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Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods, in collaboration with Hyde Park Art Center and collector, artist, and environmental scientist Patric McCoy, present an exhibition of artwork celebrating the diverse ways in which we connect with and are shaped by nature.
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods announces that Baratunde Thurston, writer, climate activist, and host of the PBS series "America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston," is the recipient of the 2023 Environmental Leadership Award. He will be honored at the 40th Anniversary of the Smith Nature Symposium Awards dinner on September 29.
The Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods will be giving away backpacks with nature explorer kits at a back-to-school event at Newport-Warren Public Library in Gurnee from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.