Freshwater Society

University of Minnesota freshwater expert and environmental chemist Deborah Swackhamer will deliver the university’s annual Ada Comstock Distinguished Women Scholars Lecture at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4. The lecture – on threats facing freshwater resources and achievements the U.S. has made in moving toward sustainability — will be at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Cowles Auditorium, 301 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis.

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Metro WaterShed Partners, a coalition of Twin Cities organizations devoted to protecting and enhancing Minnesota’s water resources, will host a special meeting on environmental education on Wednesday, Nov. 3. The meeting will explore education’s role in protecting water.

The meeting, at Hamline University, is free and open to the public. For information and an agenda, click here.

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More than 1,200 fifth-grade students from each of the seven Twin Cities Metropolitan Counties took part in the thirteenth annual Metro

Heart of the Beast actors teach about water

Children’s Water Festival on Sept. 29 at the state fairgrounds.

Each student attended at least three learning stations that coupled water resource science with innovative learning techniques.

Diane Lynch, development director and senior manager for the Freshwater Society, volunteered at the festival as a class guide for  John Keran’s class of 30 enthusiastic students from Adams Elementary School in Coon Rapids.

The students participated in “Water! Water! From the River to the River,” an interactive play sponsored by In the Heart of the Beast Mask and Puppet Theatre that used animated puppets to explore water usage and pollution issues common to humans around the world.

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