THE MOTH PROJECT in STATESBORO
at Georgia Southern University
The Moth Project Field Guide is now available thanks to a Student Sustainability Fee Grant from Georgia Southern University! To Order a Hard Copy Click Here
A free downloadable PDF of the book click
on this "GSU Moth Book" image.
A free dowloadable version for the I-Pad is coming soom.
Event Archive:
The locations of the Moth Project have been finalized and are listed below: Students, classes and the public are welcome to engage the Moth Project from 7PM - 12:00 Midnight at each of the locations listed below with exception to a day event for Greenfest: Look for the bright yellow trailer with white tents and bright lights.
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Thursday, September 11
Garden of the Coastal Plain at GSU, 1505 Bland Avenue in Statesboro, GA. We expect the largest and most diverse number of insects at this location.
Friday, September 12
Sweetheart Circle.
Monday, September 15
Ceramics/Sculpture Building in Parking Lot 33. GSU Campus.
Please attend Great Minds Lecture at 7pm just across the street in the Bio Building. More posted below
Tuesday, September 16
Biology Building's outdoor classroom - just across the street from the Ceramics/Sculpture Bldg. GSU Campus
Wednesday, September 17
Rotunda. GSU Campus.
Saturday October 4 9am - 1pm
Greenfest: Bulloch County Courthouse Lawn, 2 N. Main St., Statesboro, GA
GREAT MINDS LECTURE
http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/blog/2014/08/19/class-great-minds-series-returns-for-fall/
When
Monday, September 15, 2014 7-8 p.m.
Where
Georgia Southern University Biology Building
Room 115
4324 Old Register Road
(Akins Blvd. and Forest Dr.)
Statesboro, GA 30458
The September Great Minds Lecture is presented in conjunction with the Center for Sustainability at Georgia Southern University. Student Sustainability Fees at Work!
The College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences is pleased to announce the return of its Great Minds Lecture Series for Fall 2014!
The Great Minds Lecture Series highlights outstanding faculty members in CLASS and presents their fascinating scholarship. Attendees will experience first-hand this interesting research and will engage in conversations about contemporary topics.
Register now through the link above to reserve your spot for the Great Minds Lecture! And if a student, don't forget to bring your Eagle ID!
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The Moth Project
ProfessrJeff Schmuki | Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art
As part of a Center for Sustainability grant awarded to their PlantBot Genetics collaborative, Ceramics Professor Jeff Schmuki of the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art and Wendy DesChene, Professor of art at Auburn University, present The Moth Project, a solar-powered light and projection installation/event focused on the importance of pollinating insects in our environment.
Our primary pollinator, the honeybee, is in rapid decline, and we do not know exactly why. PlantBotGenetics asks: "What if we had to rely on 'second-shift pollinators,' such as moths, to pollinate our food and flowers?"
PlantBot's Great Minds lecture introduces The Moth Project and its science. After the talk, attendees are invited to a live demonstration across the street from the Biology Building.
Reflective-light tents alongside the ArtLab, an off-grid, solar-powered 18-foot trailer housing a mobile artspace/laboratory, will visit several outdoor locations at Georgia Southern from September 12-19. Open to the public, the ArtLab will project videos with black lights to attract moths and other nighttime pollinators.
The Moth Project underscores the decline of pollinator populations and the need to preserve the environment while seeking alternatives for pollination.
PlantBot Genetics will compile its findings into a free pollinator field guide and share information on simple actions that the community can take to foster a better understanding of and positive relationship with pollinators.
