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Local Living Green Events
Powell Gardens Annual Butterfly Count
Date: Aug 2
Event Details: Visit Powell Gardens for the official North American Butterfly Association annual butterfly count. After a short how-to program, counting teams will go to the nature trail or to garden areas.
Cost: $3 per person; Garden admession fee waived
Location: Powell Gardens - 1609 NW US HWY 50 - Kingsville, MO
Contact: 816-697-2600, ext. 241
Website: www.powellgardens.org
Additional Comments: Reservations by July 30
Little Green Festival
Date: Aug 1-3
Event Details: Sustainable vendors and exhibitors, artists, demonstrations of natural products, speakers, kids green zone, birding, music, food, lots o fun!
Cost: Entrance is free.
Location: South Park - 11th and Massachusetts St. - Lawrence, KS
Contact: 785-760-0206, info@littlegreenfestival.com
Website: www.littlegreenfestival.com
The Johnson County Recycling Road Show
Date: Aug 13
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Event Details: Come follow the trail of your trash and recyclables and learn all about sanitary landfills, recycling centers and yard waste composting. Discover how recycling saves energy and creates less pollution with the staff from the Johnson County Environmental Department and their new Solid Waste Management Plan.
Cost: Free
Location: Central Resource Library - 9875 W. 87th St. - Overland Park, KS
Contact: Marsha Bennett at 913-261-2319
Website: www.jocolibrary.org
How to Go Green
Date: Aug 14
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Event Details: Join Al Gores Climate Project trained spokesperson, Kristin Riott, for this informative program on how to go green and why its important.
Cost: Free
Location: Central Resource Library - 9875 W. 87th St. - Overland Park, KS
Contact: 913-495-7514
Website: www.jocolibrary.org/events
Additional Comments: Registration requested.
Green Drinks KC
Date: Aug 21
Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Event Details: Join your green-minded peers for socializing, a talk on a positive vision for a sustainable future, and a lively discussion afterward.
Cost: Free
Location: TBA
Contact: kgilbert67@yahoo.com
Website: www.greendrinks.org
Kansas City Bicycle Club Summer Breeze Ride
Date: Aug 24
Time: 7:00 AM
Event Details: Enjoy a ride on the gently rolling roads of southern Jackson and Cass counties. Ride a 45, 70 or 100-mile route.
Cost: $20 for club members; $25 for non-members
Location: Longview Recreation Center - 3801 SW Longview Road - Lees Summit , MO
Contact: Lou Joline at touring@kcbc.org
Website: www.kcbc.org
Additional Comments: Registration at 6:00 a.m.
Whole Foods Cooking Studio: Farm to Table
Date: Aug 24
Time: 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Event Details: Take the ultimate culinary tour as you travel full-circle from farm to table, picking your own vegetables and herbs on a local farm and then creating an unforgettable meal at Whole Foods Market with your harvest.
Cost: $40
Location: Tour and harvest at Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture. Create your meal at the Whole Foods Cooking Studio.
Contact: 913-652-9633
Additional Comments: Register at www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/calendars/MET.html#info. Transportation not included, map & directions provided at time of registration.
Uptown Theater Green Festival
Date: Aug 23-24
Time: 10:00 AM
Event Details: Meet organic farmers, green architects and builders, alternative energy providers and eco-friendly vendors. Food, beverages and music.
Cost: Free
Location: Valentine Shopping Center parking lot - 3600 Broadway - Kansas City, MO 64111 [directions]
Additional Comments: 10 a.m.-7p.m. Aug. 23; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 24
