<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">The Urban Butterfly Initiative</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">presented by Dr. Paul Switzer to the Austin Butterfly Forum, Oct. 2022<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hubsd8P6ZSM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hubsd8P6ZSM</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Here Paul presents a fresh perspective on butterfly gardening based on his experiences in east-central Illinois.<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div><br></div></div></div></div><div>Mike Quinn, Austin</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 23, 2022 at 11:50 PM Mike Quinn <<a href="mailto:entomike@gmail.com">entomike@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Greetings!</div><div><br></div>October Austin Butterfly Forum - zoom meeting info<br><br>Monday, October 24th, at 7 pm (central time)<div><br></div><div>The Urban Butterfly Initiative, presented by Dr. Paul Switzer. <br><br>Getting people to notice, understand, and value nature is a key challenge in today's ever more urban and technological world. In his presentation, Paul Switzer will explain the genesis of the Urban Butterfly Initiative, a community service nonprofit he founded in 2018 that uses butterflies as the hook for broader conservation, environmental education, and community building goals across communities in Central Illinois.<br><br>Dr. Paul Switzer received his Ph.D. from the University of California-Davis and is currently a Professor of Biology at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois. He has published 60 research and teaching articles. He started the Grand Prairie Butterfly Club in 2003 and in 2018 he founded the Urban Butterfly Initiative, 501(c)3 nonprofit, for which he currently serves as Director.<br><br>Join Zoom Meeting <br><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89448990174" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89448990174</a></div><div>Monday, October 24th, at 7 pm (central time)</div><div><br></div><div>========================================<br><div><br></div><div>Mike Quinn, vp programs</div><div>512-577-0250 (voice/text)<br></div></div><div><a href="mailto:entomike@gmail.com" target="_blank">entomike@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><div>Austin Butterfly Forum - (zoom link here too)</div></div><div><a href="http://austinbutterflies.org/" target="_blank">http://austinbutterflies.org/</a> <br></div></div>
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