Celebrate 20 years of protecting the environment for wildlife in the Berkshires with BEAT!

We welcome everyone to join us on Saturday, December 2, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM, to see the renovations, hear about what’s to come, and meet BEAT’s staff and board! Executive Director Jane Winn will lead an optional tour of the building at 1:15 PM, and a steam-table demonstration will start at 2 PM. We’ll also have finger foods and refreshments for guests!

Please RSVP to help us prepare for the number of people joining us. (It’s not necessary in order to attend, but we would greatly appreciate it.) Click here to RSVP.

Berkshire Environmental Action Team was established in 2003 when a vernal pool at Berkshire Community College (BCC) was being threatened by the development of soccer fields on the campus. Over the past two decades, BEAT has taken on many fights and projects — often leading them and creating a path for environmental change and progress.

BEAT’s mission has remained the same: To protect the environment for wildlife in support of the natural world that sustains us all. But our vision and goals have continuously expanded and evolved. We see a world where communities work together to sustain their environmental health and economic vitality; all people recognize their interconnectedness to, and dependence on, the natural world; the air and water are clean; rivers and streams flow naturally; and there is plenty of interconnected, natural land where wildlife thrive. Our goal is to make all of this happen — and our newly renovated Environmental Leadership & Education Center is one of the first steps in reaching that goal.