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Promoting the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the native plants and native plant communities of Broward County
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FNPS virtual Lunch and Learn Programs are available for members.
See below the programs scheduled for this month.
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The Historic Plants of North Woodlawn Cemetery, an African American Cemetery, in Fort Lauderdale
with Roberto Fernández III
Lunch and Learn
Friday, September 11, 2020
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Roberto Fernández III is a South Florida social studies teacher who has performed a plant inventory and oral interviews to discover the history of this historic African American cemetery.
This event is members-only YouTube Live video. If you're a dues paying member, please check your email or the members-only facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/fnpsmembersonly/) for a link to the meeting.
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North Woodlawn Cemetery is an African-American cemetery located east of Interstate 95 near Sunrise Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The cemetery is open to the public. Why not plan a visit following your attendance to the Lunch and Learn program?
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Incorporating Nature Into the Built Environment
with Erin Largo-Wright
Lunch and Learn
Friday, September 18, 2020
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Dr. Largo-Wight is a Professor in the Department of Public Health where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses since 2007. Her research focuses on environmental health promotion. Her first line of work is focused on controlling stress and promoting behavior change through the built environment, or health by design. Specifically, she studies the impact of nature contact on stress, health, and well-being in the workplace, K-12 schools, clinical settings, and the home. Past studies explored, for example, the impact of outdoor booster work breaks on employee stress, office design and employee stress, school-based outdoor classrooms on child stress and learning, nature in waiting rooms on physiological measure of stress, and nature and flowers in the home. Her second line of work is focused on understanding and promoting sustainability-related health behaviors (e.g., recycling, active commuting, sun protection, gardening, food and consumer choices, etc).
This event is members-only YouTube Live video. If you're a dues paying member, please check your email or the members-only facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/fnpsmembersonly/) for a link to the meeting.
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Climate Change Communication with Karen Willey
Lunch and Learn
Friday, September 25, 2020
12:00pm - 1:00pm
A recent study indicates that 73% of people living in the United States think climate change is happening now, yet less than 36% are talking about it. To make change, we need to be talking about it! Karen Willey, a certified climate change communicator with the National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation (NNOCCI) will share current research to help up talk about climate change with knowledge, hope, and community level solutions. Bio: Karen Willey is a NAI Certified Interpretive Guide and a Certified Climate Change Interpreter through the National Network of Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation (NNOCCI) – a network of scientists and educators committed to changing the public discourse around climate change to be positive, civic-minded and solutions-focused. Karen sold Around the Bend Nature Tours environmental education company in July 2019 after founding it 20 years earlier. She is a Climate change communicator. Flower hunter. People connector. Tree hugger. And Educational consultant: helping folks to learn more about Florida native plants and ecosystems. Karen’s motto is: Go Wild! And Learn the Florida story…
This event is members-only YouTube Live video. If you're a dues paying member, please check your email or the members-only facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/fnpsmembersonly/) for a link to the meeting.
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Curtiss's Milkweed, Asclepias curtissii, is an endangered and endemic perennial. Scattered and localized populations can be found in well-drained, sandy habitats throughout the Florida peninsula. If you can beat the summer heat, its white blooms and maroon buds are a treat to find out on the trail.
What interesting summer blooms have you seen this year? Share them with us! Email a photo to BrowardChapterFNPS@gmail.com for a chance to have your image featured in an upcoming newsletter.
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Speaker events are on 2nd Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at Secret Woods (except July & August).
Field Trips are usually on a following weekend but they vary,
so always check the Calendar and check again for last-minute trip updates.
Visit Coontie.org for a wealth of information about local plants.
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