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May 2020
**CANCELLED** Speaker Series: Laura Erickson: Uncommon Facts About Common Birds
In response to COVID-19, Lurie Garden programs are cancelled through May 15. Please refer to the Chicago Department of Public Heath’s website, chicago.gov/coronavirus, for the latest local updates on the response to COVID-19.
Find out more »August 2020
Speaker Series: Dudley Edmondson: Cultural and Ethnic Inclusivity in the Outdoors
Dudley Edmondson shares images from his career as a nature photographer along with his passion for birds. He will also talk about some of the reasons he feels it’s been a challenge getting African Americans and other people of color into the outdoors. He will share stories and films about his efforts and those of others in trying make the outdoors more ethnically and culturally inclusive. Register
Find out more »October 2020
Speaker Series: Doug Tallamy: Nature’s Best Hope
Recent headlines about global insect declines, the impending extinction of one million species worldwide, and three billion fewer birds in North America are a bleak reality check about how ineffective our current landscape designs have been at sustaining the plants and animals that sustain us. Such losses are not an option if we wish to continue our current standard of living on Planet Earth. The good news is that none of this is inevitable. Tallamy will discuss simple steps that…
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