Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College Chicago is hosting a virtual event: Avian Effects: Climate Change and Birds on October 8, 2020 from 7:30PM-8:30PM.
A host of local efforts are improving conditions for birds in the face of climate change. Learn how you can help.
Climate change gets migratory birds coming and going, literally. Millions of them travel through the Chicago area each spring and fall to and from their breeding grounds. Changes due to climate change here and elsewhere impact their breeding success and very survival. Climate change is impacting migratory birds. But a host of local efforts are improving conditions for birds in the face of climate change. Learn how you can help and have fun in the process.
Forrest Cortes, Director of Community Engagement, The Nature Conservancy in Illinois
Peggy Macnamara, Artist/Professor/Author, Field Museum and School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Doug Stotz, Senior Conservation Ecologist, Keller Science Action Center, Field Museum
Forrest Cortes is Director of Community Engagement for The Nature Conservancy in Illinois, where he leads a team that connects people with nature. His team works to achieve co-benefits for human and natural communities, primarily in Cook County. Forrest’s interest and expertise lie in urban ecology, volunteer program development, partnership building and community engagement. He is vice president of the Chicago Audubon Society.
Peggy Macnamara has been artist-in-residence at the Field Museum for 30 years and is an associate professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has traveled with Field Museum scientists around the world to paint nature and illustrate conservation efforts. She has published four books with museum scientists, including The Art of Migration: Birds, Insects, and the Changing Seasons in Chicagoland.
Douglas Stotz is active in programs to preserve biological diversity and threatened habitats, both in the Chicago region and in other countries. In Chicago, he focuses on studying bird migration, the effects of climate change on bird populations, and the value of urban areas to conserving biodiversity. He is a co-chair of the Climate Change Committee for Chicago Wilderness. His authored books include Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation.
A zoom link will be provided to ticket holders the day of event.