September is just stuffed with great things to do for anyone with an eco-interest of any kind. We've already told you about the URI Global-Change Seminar Series on Tuesday evenings. Here are a few more highlights from our inbox.

This Saturday, Sept 13, the annual Urban Edge Farm Hoe Down promises to be a rip-roarin' good time in celebration of local farms and local food, 4 to 8 pm, dinner, drinks, music, tours, dancing, and more, just $20 for grownups, Students $15 and kids under 12, $5 each. Click for info and directions. (That's the farm, in the pik above.) You can also join the Bike For Life in South County Saturday morning, and help remind drivers to share the road with bicyclists. Click here for info. Also, Audubon's awesome Raptor Weekend, Sept. 13 & 14 in Bristol (click here for more info, and click here for a photo slideshow from last year's event).

Also on Saturday, the 13th, Sea Grant's CoastWeeks launches, with bunches of events around the state, from talks and workshops to cleanups and cruises, and lots more, all in celebration of our beautiful coastline. Click for info and a calendar of events.

Coming up next week:

Wednesday, Sept. 17, check out Runway Earth 7, click here for info. This is a fun event, and if you think planting 40,000 trees in Providence is a great idea, going to this event is one way to show your support.

On Thursday, Sept. 18, Kevin Pearce of Bluewater Wind will give a presentation at URI's Bay Campus about his company's state-of-the-art offshore wind energy technology. The talk is from 11 to noon at Corless Auditorium, all are welcome to attend. For more info about Bluewater Wind and their work, click here. For directions to the auditorium, click here. 

URI's Fall Gardening School starts Sept 22 at RWP Botanical Center, click here to sign up now. On Sept. 25, Apeiron Institute hosts a Sustainable Schools Summit, click here for the flyer. REI in Cranston spends a day to introduce you to the kayak life, Sept. 27, click for info.

Need more event ideas? Check out NNN's new Calendar format, in the left sidebar on our front page. Hover on any date and a list of events will appear, just click on any event for more details. Or click on "Calendar" in our top navigation bar for a larger version of the list for the week. Many thanks to Sue Korte at What Grows On In R.I. for doing such a great job creating these calendars and helping to keep RI's eco-community connected and informed!