BEN: November 20, 2012 #409

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 BEN Picks

Weeks Bay Foundation 2012 Christmas Ornament

http://www.weeksbay.org/ornament_2012.html

Land Trust of North Alabama's 19th Annual Thanksgiving Day Hike - Nov.22nd, 9:00am 

http://landtrustnal.org/get-outdoors-with-our-guided-fall-hikes/

Birmingham Audubon Society's Christmas Banquet - December 3rd

http://www.birminghamaudubon.org/component/content/article/105

Alabama Clean Water Partnership Conference - December 5th

http://www.cleanwaterpartnership.org/events/?eventID=211&date=12/05/2012

POWER-UP Energy Forum - December 5th at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens

http://www.aeconline.org/power-up

Alabama Master Naturalist Program Series - December 6th at North Shelby County Library

http://www.aces.edu/natural-resources/amn/index.php

News From The Green Register

The Green Minute: Eco-Friendly War on Cockroaches

http://thegreenregister.com/the-green-minute-waging-eco-friendly-war-on-cockroaches/

Atlanta Commits $200 million in Energy Retrofits

http://thegreenregister.com/atlanta-commits-200-million-in-energy-retrofit-financing/

West Alabama On-Campus Green Buildings

http://thegreenregister.com/university-of-west-alabama-first-in-state-to-build-sustainable-on-campus-student-apartments/

Trust for Public Land - The Power of Parks

http://thegreenregister.com/trust-for-public-land-the-power-of-parks-video/

News Across Alabama

Huntsville Times: Forever Wild Passes with 75% Popular Vote

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2012/11/forever_wild_vote.html

Birmingham News: Rep. Sewell Wants More Federal Cleanup in North Birmingham

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/11/congresswoman_wants_to_know_se.html

Recycling Growing in Colbert County

http://timesdaily.com/stories/Colbert-goes-green,198895

Montgomery Advertiser: BP Crimminal Fines Windfall for Gulf States

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20121117/NEWS02/311160036

Mobile Register: Corpse Flowers, Ethereal and Otherworldly, Bloom in Alabama Woods

http://blog.al.com/live/2012/11/corpse_flowers_ethereal_and_ot.html

Op-eds, Links, Audio and Videos

Conservation Alabama - The People Say Yes to Forever Wild

http://www.conservationalabama.org/

Elegant Program: Whooping Cranes on the Move

http://thegreenregister.com/an-elegant-program-whooping-cranes-on-the-move/

Birmingham News: Shepherd's Bend & Drinking Water by Nelson Brooke

http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-commentary/2012/11/big_decision_looms_for_birming.html

Birmingham News: Northern Beltline op-ed by Eva Dillard

http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-commentary/2012/11/the_northern_beltline_and_the.html