Celebrate Alabama’s Rivers
The Alabama Rivers Alliance announced this week several ways people can “celebrate Alabama’s rivers” over the holidays.
Category Outdoors
Seeking applicants from all walks of life – the EMERGE Sustainability Leadership Program (deadline December 9th)
There is still time to apply for EMERGE – the Green Resource Center for Alabama’s new and innovative sustainability leadership program. Seeking participants from varying careers and all walks of life, this program is modeled after the Magic City’s successful Leadership…
“Think globally. Act locally.” Hand in Paw and Bham Now BOLD Series (slideshow)
“Think globally. Act locally.” Words to live by, and you can do just that, on Tuesday, December 6th, 5:30, at the Avondale Brewery by attending the Bham Now BOLD Series featuring Jim McClintock. (purchase tickets here) Think Globally. UAB world…
Your Sunday morning “Canyon Center Critter” – Grapevine Looper Moth
“All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small.” This Sunday, we are beginning a new feature with our friends at the Little River Canyon Center called the “Canyon Center Critter.”  This  week’s critter: Grapevine Looper Moth Tell us…
Railroad park holiday view!
Little River Falls is Back!
Little River Falls is back! From our good friends at the Jacksonville State University Little River Canyon Center, before and after pictures of Little River Falls one of the state’s most iconic waterfalls. What a beautiful sight.
Happy Rain Dance!
It’s raining! Â We are so happy to see this odd wetness coming from the sky. LOVE IT.
Severe storms, lots of rain headed Birmingham’s way
It is finally time to grab those umbrellas, Birmingham! Your prayers have been answered. Here comes the rain, and lots of it. While a wind advisory has already made its way to our area, look out for the two-part severe storm…
A Birmingham treasure – the Ruffner Mountain fire lookout tower
Did you know Ruffner Mountain has a fire lookout tower? According to Bhamwiki, the Wharton Lookout Tower (also called East Lake Tower) is a 100-foot tall galvanized steel frame fire lookout tower erected in 1941 by the Civilian Conservation Corps…
Alabama Environmental Council “crowdfunding” for the expanded recycling center & 50th year
The Alabama Environmental Council‘s Board of Directors have launched a “crowdfunding” campaign to fund their newly expanded recycling center in Avondale and to celebrate the organization’s 50th year in 2017.
Help Wanted: Non-profit job openings in Birmingham
Two of Birmingham’s most successful conservation organizations, the Nature Conservancy and Red Mountain Park, posted job openings this past week.  Here are the links to their job postings: Red Mountain Park – Financial Manager Nature Conservancy in Alabama – Director…
Sweet home Alabama – Whooping Cranes love our state
In the coming month, the Whooping Crane, one of the rarest birds in North America will be returning to Alabama. Yes, that’s right, for Whooping Cranes our state is  – Sweet Home Alabama.
Archaeologists uncover proof of original Plymouth settlement, just in time for Thanksgiving Day
According to the Boston Globe, the uncovered items are believed to be a part of the first pilgrim settlement that arrived in 1620. A team from the University of Massachusetts Boston excavated a cemetery called Burial Hill, home to the…
Thanksgiving for the earth – a prayer, poems and passages
Please take a moment out of the madness that is the Thanksgiving holiday/Iron Bowl weekend and read the following inspirational prayer, poems and passages about our natural wonders here in Alabama and the South. Have a nature-filled, meaningful, memorable, and…
Water main break on Glen View Rd leaves Forest Park residents dry
If you live in Forest Park, the historic residential section surrounding much of Highland Golf Course, you might wish you had cooked your Thanksgiving dinner yesterday. Oh, and taken an extra long shower. A water main line broke today on…