Seven events marking Earth Day to enjoy this week

MONET’S GIVERNY – A HOME AND GARDEN LIVESTREAM

April 24, from 4pm

Free (booking required)

If you’re in need of some inspiration for your own garden, look no further than the gardens that inspired some of Claude Monet’s greatest paintings. This virtual tour explores the Impressionist’s home and gardens in France (above).

Online event: www.eventbrite.co.uk

SINGING WITH NIGHTINGALES: EARTH DAY 2021

April 22, free

In celebration of Earth Day, this audio broadcast will take listeners on a journey through the woods of Sussex to hear the song of the nightingale. Followed by a link-up with special guest musicians, live from their own homes, for improvised duets and poetic offerings with the nightingales. https://thenestcollective.co.uk/

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER: THE MASTERCLASSES

April 19-21, tickets from £11

If you fancy yourself as an uncovered storyteller, these National Geographic masterclasses are the perfect opportunity to hone your skills. With sessions covering travel writing and photography, you’ll participate in lectures and workshops delivered by some of the industry’s experts that are sure to provide inspiration.

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SPRING WREATHS

April 22, from 1pm, free (booking required)

This free online event from Anthropologie will teach you how to make your very own spring wreath from seasonal blooms. Guided by the expertise of florist and stylist Willow Crossley, it’s the perfect opportunity to get your creative juices flowing and decorate your house in the process. Online event: www.eventbrite.co.uk

LOW-TECH: WORKING CREATIVELY WITH NATURE

April 20, from 5pm, tickets from £4

As sustainability becomes increasingly important in the choices we make, the question arises of whether we can build homes in a sustainable way.

This talk brings together a panel of architects, artists and designers to discuss new ideas about the role that architecture might play in designing a more sustainable future. Looking at how we can use natural local materials to work creatively, this event explores how low-tech ecological solutions based on more traditional techniques could take us closer to a sustainable future.

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GOING DARK: THE MYSTERY OF VANISHING STARS

April 21, from 7pm, free (booking required) If space and the night sky are where your interests lie, this talk from the SETI institute may be more in your orbit. Comparing pictures of the night sky as we see it now with images from 70 years ago, astronomers have discovered that at least 100 stars may have gone dark. Astronomers Beatriz Villaroel and James Davenport will be discussing this finding and what it may reveal about the happenings of the night sky far beyond our planet.

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HOW ON EARTH?

April 22, from 3pm, free (booking required) Another event to mark Earth Day, this time focusing on sustainability in the built environment. A virtual panel of industry leaders and academics from the built environment, alongside policy shapers, economists, behaviouralists and decision-makers will be discussing how the built environment sector can make the move towards net zero.

Online event: www.eventbrite.co.uk