Scheduled Events

Selected Speaking Events, Activities, and Guided Walks are listed here. Contact ned@sustainable.us to arrange for a new walk or talk in your area of interest.

October 2024

Oct 24 – Explore the hidden historic core of Columbia 1700 to 2000. UUCC
Oct XX – HoCo Historical Society Talk at Miller Library
Oct XX – Severn River Association – The Chesapeake – Past, Present, and Futurre

June 2024

June 5 – Howard County Hospital Foundation – Lake Kittamaguundi Walk

May 2024

May 11- Barnes and Noble 11 to 2
May 22 – Downtown Columbia Walk

April 2024

Apr 2 – Senior Men’s Group
Apr 13 – GreenFest at HCC from 10-2
Apr 24 – Glenwood Branch of Howard County Library
Apr 27 – Saturday Morning Live in Alexandria. Goodwin House.

March 2024

Mar 19 – Queen Anne’s Library Talk
Mar 25 – Perry Hall Library Talk
Mar 26 – Riderwood Talk

February 2024

Feb 15 – Joppatowne Library Talk
Feb 23 – Rotary Talk at Centre Park Drive

December 2023

Dec 11 – Millers Grant

November 2023

Nov 4 – Belair book fair
Nov 11 – Harford Co Historical Society Annual Lecture
Nov 16 – HoCo Conservancy Reception and Talk

October 2023

Oct 14 – Maryland Writers Annual Conference Workshop
Oct 20 – Fall for All at HC College. 11-2
Oct 21 – Copley Parish Historic Fall Festival 11 to 4 in Joppatowne
Oct 23 – Elkridge Library Talk – Historical Fiction as a Lens for the Future

September 2023

Sept 12 – Vantage Point Panel on Writing Your History
Sept 13 – History Talk and signing at Bookplate in Chestertown, MD
Sept 14 – LPR Salon with Ann Bracken – Puzzles from the Past

August 2023

Aug 10 – HOCO Fair – Historical Society booth

July 2023

STAR IA Conference on Democracy

May 2023

May 2 – Zoom Talk for Gunpowder Estates
May 6 – Earth Day talk at Clarksville Commons
May 9 – Zoom Book Club discussion
May 10 – Book Launch in Clarksville
May 13 – Books In Bloom

April 2023

April 1 – Savage Joint Book Display
April 7 – HoCo Hist Soc Talk
Apr 15 – Greenfest at HC College
April 21 – HCPSS Librarians
April 23 – Owen Brown Interfaith Center

March 2023

Mar 4 – Master Naturalist – North Point SP
Mar 22 – Pataqpsco Heritage Greenway

September 2022

Sept 10 – Jewish Men’s Group
Sept 28 – FAI Corporate Walk

September 2020

Sept 17 – Explore Harpers Choice and Wilde Lake on foot – Meet at Splashdown in Columbia at 10am.

July 2020

July 7 – The past, present and future of Star Island

June 2020

June 18 Explore Middle Patuxent River on foot.- Meet at Horse Center off Gorman Road at 10am

May 2020

May 9 – UMCP Health and Environmental Justice Conference
May 21 – Wine in the Garden at the Conservancy 5-8pm
May 21 – Explore Oakland Mills on foot, Lake Kitt to Blandair – Meet at People Tree in Columbia at 10am.

April 2020

Apr 14 – 12:30 to 4 at Robinson Nature Center – Master Naturalists – Human Impacts
April 16 – Explore Hickory Ridge on foot – Meet at Clary’s Forest Pool in Columbia at 10am.
April 17 – Blair High School Book Fair
Apr 19 – A Walk thru Columbia: past, present, and future. 2pm
April 26 – Oregon Ridge Earth Day Talk – 1 to 4

March 2020

Mar 8 – Climate Justice Service 9am and 11am
Mar 12 – Hollie presentation

February 2020

Feb 19 – Snowden Overlook Talk on The Climate Crisis
Feb 27 – Irvine Nature Center 1 to 4pm
Feb 29 – YRUU Walk

November 2019

Nov. 8 – Storytelling at the Howard County Conservancy. 7pm.
Nov 12 – Wilde Readings at Columbia Arts Center. 7pm

October 2019

Oct 2 – Naturalist Annual Meeting
Oct 8 – Towson Green Alliance Presentation – Towson Library at 7pm
Oct 10 – Walk thru Merriweather District – Meet at People Tree on Lakefront

September 2019

Sept 3 – Watershed Stewards Presentation
Sept 19 – Walk around Wilde Lake – Meet at boat dock at 10027 Hyla Brook at

August

Aug 16 – EcoWorks Graduation Speaker

July 2019

July 2 – The Big Melt Discussion at the STAR Conference Center
July 27 – Wilde Lake Soak it Up Event Speaker

June 2019

June 6 – Walk to Jackson Pond – Meet at Stonehouse in Long Reach at 10
June 12 – Stevens Forest Presentation at The Village in Howaeds
June 18 – Vantage House Salon
June 23 – Hashawa Environmental Center Master Naturalists Presentation

May 2019

May 9 – Walk Lake Elkhorn – Meet at docks at 7244 Cradlerock Way at 10
May 20 – NAEP Annual Conference Talk on the Patapsco Heritage process
May 23 – Wine in the Garden at the Conservancy

April 2019

April 3 – Federated Garden Clubs Annual Mtg for the Environmental cluster – Columbia
April 11 – Walk Lake Kittamagundi – Meet at People tree on lakefront at 10
April 13 – Greenfest
April 29 – Book Launch and Reading in South Portland Maine, 5 to 7

March 2019

March 8 – Maryland Science Center Talk on Climate Change
March 14 – HOLLIE Presentation and Hike
March 21 – Book discussion of The Big Melt at Robinson Nature Center
March 31 – Patapsco Heritage Greenway talk on 100 years of activism

February 2019

February 9 – Can Fiction Save the Earth? Maeoe Conference at 11:30 in Towson, MD
February 25 – Book Signing in South Portland, Maine

January 2019

January 8 – Sustainability Legislative Breakfast at HCCollege at 7am
January 17 – Saving Howard County Talk at the Conservancy 7pm

December 2018

December 1 – Glenwood Book Signing
December 18 – PACCE presentation of the Big Melt

November 2018

November 1- Watermark Presentation on Climate Change
November 2 – Friendship Baptist Church High School
November 3 – Explore Columbia on Foot – Downtown Lakefront at 10am
November 4 – Forum on Climate Change at Owen Brown Interfaith Center
November 7 – Presentation at Poly High School in Baltimore City
November 8 – Explore Columbia on Foot – Amherst House at 10 am
November 8 – Hammond High School discussion with students
November 9 – Evening of Storytelling at HoCo Conservancy at Mt Pleasant 7-9pm
November 10 – Storytelling Workshop at Belmont Conf Center from 9 to 1 RSVP
November 16 – Featured Speaker at the NSTA Annual Mtg at National Harbor
November 17 – Barnes and Noble in Columbia Mall – Book Signing from 11 to 4

Dem Club

October 2018

Oct 9 – Saving the Places We Love – Audubon Society of College Park 7:30pm
Oct 11 -Explore Columbia on Foot – Other Barn in Oakland Mills at 10am
Oct 14 – Lake Elkhorn with CJC
Oct 15 – Book Launch at FoodPlenty in Clarksville Commons from 5 to 7 pm
Oct 18 – Climate Change Discussion at Millers Grant
Oct 23 – The Big Melt Forum at OBIC
Oct 24 – Chesapeake Bay Past, present, future – Maritime Museum in Havre de Grace
Oct 25 -Explore Columbia on Foot – Hopewell Pool at 10am
Oct 28 – The Climate Changed – now what can we do? at 9 and 11 at UUCC

standing ovation

September 2018

Sept 4 – Democratic Club of Ellicott City – Flood Prevention Steps
Sept 8 – Explore Columbia on Foot – Downtown Lakefront at 10am
Sept 8 – Rise for Climate Rally 3pm
Sept 12 – Presentation at NASA
Sept 13 Facilitate HCCons Roundtable
Sept 18 – EC Rotary at Ellicott City
Sept 27 – Explore Columbia on Foot – Long Reach Village Center at 10am

July 2018

July 2 – The Geology of the Isle of Shoals in New Hampshire and Maine
July 5 – Environmental Advocacy – Star Island NH Conference on Social Justice.

June 2018

June 14 -Explore Columbia on Foot – Clary’s Forest Pool at 10am

May 2018

May 17 – Explore Columbia on Foot – Longfellow Pool at 10am
May 24 – Wine In The Woods at the HoCo Conservancy from 5 to 8. Thursday
May 31 -Explore Columbia on Foot – River Hill Pool at 10am

April 2018

April 10 – Guest Speaker at the Robinson Center Master Naturalist Program
April 15 – Keynote at Annual Meeting of the Friends of Gwynn Falls/Leakin Park
April 19 – Explore Columbia on Foot – Dorsey Search Pool at 10am
April 23 – Environmental Issues in Howard County – Presentation at The Enclave

March 2018

March 15 – Guest Speaker at the HOLLIE program at Belmont
March 19 – Guest Speaker at Oregon Ridge Master Naturalist Program
March 25 – Guest Speaker at the Bannecker Master Naturalist Program

February 2018

February 8 – The Earth/earth Beneath Our Feet – Presentation at HC Conservancy 7pm. Open to all. Thursday night

December 2017

December 1 – Rocks, Rivers, and Roads – EC Historical Society at 11;30
December 3 – Annual Meeting of the Mountain Club of Maryland at Hawthorn Center in Columbia – Natural and Un-Natural History of Maryland

October 2017

Monday Oct 9, Greater Patapsco Community Assoc. Storm Water Mgmt Options.
Thursday, Oct. 12, Downtown Columbia Walk– meet at Lakefront Plaza (10275 Little Patuxent Parkway). 10 am
Thursday, Oct. 26, Hickory Ridge – meet at Hawthorn Center (6175 Sunny Spring) at 10am

September 2017

Tuesday, Sept 5 at 7:30 Watershed Stewards Academy Opening Night Address
Wednesday, Sept 13, Vantage House Presentation
Thursday, Sept. 14, Harper’s Choice Walk – meet at Hobbits Glen Pool (11130 Willow Bottom Drive) meet at 10am
Saturday, Sept 23, Lake Elkhorn Walk. Meet at Pavillion at 1pm
Sunday, Sept 24, Walk in Oldtown Ellicott City

August 2017

Thursday, Aug. 24, Owen Brown Community Center, Lake Elkhorn Water Quality Panel Discussion. 7:00 pm
Thursday, Aug. 31, Kings Contrivance Walk– meet at Huntington Pool (7625 Murray Hill Road). 10 am

July 2017

Thursday, July 13, Long Reach – meet at Jeffers Hill Neighborhood Center (6030 Tamar Drive) at 10:am

June 2017

Thursday, June 1, 10 am, Explore River Hill Walk – Meet at Claret Hall
Saturday, June 24, 8:30 am, Explore the Mall Walk – meet in front of Seasons 52

May 2017

Thursday, May 4, 10 am, Explore Owen Brown Walk – meet at dockside across from McDonalds
Thursday, May 18, 10 am, Explore Oakland Mills Walk – meet at Thunder Hill Neighborhood Center
Thursday, May 25, 5-8 Wine in the Garden at Conservancy – Mt Pleasant, Woodstock, MD

April 2017

Tuesday, April 18, 3:30 pm, Keynote Address for STEM program at HC College
Thursday, April 20, 10 am, Explore Wilde Lake Walk – meet at WL Barn
Thursday, April 20, 5 pm, Book of the Year Lecture at HC Central Library
Friday, April 21, Storytelling Performances at Conservancy at 7pm; Workshop-2 to 6
Saturday, April 22, Greenfest at College
Saturday, April 29, 2pm, Walk through Historic Ellicott, MD, Post flood

March 2017

Thursday, March 9 Environmental Legacy Leadership Presentations
Monday, March 20, Long Reach High School
Storytelling Performances at Owen Brown Interfaith Center. 7pm
Sunday, March 26, 11am, Walk in Downtown Columbia
Monday, March 27, 12 noon at Oregon Ridge Nature Center – Master Naturalists
Wednesday, March 29th, 7 pm at NASA Goddard – Climate Change

December 2016

Thursday, December 1 at 9:30 am at Goucher College

November 2016

Thursday, November 3, 10 am CA Walk around Oakland Mills – Other Barn
Saturday, November 12 at 12pm Health and Sustainability Conference at HCC
Wednesday, November 16 at 5:30pm. Maryland Academy of Sciences Awards

October 2016

Thursday, October 6, 10 a.m. CA Walk around River Hill Village North
Wednesday, October 12 at 12pm. Sustainability Talk at HC Dept of Rec and Parks
Sunday, October 16, 2 pm Earth Forum Walk at First Presbyterian
Thursday, October 20, 10 a.m. CA Walk around Wilde Lake / Faulkner Ridge
Thursday, October 20, 7pm. Meet the Author at HC Library System Central Office
Wednesday, October 26 at 10 am. Sustainability Walk around HC College
Wednesday, October 26 at 6pm. Chair Panel on Future of Old Ellicott City

September 2016

Tuesday, September 6 at 7:30 pm. Watershed Stewards Academy
Saturday, September 10, 10 a.m. CA Walk around Kings Contrivance / Dickinson
Sunday, September 18 at 3:30. Preservation Howard County Annual Awards-Waverley
Wednesday, September 21 at 4pm. At Oregon Ridge – Nature for Teaches Walk
Thursday, September 22, 10 a.m. CA Walk around Harper’s Choice / Longfellow
Tuesday, September 27 at 12:30. Master Naturalist Class at Audubon Society
Thursday, September 29 at 8am. Vantage House Rotary

August 2016

Thursday, August 25, 10 a.m., CA Walk around Long Reach / Kendall Ridge

June 2016

Thursday, June 2, 10 a.m., CA Walk in Gateway Business Park
Thursday, June 16, 10 a.m., CA Walk in Columbia Downtown

May 2016

Wednesday, May 4- HCPSS Watershed Teachers at Belmont. “Patuxent River”
Thursday, May 5th , 10 a.m., CA sponsored Walk around Lake Elkhorn / Hopewell
Thursday, May 5th, 6 to 9pm – Robert E Lee Park Master Naturalist Program
Tuesday, May 17, 9am – Robinson Nature Center Master Naturalist Program Finale
Saturday, May 21, 10 a.m., CA sponsored Walk in Dorsey Search / Kids Bike About

April 2016

Friday, April 8 at 7pm – Cromwell Valley Park – “The Chesapeake: Past, present and future”
Monday, April 18 at 7pm – Columbia Arts Center “The Art of writing and speaking from the heart”
Thursday, April 21, 10 a.m., CA Walk around Hickory Ridge / Clary’s Forest
Thursday, April 28 at 7pm – HC Conservancy “Celebrating the Places We Love – Right Here in Howard County!”

March 2016

Thursday, March 3 from 10 to 4 – Belmont Manor and Patapsco River Lecture and Hike for the Legacy Leadership Environmental Institute.
Thursday, March 3 at 7:15 – Sunrise Rotary Club in Ellicott City. Restoring our Green Infrastructure

February 2016

Friday February 26, 2016 – Howard County Conservancy 3rd Annual Storytelling Workshop, Featured Speakers, and Open Microphone.

January 2016

Friday January 1, 2016 – Ned will co-lead another First Day Hike at McKeldin Area of the Patapsco State Park at 1pm.

December 2015

Thursday December 3 at 7:30 – Clubhouse at Tanyard Cove with Terrapin Adventures – Saving the Places We Love
Tuesday December 8 at 10am – Federated Garden Clubs of MD Environmental Council

October 2015

Thursday October 15 at 10 am – River Hill – Explore the streams and woodlands of the Middle Patuxent Watershed. Meet at the Community Pool.
Wednesday October 21 – Horizon Foundation Retreat – Exploring Wincopin Trail.
Thursday October 29 at 10 am – Wilde Lake – Urban Ecology around our oldest village. Meet at boat house off of Hyla Brook Rd.

September 2015

Thursday September 10 at 10 am – A walk to Jackson Pond: Nature Connectivity – How come we have so much wildlife? Meet at Phelps Luck Neighborhood Center.
Thursday September 24 at 10 am– Lake Kittamaqundi – Enhancing human connectivity as Columbia grows. Meet by the People Tree down at the Lakefront Plaza, 10221 Wincopin Circle..

August 2015

Thursday August 20 at 10 am – Lake Elkhorn: Managing nature, stormwater, and our growing population. Gather at docks across Cradlerock Way from McDonalds.

June 2015

4 June — Keynote Address for the Master Naturalist Annual Meeting at University of Maryland, College Park

May 2015

03 May — Walk with Ned Tillman and Dana Sohr from Mt Ida to the Trolley Stop tracing The History of Ellicott City. RSVP required.
13 May — Exploring the Lakes of Howard County — RSVP required. Ned Tillman leads a tour of Lake Elkhorn. 10:30 a.m.
16 May — History and Nature hike around Mt Pleasant — Ned Tillman leads a walk for The Village in Howard
17 May — Heritage Tour of Ellicott City: Rocks, Rivers, and Railroads – A walking tour sponsored by Patapsco Heritage Greenway, Baltimore Heritage, and Howard County Tourism. All welcome, registration requested.
18 May — Saving The Places We Love talk at Oakland Library

April 2015

1 April — Future of Columbia presentation at the Downtown Columbia Rotary
16 April — The Chesapeake Watershed: A sense of place at the Legacy Leadership Program
18 April — Greenfest at the Howard Community College
28 April — History and Nature Hike along Wincopin Trail for the Horizon Foundation

March 2015

6 March — Steps Towards Environmental Acitvism for the Legacy Leadership School at Extension Office.
18 March — Conservationists in Action – National Broadcast featuring Ned Tillman (US Fish and Wildlife Service) http://nctc.fws.gov/broadcasts
23 March — Natural History of Maryland at the Oregon Ridge Master Naturalist Program
25 March — How to Create a Sustainable Future at the Frederick Rotaries: Lunch and Breakfast Clubs
26 March — Technical, Political, and Financial Transitions, at The Johns Hopkins Club

February 2015

6 How to Teach Activism, The Howard County Public Schools at Belmont Manor
15 Panel on Storm Water Solutions at The Earth Forum in Columbia, MD

January 2015

17 Saving The Places We Love: 10 am at the Howard County Conservancy at Belmont Manor and Historic Park in Elkridge, MD

November 2014

1 Rockburn to Swinging Bridge Walk by HC Dept of Rec. and Parks. 9:30
15 The past, present and future of Old Ellicott City – Walk begins at 2pm at HoCo Tourism Center on Main Street in old Ellicott City
20 Sierra Club Presentation at the Robinson Nature Center at 7:30 pm

October 2014

12 Talk and book signing sponsored by the Robinson Nature Center at 2pm
18 Centennial Lake Trail Walk sponsored by HC Dept. of Rec. and Parks at 9:30
18 The Un-natural History of Baltimore and the Inner Harbor sponsored by the Maryland Natural History Society at 4pm on top of Federal Hill
25 Lake Kittamaguundi Trail Walk sponsored by Town Center at 9am (Petit Louis)

September 2014