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Water is Life: Responsible Retail with Jason Priest (REI) Tis the season for gift giving! As environmental advocates, it is important that we shop responsibly and understand what companies and products are making the biggest efforts to be environmentally sustainable in the products they provide. We'll learn about the many efforts REI is making at [...]

Tuesday, December 15 - Water is Life with Ben Raines, author of the new book, Saving America’s Amazon: The Threat to Our Nation’s Most Biodiverse River System.  In what he calls a “love letter and call to arms for Alabama’s rivers”, Ben explores the most biodiverse ecosystem in our nation, the Mobile-Tensaw Delta. We promise you’ll [...]

Water is Life: The Year in Review with Cindy Lowry (ARA) This year has been one for the record books, but we made it through! Join us Tuesday as we look at the wild year in review. Cindy will go over some accomplishments we saw this year and she will highlight some of the threats [...]

Water is Life: Why Government Matters  featuring Dr. Akhlaque Haque (professor, UAB Department of Political Science and Public Administration) & Evan Milligan (Alabama Forward) From unprecedented voter turnout in the Georgia runoff election to the horrific attack on our Capitol, the past week's events displayed the best and the worst of America.  Government plays an [...]

 Water is Life: Groundwater with Greg Guthrie and Bennett Bearden (Geological Survey of Alabama) One of Alabama's greatest assets is its diverse and plentiful water resources. Much of that resource is in underground aquifers.  Roughly 44% of the populations gets their drinking water from groundwater. Join us Tuesday as we learn more about the Geologic [...]

Starting January 25, one of ARA's favorite people, Dr. Bill Deutsch, will be teaching a 7-week, Rivers of Alabama course through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Each session is 1.5 hours, taught Mondays starting at 2:30 pm. The class will be on Zoom, and shared with OLLIs at UA Tuscaloosa, UAH Huntsville, and AU Auburn. [...]

Tuesday, January 26 - Prisons, People and Pollution with Carla Crowder (Alabama Appleseed), LaTonya Tate (Alabama Justice Initiative) and Morgan Duckett (Alabama Students Against Prisons). Alabama has the worst prisons in the nation. Governor Ivey wants to build more of them. Learn what this means for our water and why this proposal is bringing together [...]

Pre-registration is required by 12 p.m. CST Tuesday, January 26th, and space is limited. Register by clicking here. Join us for an evening with Ben Raines as he talks about his latest book, Saving America’s Amazon: The Threat to Our Nation’s Most Biodiverse River System. Alabama boasts more species per square mile than any other [...]

The 17th Annual Salamander Festival will take place on Saturday, January 30, 2021. This year, due to Covid, it will be virtual. You can hear the salamander story, see salamanders, download arts and crafts and listen to special music. Over 35 festival links will be available . The festival will also include a “Storyboard Trail” hike [...]