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SUMMARY:Saluda Library Speaker Series: Monarchs of Michoacán
DESCRIPTION:Date: February 10\, 2026 \nTime: 2:00 p.m. \nLocation: Polk County Public Libraries\, Saluda Branch \nSpeaker: Heyward Douglass \nJoin us for a discussion of the Monarch life cycle that allows the butterflies to fly north from Mexico through multiple life cycles until they reach southern Canada\, then return to their wintering grounds in southern Mexico in one long\, hazard-filled “super generation.”  Heyward will also describe the group tour he took to view the Monarchs in the high mountains west of Mexico City\, in Michoacán (Mish- wa-kahn). \nHeyward received his B.S. in Biology and M.S. in Entomology from Clemson University. He worked as a naturalist at Oconee and Table Rock State Parks and with the Clemson Cooperative Extension Services. Later\, he served on the Board of Directors of the Foothills Trail Conservancy\, becoming Chair\, and later the Executive Director. He visited the Monarch Butterfly Mexican wintering grounds in February 2020. \n \nThe Saluda Library Speaker Series programs are made possible thanks to our partnership with the Polk County Public Libraries Systems. \nContact Pam Torlina\, pam@conservingcarolina.org\, with questions or for more information.
URL:https://conservingcarolina.org/event/saluda-library-speaker-series-monarchs-of-michaocan/
LOCATION:Polk County Library\, Saluda Branch\, 44 W Main Street\, Saluda\, NC\, 28773\, United States
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SUMMARY:Green Drinks: Unregulated Drinking Water Contaminants
DESCRIPTION:The Safe Drinking Water Act regulates the amount of organic and inorganic chemicals in public water systems to levels that are considered safe for human consumption.  The Clean Water Act regulates the amount of  organic and inorganic chemicals that can be discharged to rivers and lakes from municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants to levels that are considered safe for the environment. \nContaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) is a category of  unregulated contaminants that can often be detected in the discharge of treated wastewater.at trace to low levels. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) monitors CEC levels in rivers and lakes downstream of municipal and industrial wastewater discharges as well as in treated municipal drinking water.  The EPA will regulate CECs such as PFAS (a.k.a.\, forever chemicals) and pharmaceuticals (e.g.\, hormones\, antibiotics) when they are determined to be present in public drinking water at levels considered to be potentially hazardous to human health. \nJoin us as environmental consultant\, Ted Volskay explains the key aspects and the importance of the Safe Drinking Water Act\, Clean Water Act\, and Contaminants of Emerging Concern. Ted will also identify common sources of CECs and explain and give an update on the EPAs regulation of six PFAS compounds in drinking water and the recent partial rollback of these regulations. Ted will also provide recent municipal water quality reports pertaining to PFAS for the cities of Hendersonville (NC)\, Greenville (SC)\, Charlotte (NC)\, and Rock Hill (SC). Finally\, he’ll offer practical ways to minimize exposure to PFAS in home drinking water. \nTed Volskay has been a member of the legal women voters of Greenville County\, South Carolina for 30 years and he has served in a number of roles\, including board secretary\, interim president\, and chair of the legal women voters of South Carolina environmental work group. Ted received his B.S. in chemistry from the University of South Florida in 1981. After graduating\, he joined the Navy and served as an officer on the James Monroe until 1986. Upon completion of his service in the Navy\, he attended Clemson University where he earned a M.S. degree in environmental systems engineering in 1988. Since graduating from Clemson\, he has been working as an environmental consultant. He is currently an environmental consultant for the Air Force. Upon reading the United Nations government panel on climate change 2022 report\, Ted was inspired to return to academia\, at the University of South Florida to continue his studies at the Patel College of Global Sustainability in 2023. He graduated earlier this year with the M.S. in global sustainability with a concentration on sustainable water management. \n  \n5:30 p.m.: Grab and drink and network with like-minded locals.\n6:00 p.m.: Enjoy the presentation and learn something new!\n  \nHendersonville Green Drinks is presented by Conserving Carolina\, MountainTrue and The Local Table curated by Stump Farms. Come to Green Drinks to learn more about current environmental issues\, have relevant discussions\, and meet with like-minded people. This is a monthly event and everyone is welcome. You don’t have to drink at Green Drinks\, just come and listen. The Local Table offers beverages and a limited food menu will be available. \n   \nContact Pam Torlina\, pam@conservingcarolina.org\, with questions or for more information.
URL:https://conservingcarolina.org/event/green-drinks-unregulated-drinking-water-contaminants/
LOCATION:The Local Table\, 1307 7th Ave E\, Hendersonville\, NC\, 28792
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SUMMARY:Landrum Library Speaker Series: Food - Climate Change Nexus
DESCRIPTION:Date: February 17\, 2026 \nTime: 6:00 p.m. \nLocation: Landrum Library \nSpeaker: Ted Volskay\, environmental consultant \nOn a global scale\, the carbon footprint attributed to the production and management of food and food waste rivals the carbon footprints generated by fossil fuel power production and transportation.  This presentation will detail specific aspects of food production\, consumption\, and food waste management that generates greenhouse gas emissions and threatens the supply of finite natural resources\, explain why food vulnerability and food scarcity will increase in the future\, identify specific ways that individuals can achieve significant reductions in their personal carbon footprints\, and identify several areas of food-based environmental advocacy and intergenerational environmental justice. \nTed Volskay has been a member of the legal women voters of Greenville County\, South Carolina for 30 years and he has served in a number of roles\, including board secretary\, interim president\, and chair of the legal women voters of South Carolina environmental work group. Ted received his B.S. in chemistry from the University of South Florida in 1981. After graduating\, he joined the Navy and served as an officer on the James Monroe until 1986. Upon completion of his service in the Navy\, he attended Clemson University where he earned a M.S. degree in environmental systems engineering in 1988. Since graduating from Clemson\, he has been working as an environmental consultant. He is currently an environmental consultant for the Air Force. Upon reading the United Nations government panel on climate change 2022 report\, Ted was inspired to return to academia\, at the University of South Florida to continue his studies at the Patel College of Global Sustainability in 2023. He graduated earlier this year with the M.S. in global sustainability with a concentration on sustainable water management. \n \nThe Landrum Library Speaker Series programs are made possible thanks to our partnership with the Spartanburg County Public Libraries. \nContact Pam Torlina\, pam@conservingcarolina.org\, with questions or for more information.
URL:https://conservingcarolina.org/event/landrum-library-speaker-series-food-climate-change-nexus/
LOCATION:Landrum Library\, 111 Asbury Dr\, Landrum\, SC\, 29356\, United States
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SUMMARY:Walnut Creek Preserve Speaker Series: Oak - The Tree of Civilization
DESCRIPTION:Date: February 21\, 2026 \nTime: 10:30 a.m. \nPresentation Location: Anne Elizabeth Suratt Nature Center at Walnut Creek Preserve \nSpeaker: Steve Pettis\, Commercial and Consumer Horticulture Agent with the Henderson County Cooperative Extension \nThe genus of plants known as Oak (Quercus sp.) is at least as important to civilization as any food crop you can think of\, maybe even more so. This presentation combines history and plant science to explore the history that oak trees and humans share from the end of the last ice age to the present. Henderson County Extension Agent Steve Pettis will discuss many of the ways oaks have influenced human civilization including acorns as a food source throughout history\, oaken ships during the age of sail\, ancient and modern industries based on oak\, the oaks of western NC and much more. \nSteve has been in the plant business for 35 years and holds an undergraduate degree in horticulture and a Master’s degree in plant protection and pest management. As a NC State University County Agent\, he works with home gardeners\, landscape professionals and local municipalities to make our built environments more natural and environmentally friendly. \nRSVP is requested below\, but not necessary to attend the event! Please join us! \n \nThe Walnut Creek Preserve Speaker Series programs are made possible thanks to our partnership with the Preserve. \n*Walnut Creek Preserve is private property and guests are only allowed on the property by invitation (a planned event or scheduled group).  Thank you. \nContact Pam Torlina\, pam@conservingcarolina.org\, with questions or for more information.
URL:https://conservingcarolina.org/event/walnut-creek-preserve-speaker-series-oak-the-tree-of-civilization/
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