Climate change topic of presentation

The Bedeque Bay Environmental Management Association (BBEMA) is giving a presentation in the main gallery at Eptek Art & Culture Centre on March 10, 1-3 p.m.

The presentation is titled Climate change, its global and local impacts and what we can do to help. There is no cost to attend, and all are welcome.

This presentation is taking place as part of a series of programming to coincide with Of Growing Concern: 40 Years of Textile Creation Amid the Havoc of Climate Change, a retrospective of artwork by Jane Meredith Whitten currently on display at Eptek Art & Culture Centre. The exhibit is on display until April 5 in the main gallery at Eptek Art & Culture Centre.

The Bedeque Bay Environmental Management Association (BBEMA) is a non-profit organization that works with community partners to protect the natural resources of the Bedeque Bay Watershed. The organization’s education, outreach and volunteer programs involve community members on key issues of climate change mediation, soil conservation, land use planning, habitat enhancement initiatives, water quality monitoring and stream restoration. These initiatives have expanded to include curriculum-based environmental education and monitoring programs that are being conducted within English and French schoolboards, as well as a specially designed program for the Mi’kmaq Confederacy of P.E.I.

Eptek Art & Culture Centre, a site of the Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation, is located at 130 Heather Moyse Dr. on the Summerside waterfront, adjacent to the Harbourfront Theatre.

Eptek also Centre features a permanent exhibition on Summerside history, and a gift shop with a curated selection of Island art, fine crafts, and books. Exhibit admission is by donation (suggested donation $5). For more information, call 902-888-8373 or visit online at facebook.com/Eptek.centre, instagram.com/eptek.centre, and www.peimuseum.com.