Events

Children ages 3-5 and an adult are invited to explore nature with a refuge ranger! Participants will enjoy story-times, crafts, hikes, and more! Registration is required. Please pre-register by sending an email to [email protected] with how many tots and adults are expected to attend. Like all refuge activities, this event is FREE!

Come learn how to identify trees with Jeff and Robb at this seasonal workshop! This fall, our instructors will focus on learning how to identify the colors of autumn leaves. This workshop will start off at the Visitor Center to examine samples for approximately an hour and then continue on a walk to try your […]

Please join Ridley Creek State Park’s naturalist on the second Sunday of every month for a 2-3 mile guided nature hike through the woods and fields of this expansive 2,606-acre park in Delaware County, only 16 miles from center city Philadelphia.  The hike will last about 2 hours and will take place on natural surface […]

A Public Information Session will take place for Energy Transfer Marketing and Terminals (ETMT) Title V Air Quality Renewal Permit on Tuesday, November 12 at Marcus Hook Community Center from 6pm - 7:30pm. This session will include presentations from DEP’s Air Quality and Office of EJ as well as ETMT Facility Staff. Outreach materials are coming. […]

Register Reworld™ is hosting an electronics recycling event to fundraise for the STEM Academy at Showalter in Chester, PA. Reworld will make a $15,000 donation to the high school, plus an additional $5,000 if 15,000 pounds of e-waste are collected. Bring your old unwanted e-waste and we will recycle it! Items accepted: Televisions Computer Printers CPU […]

Whether you are a newly inspired native plant gardener or one with many seasons of stories to share, these terms are an integral part of the native plants being sold, shared, observed, and written about today. Join Brandywine Conservancy staffers Mark Gormel, Senior Manager of Horticulture, and Renee Kemmerer, Senior Horticulturist, for an opportunity to […]

Transition Town of Greater Media in partnership with the Media-Upper Providence Free Library, the Delaware County’s Office of Sustainability will provide a 101 on Zero Waste, including information about our impacts of current waste practices, how waste moves through the waste stream, and more. The program will conclude with tips for a Zero Waste holiday […]

Transition Town Greater Media is hosting the Green Sunday Holiday Local, Small Business, Handmade Craft Fair again this year on Sunday, Nov 17th, 1–5PM! It’s part of our vision of a community that celebrates local talent creating handmade goods. It’s both a response and an alternative to the commercialism of Black Friday & Cyber Monday. Green Sunday […]

Learn how a River-friendly Garden can both manage storm water AND beautify your property no matter how large or small your lawn is! All Stonehurst Hills residents can sign up for a free River-friendly garden funded by a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant and some lucky Upper Darby resident who isn't from Stonehurst Hills […]

Sierra Club Delco Green Team Meeting Topic: What we’ve accomplished in the past year, where we stand now, and what we plan for 2025 (Brainstorming encouraged!) Link to register for the meeting:  https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=7013q000002HwX6AAK

DVRPC's Public Participation Task Force (PPTF) invites you to a discussion on environmental justice, health, and geography initiatives across various organizational levels. The PPTF is hosting a public meeting for all community members across DVRPC’s nine-county region to learn about public health initiatives across various government levels. There will be presentations from Amy Verbofsky, Manager, Healthy […]

The Environmental Protection Agency will give a public update about the Haverford Twp. Superfund Site online at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89447205575?pwd=VbB902DUqrWKdjaicIZp8oocVETTfJ.1&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0Ty5CbCiuOBmavOyUW6FFbtyiO4CjPwuWSKFa2lcUdyopERT7ac9ODH1A_aem_aAvkiu9_6d1v6sZUolBngQ EPA officials will provide an update on ongoing efforts at the polluted groundwater site, which is in the area of Eagle and Lawrence roads that was contaminated by the dumping […]