Ecology Education Series

Here are potential Environmental Education lessons that the Earth & Spirit Center can tailor to your needs, upon request. 

• The impacts of sewage on waterways, eutrophication, plastics in the ocean that start on our streets, etc. at the Combined Sewer Outfall (CSO) at the South Fork of Beargrass Creek on our property.
• Ecosystem services such as water purification and flood control, habitat for wildlife and biodiversity at one of our wetlands.
• Ecosystem services such as water purification and cooling of the air, habitat for wildlife and biodiversity at our spring.
• Human impacts and solutions for those impacts, pollinators, native plants, biodiversity at our rain gardens.
• Permaculture techniques, wildlife habitat, and adaptation at our urban food forest.
• Invasive species and their impacts on biodiversity in our wooded areas.
• Urban agriculture, including permaculture techniques at one of our gardens.
• The methods and benefits of composting at our compost bins.
• Demonstration of using a quadrat to study biodiversity that the students can do at home on their own.