Chapter Meeting and Program

Name: Chapter Meeting and Program
Start: 2025-09-18T17:45:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-18T19:30:00-05:00
Location: Springfield Conservation Nature Center

Schedule

Thu Sep 18 2025 at 05:45 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Springfield Conservation Nature Center | Springfield, MO

Our programs are free and open to the public. We meet on the third Thursday of each month, from September to November and January to May, at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center. The meetings run from 5:30 pm to 7:45 pm. Refreshments and socializing start at 5:30 pm. The program begins at 6:15 pm, followed by the membership meeting at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center, located at 4601 South Nature Center Way, Springfield, MO 65807.
Loring Bullard
I turned 18 two months before the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. Although I was largely oblivious to that event, I soon afterwards got swept up in the “movement,” pursuing a long career in environmental protection. That journey gave me firsthand knowledge of some of Missouri’s worst environmental tragedies. This presentation will focus on those past mistakes and the lessons we’ve learned from them. It will also explore what, in my opinion, are some of today’s most pressing environmental issues. But most importantly, it will present reasons for hope; and ideas for obtaining a brighter environmental future.