Nature Nerds of Austin - Half-Earth Day 2025 - In Person

Nature Nerds of Austin has this to say...

We'll be meeting at the Jason's Deli at the Great Hills Station location.

This event is a consequence of the book "Half Earth" written by E.O. Wilson -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Earth

Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life by Edward O Wilson – review -- https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/11/half-earth-planets-fight-for-life-edward-o-wilson-review

Half-earth : our planet's fight for life / Edward O. Wilson -- https://www.si.edu/object/siris_sil_1080541

E.O. Wilson -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._O._Wilson

Remembering E.O. Wilson -- https://www.mbl.edu/news/remembering-eo-wilson

E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation -- https://eowilsonfoundation.org/about-us/e-o-wilson/

What is the Half-Earth Project? -- https://eowilsonfoundation.org/what-is-the-half-earth-project/

Half-Earth Day -- https://eowilsonfoundation.org/programs/outreach/half-earth-day/

Not to be confused with the equally important Earth Day -- https://www.earthday.org/

Earth Day 2025 -- https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2025/#:~:text=We%20invite%20everyone%20to%20support,OUR%20POWER%2C%20OUR%20PLANET%E2%84%A2.

Digital Earth Day -- https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/8d15cc3da12d4338a109c7d64c97c02a

State of Climate Interactive Map -- https://www.earthday.org/state-of-climate-interactive-map/

Citizen Science -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_science (Google "Citizen Science" and check out the long lists of available options)

Ice Age cave paintings decoded by amateur researcher -- https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/cave-painting-calendar-earliest-writing/

Young citizen scientists reveal urban bee 'surprise' -- https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29122851