Saving Nature One Yard at a Time Register

Date and Time:
Wed, Mar 18, 2026; 5:45 PM - 7:30 PM (Central)

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During this Shawnee Group Sierra Club event, we will watch Doug Tallamy's Whats the Rush? a film focusing on why its important to create bee and insect friendly plantings essential for supporting birds and other wildlife. The film explores how our yards together can become part of the largest ever national park and a source of hope. Following the film, our panel will facilitate discussion of our questions and comments, such as on issues we may face when committing to bird and insect friendly landscaping. And folks attending will have time before and after the film and Q & A to enjoy refreshments and talk with the co-hosts at their tables about the resources and events their organizations offer.This event is free and open to the public! Refreshments will be served! And a drawing will be held for a copy of two recent books by Tallamy, a widely published entomologist, ecologist, and conservationist: How Can I Help? Saving Nature with Your Yard (2025) and Natures Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts with Your Yard (2020). Event co-hosts tabling at this event include Faith in Place, Healing SoIL Farm, Keep Carbondale Beautiful, Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship, Green Earth, Women for Change Red Hen Garden, Southern Illinois Chapter of the Native Plant Society, Southern Illinois Audubon Society, Church of the Good Shepherd Green Team, Jackson County Health Department, and University of Illinois Extension. We look forward to seeing you on March 18 for this event. For further information, you may contact Jane Cogie, jane.cogie@gmail.com

200 S Illinois Ave, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA

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Organized By: Shawnee Group

Location: 200 S Illinois Ave, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA

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Event Organizers:
Jane Cogie
jane.cogie@gmail.com
6187137024

Whether you have a backyard, a nearby field, a community garden, or simply pots on your front steps, you can contribute to a “Homegrown National Park,” a movement of hope Doug Tallamy explores in his film “What’s the Rush?”
--Viewing “What’s the Rush?” we will learn how to create bee and insect friendly plantings that provide alternatives to a tidy lawn and essential support for birds and other wildlife.
--Our panel will follow with their hands-on experience to field our questions.
--Our co-hosts will offer resources, including hands-on learning and volunteer opportunities.

Free and open to the public. Food and beverages will be provided.

Cost: Free

Signup Instructions: Registering helpful but not required: Registration Link: https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=701Po00001Z1LdgIAF

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