Upcoming Events 2026
April 25, 2026 (Saturday 9AM-4PM)New Pioneers Green Festival, Springfield, KY. The Springfield Green Festival is annual event that builds awareness of environmental issues and inspires action to support a healthy and sustainable planet.
April 25th, 2026 (Saturday 10AM-4PM) KCC at Bluegrass Birding Festival, McConnell Springs Park, Lexington.
May 12, 2026 (Tuesday) Kentucky Gives Day -KY Gives Day is an opportunity for Kentuckians (near and far) to come together to make donations to participating Kentucky charities in an effort to raise as much money as possible in 24 hours. The Kentucky Conservation Committee’s foundation will be a participant this year.
May 12-13, 2026 (Tuesday-Wed 8AM-5PM) KCC at Nuclear Innovations conference, Frankfort, KY.
May 16, 2026 (Saturday 9:30AM-5PM) KCC at the Kentucky Solar Energy Society Annual Meeting, Lexington.
May 30, 2026 (Saturday, 8:30AM-2PM) KCC at Bluegrass Greensource Riverfest, Clifton Boat Ramp, Woodford County.
August 28, 2026 (Friday Evening) KCC hosts the Wild and Scenic Film Festival, Lexington
September 19, 2026 (Saturday 10AM-2PM) —KCC at Monarch Fest - Raven Run Nature Sanctuary, Lexington. This free event will feature kids’ crafts, monarch tagging, make-your-own-pollinator seed mix, and other activities.
October 24, 2026 (Saturday, 10AM) — KCC at Louisville Earth Walk, Seneca Park, Louisville. Come join KCC and other environmental nonprofits for a celebration of safe and clean water, air and soil.
Previous Events 2026
Earth Month Events 2026
April 19, 2026 (Sunday Noon-3PM) Earthapalooza! An Earth Day celebration at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington, 3564 Clays Mill Rd, Lexington.
April 18, 2026 (Saturday, 10AM-2PM) The 2026 Danville Boyle County Earth Day Festival will be held on Saturday, April 18, from 11-2. NEW LOCATION: the event is re-locating from their planned event at Constitution Square and will now be at the Boyle County Cooperative Extension Office, located at 99 Corporate Drive in Danville, KY. This will be the fifteenth Earth Day Festival in our community. From past experiences, we expect around 500 participants and 30 to 40 exhibitors. In addition to the exhibits, there will be music, service projects, food vendors, and children’s activities.
April 14, 2026 (Tuesday, 9AM-4PM) -KCC will be at the 6th annual Bluegrass Greensource Sustainability Summit at the University of Kentucky Gatton Student Center. The Summit brings together community and business leaders seeking to move the sustainability needle and enact change in their own communities.
Town Hall Meeting:
The bigger picture behind
Senate Bill 8 & Senate Bill 178
Decisions about energy, environmental protections, and public participation in government are deeply connected to the health of Kentucky communities.
In recent weeks, lawmakers have considered bills that would limit how state agencies protect public health (SB 178) and restrict who can speak for residential ratepayers in utility cases (SB 8). These debates raise important questions about how environmental policy, public health, and civic participation intersect.
To explore those connections, The Kentucky Conservation Committee, Kentucky Resources Council, Kentucky Waterways Alliance, Sierra Club Kentucky Chapter, are hosting a virtual town hall next week on how environmental decisions affect public health — and why civic participation is essential to protecting both.
Nuclear Field Trip
(and Public Meetings)
Saturday/Sunday Field Trips to Fernald Preserve
In 1951, the town of Fernald, Ohio (just outside of Cincinnati) became the host of the Fernald Feed Materials Production Center that refined uranium from 1951 through 1989, becoming one of the nation's most significant radioactive cleanup projects due to contaminated soil, groundwater, and waste. The remediated site now hosts a nature preserve that is popular with birding groups. However when the site was active, it was heavily contaminated with radioactive materials. Come join us to see the site as it presently exists, with walking trails and interpretive exhibits of its dark history.
Participants can voluntarily carpool to the site and depending on participants, we will arrange a central area to join a carpool.
Public Meetings on Nuclear
And did you know- there are upcoming public comment meetings coming up on nuclear energ? Are you planning on going? Let us know, (esp. if you need assistance with talking points). You can find more background information on our webpage at https://kyconservation.org/nuclear-energy and we would also like to know if you plan on attending one of the upcoming meetings!
