Events & views- July 2009

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July 2009 Newsletter

• Jim Marsh Memorial
• EcoCenter Update
• Know Any Fun Facts?
• Reminder of "Forward email" Campaign
• Gamble Garden Poster Contest
• Weed Pull

Porthole windows are in and some of the original siding is on! In just a few days, we will have the exterior complete.

To see pictures of the Ecocenter throughout its' entire construction, click here.

We're starting a "did you know" series of tweets on Twitter. If you don't know what tweets are (and, I just barely do), that's ok. You can help us anyway.

I'm looking for some fun facts - see examples below. Do you have any trivia that you use to amaze kids? What are some interesting nature facts that you use to wow and impress your friends?

I would love it if you could put some of your fun facts in just 140 characters, which is the max for a Twitter entry (a "tweet"); but, don't worry if you can't - I'll do the editing.

A few examples:

Bob Dodge told me that a big redwood drops over 10 million seeds a year.

Tony Kramer told me that the San Andreas fault runs 800 miles from S Calif to Tomales Bay.

Did you know: though many species of birds lay eggs over several days, all birds in nest hatch at same time due to synchronized hatching?

In the canine Olympics, coyotes would win the gold, cruising at up to 40 mph. Coyotes would win the long jump, too, leaping as far as 14 ft.

I'm looking for 50 of these things that I can pull out of the file, one for each week... so send me a bunch. Send them to john@evols.org.

Just a quick reminder of our "Forward email" Campaign for the fall training of new volunteers. If you didn't get the email, please let me know by emailing me at john@evols.org.

We hope you will forward the email to some good candidates in order to help us recruit more volunteers so that we can continue providing innovative environmental science education to our local children.

And, as an appreciation for forwarding the email, we are offering some greet prizes, including the Grand Prize of a stay for two at the Jug Handle Creek Farm & Nature Center.

Remember to use the "Forward email" link at the bottom of the email I sent you. If you want to use more than the 150 character limit in your personal note to your friend, just forward the email using your email program; but, make sure to let me know so I can manually enter you into the drawing.

Thanks!

Artists are invited to submit one original work of any 2-dimensional media, done by hand, with the subject of Gamble Garden to be considered for a poster commemorating the anniversary year.

The drop off date for the art work is October 12, 2009, Monday, between 9AM and 12 noon, 1431 Waverley Street, Palo Alto. Please contact 650-329-1356 ext. 212 for questions or click here to learn more.

Thanks to all the volunteers who helped pull weeds out at the Palo Alto Baylands last week.

The dreaded stinkweed has been uprooted all over Byxbee Park, and the rangers think we have a good chance of staying ahead of this one.