I won the Rachel Carson Essay, Senior Prize!

I was thrilled to learn that I won the Rachel Carson Essay Competition held in Munich, Germany.

Joan (Photo by Alyssa Maloof)

Here is the link if you want to know more:

http://www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news_events/rcc_news/essay_contest_winners/index.html

Talk at State Arboretum of Virginia on May 16th

Here is the program for the talks at the State Arboretum of Virginia. First stop on my VA mini-tour.
http://www.virginia.edu/blandy/blandy_web/all_blandy/2012publicprograms.pdf

Capturing the Wisdom of Environmental Elders

Guess I'm officially an elder now. I'm honored to be part of this film that's screening June 7th in Northern California. Wish I could attend, but I have jury duty!
http://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/capturing-the-wisdom-of-environmental-elders-a-screening-party/?instance_id=

Study shows creativity is boosted after time spent in nature

http://www.news.ku.edu/2012/april/23/outdoors.shtml Here is the link to the article.

Talk at Longwood Gardens

Info about Longwood Gardens talk

I am excited to be speaking at Longwood Gardens on Saturday the 28th as part of their Arbor Day celebration. I have been visiting Longwood since I was a young girl, should be a fun day.

Garden & Gun article available online here

http://gardenandgun.com/article/joan-maloof

Announcement for the Penn State talk Monday night.

http://www.la.psu.edu/events/joan-maloof-founder-of-old-growth-network-to-speak