The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) is convening the Environmental Justice Council (EJC) for its next meeting. The primary purpose of this meeting is to make final a set of advisory comments and edits on EEA's draft…
Join Massachusetts Climate Action Network (MCAN) and their partners via Zoom on Wednesday, April 19th at 6:00 PM to discuss H.3150/S.2117 An Act advancing clean energy, equity, and innovation within municipal utilities. This is an exciting opportunity to learn from…
Imprinted into the landscape is the history of how we and other species have inhabited it, the storms and fires that have shaped it, and its response to these and other changes. Few people can “read” that imprint better than…
The forests of Vermont are one of our most important and beloved assets but today a changing climate is causing these forests to change as well. Join the National Parks Service for two half-hour presentations on this topic from researchers…
Join Cary Institute for an in-person and virtual book talk featuring author Leila Philip. In conversation with Cary President Dr. Joshua Ginsberg, Philip will discuss her new book: Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America. In Beaverland, Philip reveals the…
The southern Berkshires are home to over 100 species of edible wild plants. Many of these species are more nutritious and/or flavorful than their cultivated counterparts. These include native species like Fiddleheads and Wild Leeks, non-native weeds like Burdock and…
This talk is about the current biodiversity crisis; the evolutionary history among native plants, insects, birds and fungi, and how these interdependent relationships among diverse species are necessary for their survival. Amy Meltzer will show how growing native plants and using ecological landscape…
The evidence is clear: Climate change is here! The effects that scientists have long predicted are occurring and will only intensify in the coming years. What does this mean for our native flora and fauna? And what can one homeowner…
Nicole Keleher from the Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR) will present on the status of the invasive Southern Pine Beetle in our region and recommendations for forest health. DATE: Monday, March 13 TIME: 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM…