Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) is characterized by physical, cognitive and mental health problems that impact the majority of people who experience a stay in an intensive care unit. The speakers provide an overview of PICS and related problems that often follow hospitalization. Prevention strategies and exercises that promote recovery will be reviewed and practiced.

Go through a season of growing hemp with this skill share as you meet up multiple times during the growing season to observe and discuss the processes of seeding, harvesting, and processing hemp for fiber production. If you are looking to add this into your growing operation as a product, or if you already grow it, but haven’t grown it with hemp fiber mind, this is the skill share for you.

Sign up here: s.uconn.edu/hemp4fiber

Meet Ups at Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Griswold Research Center
190 Sheldon Road, Griswold, CT, 06351

Date: Saturday, September 14th
Time: 10am-12pm

Date: TBD
Time: 10am-12pm

For folks that are still looking for land, whether to lease or purchase. Learn how to evaluate potential properties for agricultural use. Explore three different properties with Solid Ground soil, conservation, and land use consultant Kip Kolesinskas. We will evaluate the major soil properties to consider for different types of agriculture, evaluate the location and condition of existing infrastructure, including potential water sources, impact of wetlands, neighbors and wildlife, land restoration, topography, and local microclimates. Learn how to use the Web Soil Survey and other Connecticut and municipal maps as tools in the process, and where to find information on a property’s history, town zoning ag restrictions, setbacks, and more.

Sign up here: s.uconn.edu/landeval&access

Date: Sunday, September 8th
Time: 10am-2pm
Location: Gunther Farm, 24 Hyde Ave. Vernon, CT

Date: Sunday, September 15th
Time: 10am-3pm
Location: Off Center Farm, 48 Center Rd. Woodbridge, CT and Beets and Blooms Farm, 6 Oakum Dock Rd, Cobalt, CT

30 years of Geological Research Amidst Central Asia’s Stunning Landscapes and Rich Nomadic Culture, Central Asia, one of earth’s last great geological frontier regions, is vast–Connecticut could fit inside Mongolia109 times! The speaker focuses on key scientific discoveries made during 20 research expeditions to Mongolia and western China. The talk for a general audience includes beautiful photos of natural scenery, nomadic people and native wildlife.

Prison volunteer Doug Hood stumbled onto this case and met with the girl’s refugee family for years. There were traditional taboos: the Khmer Rouge, a hidden pregnancy, an overly harsh prosecutor. Doug’s team used the clemency process to take on the justice system and change a wrongful 18-year sentence.

The Role of Global Warming on the Health and Safety of Athletes, Laborers and Soldiers Who Perform Physical Activity in the Heat. This talk explores the intersection of global warming, an epic force slowly destroying civilization, with the reality that every day nearly a billion people on the planet must perform physical activity in the heat. In the not-so-distant future something will have to be done to modify their risk of suffering heat stroke.