Free online webinar: Pesticide-Free Landscapes for Pollinators and People

Free online Winter Webinar - click RSVP tor registration link (will be on Zoom, not Meetup)

Pesticide - Free Landscapes for Pollinators and People: How We Can Help

Feb 5, 2026 06:30 PM

Description
Join Pollinator Pathways for this free webinar to hear about actions we can take at the state and local levels to challenge the use of pollinator-toxic pesticides in our landscapes. We are pleased to welcome three renowned experts (all Pollinator Pathway Advisory Board Members) for this panel discussion:

Emily May, Agricultural Conservation Lead with the Xerces Society's pesticide reduction program, will provide a broad overview of pesticide toxicity to pollinators and how that has been increasing since the 1990s. She will discuss some of the most harmful common lawn and garden pesticides, including neonicotinoids and diamides, and the science linking them to dramatic declines in pollinators and birds worldwide.

Dan Raichel, Director of the Pollinators & Pesticides Initiative with the Natural Resource Defense Council's (NRDC) Nature Program, will take a deeper dive into the science behind the threats posed by “neonics” to pollinators, biodiversity, and our own health as well as neonics’ surprising prevalence in our environment. He will identify the most harmful, least beneficial uses of these chemicals, regulatory initiatives across the country, and what you can do to start in eliminating needless neonic use from your property, your town, and maybe even your state.

Dina Brewster, Farmer, founder Northeast Seed Collective, and former Executive Director of the Northeast Organic Farm Association of Connecticut, will talk about her experience growing organic food and the important roles both her community and the local pollinators play in the success of her farm.

There will be a question and answer session following the presentations