{"id":39892,"date":"2018-10-04T09:26:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T13:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=39892"},"modified":"2018-10-31T08:34:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T12:34:20","slug":"a-book-for-the-burg-community-collaboration-highlights-pollinators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/a-book-for-the-burg-community-collaboration-highlights-pollinators\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A Book for the \u2018Burg\u2019 community collaboration highlights pollinators"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"kix-zoomdocumentplugin-outer\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"kix-zoomdocumentplugin-inner\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"kix-paginateddocumentplugin\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"kix-page kix-page-paginated\">\n<div class=\"kix-page-content-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"kix-page-column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"kix-paragraphrenderer\">\n<div class=\"kix-lineview\">Eastern Mennonite University is among the organizations promoting awareness of pollinators through the \u201cA Book for the \u2018Burg\u201d program.\u00a0Since 2013, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmu.edu\/stewardship\/abookfortheburg.shtml\">the program<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 a partnership of EMU, James Madison University and Harrisonburg Parks and Recreation\u00a0\u2013 has focused on engaging the community around a selected theme through a variety of activities.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kix-cursor docs-ui-unprintable\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, the Massanutten Regional Library and two university libraries are making available readings on the topic of pollinators \u2013 their significance and declining numbers \u2013 for students as young as in kindergarten as well as adult readers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upcoming events include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oct 10: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmu.edu\/events\/stewardship\/2018\/10-10-nocturnal-pollinators.shtml\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bats, Moths, and Bugs: The Irreplaceable Role of Nocturnal Pollinators<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nov 1: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmu.edu\/events\/stewardship\/2018\/11-1-documentary-pollinators-up-close.shtml\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pollinator Documentary Screening (for all ages)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nov 8: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmu.edu\/events\/stewardship\/2018\/11-08-pollinators-in-art-studio.shtml\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Role of Pollinators in the Artist&#8217;s Studio<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pollinators play a special and significant role in ecosystems and our food supply, according to a press release issued by planning committee, which includes EMU\u2019s Director of Libraries <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/faculty-staff\/?show=gmf2227\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marci Frederick<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cBecause we often come together over food to celebrate culture, to cultivate relationships, and to build community, we expect to have lively and meaningful conversations about the relationship between people and the rest of nature.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two titles added to EMU\u2019s library are <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buzz: the nature and necessity of bees<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Thor Hanson (Basic Books, 2018) and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bees: an identification and native plant forage guide <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Heather Holm (Pollination Press, 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