Week of Events
Cyber Tracker Track & Sign Certification
Saturday / Sunday, January 22 & 23rd Come test your skills while receiving many hours of expert instruction on interpreting animal track and sign. Nate Harvey will be leading the process. As he circles a specific set of prints or…
Environmental Studies Institute: The Natural History of Deer and Moose in New Hampshire
Environmental Studies Institute: The Natural History of Deer and Moose in New Hampshire
Tuesday, January 18th, 25th & February 1st @ 10:00 —11:00 a.m. Join wildlife biologist Mark Ellingwood for a four-week course on deer and moose ecology in New Hampshire. You'll learn about seasonal behavior, habitat use, and population dynamics of these…
Status of HWA and EHS in VT and how populations are predicted to change with climate change
Status of HWA and EHS in VT and how populations are predicted to change with climate change
Tuesday, January 18th @ 12:00-1:00 p.m. The invasive pests, hemlock woolly adelgid and elongate hemlock scale are increasing their range in the Northeast, stressing this keystone species. Forest health specialists with Vermont's Departments of Forests, Parks and Recreation, Jim Esden…
Pittsfield Green Drinks – Wandering and Wondering in the Winter Woods: Wildlife Tracking with Richard Greene
Pittsfield Green Drinks – Wandering and Wondering in the Winter Woods: Wildlife Tracking with Richard Greene
Tuesday, January 18th @ 6-7PM Richard Greene will speak at the Pittsfield Green Drinks January meeting on Tuesday, January 18th at 6 p.m. via Zoom. Richard will talk about his experience with wildlife tracking and the many places this…
Soul Fire Farm Keynote with Leah Penniman
Soul Fire Farm Keynote with Leah Penniman
Tuesday, January 18th @ 7 p.m. via Zoom Soul Fire Farm is an Afro-Indigenous centered community farm committed to uprooting racism and seeding sovereignty in the food system. In this inspiring video, Leah Penniman lays out the history of our racist…
Organize Your Networks to Protect Voting Rights
Organize Your Networks to Protect Voting Rights
Tuesday, January 18th from 8:00 — 9:00 p.m. The Union of Concerned Scientists invites you to an online training to learn how you can make the most of your energy and networks to protect voting rights, fair presentation, and election…
Termination: The Attempt to Destroy and the Rebuilding of the Siletz Tribes — Webinar
Termination: The Attempt to Destroy and the Rebuilding of the Siletz Tribes — Webinar
Wednesday, January 19th @ 11 a.m. — 12:00 p.m. Join Ecotrust for a discussion about one of the most destructive policies ever initiated by the United States Congress: Termination. Passed in 1953 and signed by President Harry Truman, Termination was…
Webinar: Forest Ecosystems and the Winds of Change – Forests as a Cog in the Earth’s Climate System
Webinar: Forest Ecosystems and the Winds of Change – Forests as a Cog in the Earth’s Climate System
Wednesday, January 19th @ 12:00 — 1:00 p.m. This presentation will explore the fascinating role of forests as a key part of the climate system, and how researchers are still unraveling their mysteries using tools ranging from state-of-the-art satellite sensors…
Mapping and Monitoring Forest Biomass and Carbon Benefits
Mapping and Monitoring Forest Biomass and Carbon Benefits
Wednesday, January 19th @ 12:00 — 1:00 p.m. & again @ 7:00 — 8:00 p.m. Dr. Colin Beier of SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry will be presenting on the mapping and monitoring of biomass and carbon benefits. Among…
Climate Talk with William Moomaw and Elizabeth Kolbert
Climate Talk with William Moomaw and Elizabeth Kolbert
Wednesday, January 19th @ 1:00 p.m. — 2:30 p.m. There is an upcoming virtual Ozone Transportation Commission (OTC) stakeholder meeting scheduled later this month on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 from 1:00pm – 2:30pm. The OTC and Stationary Area Sources (SAS) will…
Responding to Change, Pivoting for Profitability — Training Series
Responding to Change, Pivoting for Profitability — Training Series
Series 1: Mondays - Jan 31, Feb 7, 14, and 28: 10 AM to 12:30 PM Series 2: Wednesdays – Jan 12, 19, 26, and Feb 9: 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM Join farmer and Carrot Project business advisor and…
Advocacy Hour: Campaign Updates (MA Sierra Club)
Advocacy Hour: Campaign Updates (MA Sierra Club)
Every Wednesday @ 5 p.m. Join Sierra Club Massachusetts leaders on Zoom for a campaign update, every Wednesday at 5pm. This is an opportunity to get plugged into our campaigns, learn about timely issues and ongoing projects, and talk directly…
Sharks of New England
Sharks of New England
Wednesday,January 19th @ 5:30 —6:30 p.m. via Zoom Closed captioning will be available. Join shark and ray researcher Julia Saltzman to learn about the wild sharks that grace the New England coastline! Currently working on her PhD at UNH, Julia…
Unbreathable: The Fight for Healthy Air — online viewing & discussion
Unbreathable: The Fight for Healthy Air — online viewing & discussion
Wednesday January 19th from 6:00 — 7:00 p.m. Join the American Lung Association and Green Energy Consumers Alliance for a Rhode Island-focused live panel discussion about “Unbreathable: The Fight for Healthy Air”. The film reflects on the 50-year legacy of the…
Heat Pumps 101
Heat Pumps 101
Wednesday. January 19th @ 7:00 — 8:30 p.m. Heat pumps can heat or cool a home by transferring heat from outside to the living space or vice versa. Green Energy Consumers Alliance is partnering with Quincy Climate Action Network, ICF,…
Mapping and Monitoring Forest Biomass and Carbon Benefits
Mapping and Monitoring Forest Biomass and Carbon Benefits
Wednesday, January 19th @ 12:00 — 1:00 p.m. & again @ 7:00 — 8:00 p.m. Dr. Colin Beier of SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry will be presenting on the mapping and monitoring of biomass and carbon benefits. Among…
Webinar Series: Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund & Highlands Grant Programs
Webinar Series: Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund & Highlands Grant Programs
Thursday, January 20th @ 12:00 p.m. Join Land Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) experts from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and partner organizations to learn key ins and outs from projects to programs. On the heels of the one year…
Expanding the Scope of Landscape Design: Ecology, People, and Time
Expanding the Scope of Landscape Design: Ecology, People, and Time
Thursday & Friday, January 20, 21, 27 & 28 @ 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Landscape designers who successfully employ an ecology-based approach typically draw from a variety of sources. The inextricable link between people and ecology only increases the need to…
ASK A NATURALIST: WINTER EDITION
ASK A NATURALIST: WINTER EDITION
Thursday, January 20th @ 5:30 — 6:30 p.m. Closed captioning will be available. Join the Harris Center for a fun, informal, nature-focused happy hour — via Zoom! Come prepared with questions about nearby nature, or just sit back and listen…
Volunteer w/ BEAT: Cut & Pull Invasive Hardy Kiwi
Volunteer w/ BEAT: Cut & Pull Invasive Hardy Kiwi
Every Friday from 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Please consider joining us to help cut invasive hardy kiwi vines at Burbank Park in Pittsfield. Anyone and everyone is welcome regardless of age or experience. However, you must be able to walk on a…
Expanding the Scope of Landscape Design: Ecology, People, and Time
Expanding the Scope of Landscape Design: Ecology, People, and Time
Thursday & Friday, January 20, 21, 27 & 28 @ 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Landscape designers who successfully employ an ecology-based approach typically draw from a variety of sources. The inextricable link between people and ecology only increases the need to…
Mountain Mindfulness: Winter Walk with Micah Mortali
Mountain Mindfulness: Winter Walk with Micah Mortali
Fridays, JAN 21, at 1:00 pm Fridays, FEB 4 and FEB 18, at 1:00 pm Fridays, MAR 4 and MAR 18, at 1:00 pm Join Micah Mortali M.A., Author of “Rewilding” and Founder of the Kripalu School of Mindful Outdoor…
Beginner Snowshoe/Winter Hike
Beginner Snowshoe/Winter Hike
Saturday, January 22 @ 10:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m. Join GBLC and BNRC for a 1-mile beginner winter hike. We hope to snowshoe! If you don’t have your own, we will have some adult and kids pairs to loan. If there’s…
Birding Workshop: Winter Bird Feeding and Birding Basics – Mass Audubon
Birding Workshop: Winter Bird Feeding and Birding Basics – Mass Audubon
Saturday, January 22nd @ 10:00-11:30 a.m. Winter is a perfect time to start birdwatching. Birds often come close to our feeders and hardy winter birds can become familiar friends. We'll explore how to use shape, size, color, and sounds to…
The American Chestnut: An Environmental History
The American Chestnut: An Environmental History
January 15, 16, 22, & 23 @ 1–3PM Before 1910 the American chestnut was one of the more common trees in the eastern United States. An important natural resource, chestnut wood was used for woodworking, fencing, and building construction, as it…
Early-Winter Tracking Programs
Early-Winter Tracking Programs
January 2nd, 9th, 23rd, or 30th @ 10 a.m.-3 p.m. David Brown's Wildlife Services is offering a slate of early-winter, single-day tracking programs in the North Quabbin area of Massachusetts. These programs meet at the country store in Petersham, are…
The American Chestnut: An Environmental History
The American Chestnut: An Environmental History
January 15, 16, 22, & 23 @ 1–3PM Before 1910 the American chestnut was one of the more common trees in the eastern United States. An important natural resource, chestnut wood was used for woodworking, fencing, and building construction, as it…