Sustainable Saturday

May

Date: May 14

Topic: Rainwater Collection

Demonstration: Mosquito Habitat Mapped

Craft: Recycled Bottle Rain Gauge

June

Date: June 11

Topic: Green Roofing

Handout: Ways to keep your house cool & reduce A/C bills at home

Craft: Turtle Planter

July

Date: July 9

Topic: Solar Panels

Craft: Recyclable Paper Sunflower

August

Date: August 13

Topic: Protecting Native Species

Demonstration: iNaturalist Demo

Craft: Recycled Can Mason Bee House

September

Date: September 10

Topic: Monarch Migration

Craft: Recycled Magazine Butterfly

October

Date: October 8

Topic: Bat Week

Craft: Origami Bats

Craft #2: Help Paint a Bat House, to hang up at Austin Gardens

November

Date: November 12

Topic: Native Plants

Craft: Milkweed Seed Bombs

December

Date: December 10

Topic: Passive Solar Heating

Experiment: What absorbs more heat? White or Black?

Craft: Recyclable Birdfeeder