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The National Urban Extension Conference on “Innovation in the City: A Land Grant University Experience,” will provide opportunities for Extension professionals from all program areas to share their research and innovative educational strategies that address the needs of urban, suburban, and peri-urban populations as well as urban-rural interdependencies. The goal is to bring together a diverse group of attendees, focused on partnerships and innovation. To foster this diversity and inclusion, this year NUEC is providing three registration scholarships. The scholarships will be awarded to individuals, one from each of the following categories: A Cooperative Extension System employee who is a first-time attendee of the National Urban Extension Conference, a Land Grant University Champion, and a Land Grant University “Partner.”  Follow this link for the scholarship application. Sourced from: NUEC

Join Lucas County Extension and learn creative solutions to continue working in your urban garden or small farm with a disability, chronic pain, or other limitations. The presenter will be Laura Akgerman, Disability Services Coordinator with the Ohio State University Ohio AgrAbility. The program is free for all participants, but registration is required to supply adequate materials. The presentation will be held at the Conference Center at Toledo Botanical Garden on April 10, 2019 from 12-1:30 p.m. Follow this link for the event flyer. Follow this link for registration information. Sourced from: Lucas County Extension

America has grown increasingly unequal, with deepening fissures across and within cities by income, education, and race. And those divides are reflected in our access to parks and green space. That’s the big takeaway of a study conducted by a team of researchers at the University of British Columbia and published earlier this year in the journal of Landscape and Urban Planning. The study takes a deep dive into how access to parks and green space varies by class, education, race, and other key variables. The researchers examine 10 U.S. metro areas: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Seattle, Phoenix, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Portland, and St. Louis. And they zero in on three major types of green space: green areas (or mixed vegetation), trees (or woody vegetation), and parks. Follow this link to learn results from the study. Sourced from: City Lab  

Bees are startlingly intelligent creatures who form an essential part of the planet’s ecosystem, and now a new study shows they could help us understand urban pollution as well. A team from the Pacific Center for Isotopic and Geochemical Research (PCIGR) at the University of British Columbia has found an innovative way to measure the level of source of pollution in urban environments: by analyzing honey. Follow this link to learn more. Sourced from: Digital Trends