rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/event/about-the-endangered-rusty-patched-bumble-bee?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-event-area-about-the-endangered-rusty-patched-bumble-bee' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Climate Action Evanston https://actionnetwork.org/groups/climate-action-evanston https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/events/photos/003/191/344/normal/IMG_0532.jpg Screening of Ghost in the Making, a short film, followed by a talk and questions with Libby Shafer, urban ecologist, on the RPBB and local sightings About Ghost in the Making (19 minutes). Everyone has heard about bee declines, but with so much attention focused on domesticated honeybees, someone has to speak up for the 4,000 species of native bees in North America. Natural history photographer Clay Bolt is on a multi-year quest to tell the stories of our native bees, and one elusive species – the Rusty-patched Bumble Bee – has become his white whale. Traveling from state to state in search of the Rusty-patched, he meets the scientists and conservationists working tirelessly to preserve it. Clay’s journey finally brings him to Wisconsin, where he comes face to face with his quarry and discovers an answer to the question that has been nagging him: why save a species? Libby Shafer is an urban ecologist fascinated by lawn culture, bumble bees, and social and environmental change. She is currently pursuing a PhD at Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic Garden’s joint program in Plant Biology & Conservation in the Rethinking Lawns Lab. Her socio‑ecological research explores how shifts in lawn culture can better support plants, people, and pollinators. Libby was born and raised in Evanston and recently moved back. She also serves on the City of Evanston’s Environment Board. https://actionnetwork.org/events/about-the-endangered-rusty-patched-bumble-bee