The city of Kalamazoo has a calendar full of programs for residents that will help them get out and enjoy nature safely. Destiny Stetina joins us to talk about the programs and the impact such programs have had on her own life.

Contact info for Destiny: stetinad@kalamazoocity.org

After October 1, contact: gishj@kalamazoocity.org

Relevant links:

City Sustainability Webpage -

City Recycling -

Social media:

https://www.facebook.com/KalamazooCity/

https://www.instagram.com/kalamazoocity/?hl=en

Other orgs:

Kalamazoo Area Wild Ones - https://kalamazoo.wildones.org

Homegrown National Park - https://homegrownnationalpark.org

iNaturalist + Kalamazoo Invasive Species Project - https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/invasive-species-monitoring-in-kalamazoo

Only a few hundred years ago, our ancestors were just as familiar with the night sky as they were with the daytime sky. Now we are quite separated from it. Steven Crawford, the Planetarium Technician at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum, visits the podcast to discuss the night sky, and how to planetarium can help people access the wonder and majesty of it.

For information about the Kalamazoo Valley Museum, and to purchase tickets to the planetarium, visit https://kalamazoomuseum.org/planetarium

Patrick Hershberger visited the June TrashLoveKzoo clean up to document their progress. The volunteers journeyed into the woods near where the Sprinkle Road road crosses over the Kalamazoo River. The images of the garbage have to be seen to be believed! Even faced with that amount of trash, the group completed their goal and then some!