resident once described Pinson, Alabama’s Turkey Creek Falls, in the 1990s, because of the garbage and trash that littered the streamsides, forests and majestic falls. A beloved natural wonder in Jefferson…
Stink bugs in Birmingham: by any other name, they’d stink the same
“Shield bugs” is one name, which describes the appearance, like an ornate piece of medieval armor. We call them “stink bugs” stateside, but perhaps the French named it best. “Punaise diabolique.” Devil bug! Whatever you call it, if you’ve got them…
Make the most on the trail this Fall. Discover the Alabama Plant and Butterfly Atlases (photos)
Have you ever hiked on a trail and saw a flowering plant that you wanted to identify? Or experienced a butterfly fluttering past you, to its next destination in a forest? If you are curious about plants and butterflies, the…
Don’t miss the Birmingham Fall City-wide Cleanup and Jefferson County household hazardous waste day
Earlier this week, Bham Now featured a story about illegal garbage dumps and rampant problems with litter within our communities in Alabama. On Saturday, October 20, between 8am to 1:00pm, you have a chance in Birmingham to combat these problems…
Stargazing in Birmingham isn’t just for the dreamers with a spotlight on the Christenberry Planetarium
As the days grow shorter and the nights grow longer, some may start to wonder about all the space above us. Unknown to many, Birmingham offers the community multiple ways to observe the galaxies.
16 things I learned at Alabama’s 2018 solar home tour in Blount County
Alabama is not exactly known for solar homes. But drive north from Birmingham through the beautiful countryside of Blount County, and you will find five, all within 10 minutes of each other. Earlier this October, I went up for this…
Protecting ‘Alabama the Beautiful’ by cleaning up our mess
Sponsored When travelers enter the state of Alabama via interstate highways, they are welcomed, in most places, by a sign declaring “Alabama the Beautiful.”
Need a new tree to plant in your yard? Ruffner Mountain has got it. Plus volunteer a opportunity in East Lake
Got trees? Ruffner Mountain does.