Come see the TREE Foundation at the Sarasota Reading Festival!

• Saturday November 4th, 2006
• Five Points Park Sarasota Florida
• 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
• Free Admission

Info on Sarasota Reading Festival

AMAZON RAINFOREST WORKSHOP

DEPARTURE DATE: JUNE 25, 2007
Group Leader – DR. MEG LOWMAN

Unique, active, and fun! This expedition is an eye-opening introduction to the environmental and cultural aspects of the Amazon Rainforest and river system. The program is a Third World experience that is safe, comfortable, and accessible. The itinerary offers travelers a window on scientific discovery. Intercultural interactions are coordinated to be engaging and meaningful during the Amazon Library visit, Culture & Craft Fair, and Village Service Project.

PROGRAM FEATURES
You’ll be immersed in field experiences at four rainforest lodge facilities in the Amazon basin of Northern Peru:

• Ascend over 115 feet on a 1/4-mile Rainforest Canopy Walkway, one of the few of its kind in the New World.
• Visit indigenous communities and contribute to the well being of people who live on the Amazon River.
• Identify the many ecosystem partnerships of one of the most biologically diverse environments on our earth
• Engage all of your senses to observe the unique flora and fauna of the Amazon Rainforest.
• Use hand lenses, binoculars, maps, taxonomic keys for identification, and simple field equipment with the help of
• Dr. Lowman and our experienced Naturalist Guides to learn about:
  • Insect Camouflage & Mimicry
  • Neotropical Butterflies
  • Rainforest Canopy Research
  • Rainforest Conservation
  • Neotropical Birds & Migration
  • Reptiles and Amphibians
  • Rainforest Ecosystem Comparisons
  • Amazon River System, Geology and Soils
  • Medicinal Plants
  • Orchids & Bromeliads

The 2007 land cost for this workshop is $1898 and the international flight roundtrip Lima ~ $750-$800.
Space is limited, so reserve your place early.
Contact: Dr. Frances Gatz, Environmental Expeditions, 9335 Fraser Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
Phone: 301-585-7027 or toll free at 1-800-669-6806

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Sarasota County Communidons scgov.net ( 941.861 .SO00 1 N 19 Media Contact: Sarasota County Natural Resources, (941 ) 861 -6230

Enjoy a dusk nature walk of the Florida forest canopy. What’s happening? A nature walk led by Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies Dr. Margaret Lowman and New

College of Florida Conservation Biology students. When is it happening 4 p.m. Thursday, September 28 Where is it happening Myakka State Park located at 13207 SR 72 Sarasota, Florida 34241 (941) 361-651 1. Meet in the parking lot of the canopy walkway. Participants will have to pay the park fee for entry. Why is it happening

Join ecology students from New College for a dusk tour of the Florida forest canopy. They will share the biodiversity of the canopy with the community. Action for reader to take Space for this walk is limited to 50 participants, so call to reserve a spot. Participants should wear comfortable walking shoes that can get wet, a hat, sunscreen and bug repellent, and bring a camera, drinking water and binoculars. Families are welcome. Contact info For more information, contact the Sarasota County Call Center at (941) 861-5000 and ask for Natural Resources.

TREE Foundation and New College Environmental Studies Program are sponsoring two community lectures:

Co-sponsored by Dynamite Plant Food

1. September 21st at 5 PM
Chae Auditorium, Natural Sciences Building, New College Campus
A case study on coastal pollution in California
“All the Waters (and Everything in it) Run into the Sea”
Lecture Given by Dr. Adina Payton, Stanford University

2. October 12th at 5:00PM
Sudakoff Center, New College Campus
A case study on harmful algal bloom (HAB) outbreaks in North Carolina
“Emerging Linkages Between Nutrient Pollution and Harmful Algal Blooms”
Given by Dr. Joann Burkholder, North Carolina State U.

THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF
THE EXPLORERS CLUB & ROLEX WATCH U.S.A., INC.
Request the honor of your company at the 2006 Lowell Thomas Awards Dinner DISCOVERIES IN THE TREETOPS
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Cipriani Wall Street, New York City

The Lowell Thomas Dinner awards are presented by Rolex and the President of The Explorers Club, to groups of explorers who have distinguished themselves in unique ways. This year’s honorees have made important discoveries in the world’s “canopies”, from rain forests, to jungles, to the tallest trees nestled in clouds, where a rich biodiversity hangs…in the treetops.

Seating for the dinner is on first-come, first-served basis; seating requests require advance payment.
For reservations, please contact The Explorers Club, Telephone: 212-628-8383; E-Mail: events@explorers.org.
More information or to reserve seats online: http://www.explorers.org/spec_events/ltd/ltd2006/ltd2006.php.

INVITATIONS TO BE MAILED IN AUGUST

TREE Foundation is happy to announce the selection of two interns in tropical ecology for spring 2006. Jose Guillermo Sanchez from Panama will be in residence in Sarasota, Florida and New College, training in entomological methods and also presenting talks on the natural history of Panama to K-12 science classes. David Mitre, also from Panama, will be studying invasive species and subtropical botany with Dr. Lowman, as well as visiting different Florida university faculty during the spring term.

On February 16, a special community lecture will be held featuring a world-renowned photographer and expert on climate change. Gary Braasch has made a life-time work of tracking climate change through photographs, with 30-year time frames of places like Mt. Kilamanjaro, the Arctic circle and glaciers in Iceland. Please save this date for a New College community event to be held at Sudakoff at 7:30. This event is sponsored by the TREE Foundation. Climate change is not just an issue reserved for science students, but one that involves all disciplines. All welcome. You can check Gary’s web site: www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org

Eduardo Montoya poses with a poster of his favorite architect, Ricardo Legoretto, in Mexico City, Mexico

Eduardo Courrobas Montoya from Cuernavaca, Mexico has received a scholarship to visit the United States during 2006 as an educational intern with TREE. Thanks to some generous donations from a local Elderhostel Spanish class, Eduardo will visit several cities in the United States with a special focus on environmental architecture. Eduardo will learn about green building design and building materials in subtropical climates during his stay in Sarasota, Florida and then travel to several other destinations with specific educational opportunities to augment his university training in Mexico. Welcome, Eduardo!

Dr. Margaret D. Lowman – “Canopy Meg” — Awarded $75,000 to Create Forest Canopy Exhibit

Sarasota, FL / 31 August, 2005 – Dr. Margaret D. Lowman, Director of Environmental Initiatives and Professor of Biology & Environmental Studies at the New College of Florida, was recently awarded a $75,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant is for the creation of a traveling exhibit entitled “Out on a Limb – Forest Canopies,” which will provide public education about forest biodiversity, how treetops provide energy for all life, and the importance of forest conservation both locally and globally. The exhibit will also illustrate the difficulties scientists face when trying to access canopies for study.

Dr. Lowman’s exhibit will utilize a mix of media including a rain forest diorama, scaled models of scientists exploring the canopy, photographs, and activities for interactive learning and play. When complete, the “Out on a Limb – Forest Canopies” exhibit will be on display in various community venues throughout southwest Florida.

Canopy research provides a highly visual, fun and interesting, and exploratory approach to scientific inquiry that can be effectively communicated and easily comprehended by the general public and students. To learn more about inviting the exhibit into your community or school, please contact Dr. Lowman at lowman@ncf.edu.

Dr. Lowman is internationally recognized for her pioneering research in forest canopy ecology, and has explored all three major rain forests of the world — Africa, Australia/Asia, and the Neotropics (including the Amazon). She is the author of over 95 peer-reviewed publications and four books. Dr. Lowman’s recent autobiography, Life in the Treetops, received a cover review in the New York Times Sunday Book Review; she recently completed Forest Canopies – a definitive textbook for forest canopy ecology.

Known to many as “Canopy Meg,” Dr. Lowman has conducted global conservation work in Africa, Samoa, the Amazon basin, and Australia, and her education outreach has included distance learning via satellite to millions of children throughout the world. For more information about “Canopy Meg” and forest canopies, visit www.canopymeg.com