BEN - March 28, 2012 #390

Longleaf Tree at the Auburn University's Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve

Picks of the Week:

Mark your calendars - 

Today - March 28th - Lecture at the University of Alabama on the history of global warming periods 

http://uanews.ua.edu/2012/03/ua-allele-lecture-to-examine-emergence-of-life-in-global-warming-periods/

March 31st - Green Resource Center Holding Annual "Clover Crawl" Green Home & Garden Expo at Vulcan Park in Birmingham. Learn more about this special day long event at  http://www.greenalabama.org/?page_id=352&category=1

April 3rd - Become a member of the Alabama Coastal Foundation in Birmingham at the Fish Market! 

http://joinacf.org/blog/view/join-acf-in-birmingham

Nature Conservancy Seeking  "Picnic for the Planet" Volunteers

http://bamanews2.blogspot.com/2012/03/nature-conservancy-seeking-volunteers.html

News Across Alabama

University of West Alabama  Signs Green Agreement  with The Institute of Sustainability (TIOS)

http://www.al.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/west-alabama-partners-with-sustainability-group/731827591f5448dca5f46529e100648f

Press Release from UWA - http://www.uwa.edu/news/UWA_TIOS_green/

Alabama Rivers Alliance Names 2012 River Heroes

http://bamanews2.blogspot.com/2012/03/alabama-rivers-alliance-annual-river.html

National Geographic - Tar Balls still showing up on Gulf Coast beaches

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2012/03/120322-gulf-oil-spill-tar-balls-wash-up-on-beaches/

Researchers continue to find oil spill dangers

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/03/auburn_researcher_finds_danger.html

Alabama's waterways rank 3rd in the nation for the release of cancer causing toxics in waterways

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/03/report_finds_alabamas_waterway.html

City of Florence Landfill Cited for Contamination
http://timesdaily.com/stories/Waste-leaking-at-landfill,188578

http://timesdaily.com/stories/City-cited-for-contamination,188671

Tuskegee University Breaks ground on new Sustainability Center

http://www.southernsare.org/News-and-Media/Press-Releases/Tuskegee-University-Breaks-Ground-on-Sustainability-Center

JSU's Renee Morrison Named President of the Environmental Education Association of Alabama

http://www.jaxnews.com/view/full_story/18017402/article-JSU’s-Renee-Morrison-is-new-president-of--State-Environmental-Education-Association?instance=news_main2

Op-eds, Links, Audio and Videos

Mobile Reigster: Restore Act Editorial & Cartoon

http://blog.al.com/jdcrowe/2012/03/restore_act.html

Times Daily: Editorial calls on council to "rethink landfill stand"

http://www.timesdaily.com/stories/Rethink-landfill-stand,188798

Defenders of Wildlife's Spring of Sustainability Lecture Series

http://springofsustainability.com/

New Alabama Gardener Blog

http://statebystategardening.com/state.php/al/blog_02_summary/

Events, Grants & Job Openings

Job Openings & Events (March 19th Update)

http://bamanews2.blogspot.com/2012/03/ben-job-openings-events-march-19th.html