The Stationery Factory : 63 Flansburg Ave. Dalton, MA
A MONTH OF EARTH EVENTS
Starting April 7th
leading up to
The EXPO :: SATURDAY, APRIL 21ST :: 10AM – 5PM
Come to learn from experts, talk to your neighbors about what they’re doing, enjoy performances, shop, and get inspired. Click here for all the info.
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COMMUNITY ART WORKSHOP with JANA LAIZ
Saturday, April 7th : 1:30 – 3:30 PM
COMMUNITY CONVERSATION WITH CLIMATE SCIENTIST MICHAEL MANN
Friday, April 13th : 7 – 8 PM
:: PURPOSEFUL MEMOIR WRITING WORKSHOP with JENNIFER BROWDY ::
Saturday, April 14th : 3 – 5 PM
TIME TO CHOOSE FILM SCREENING
Saturday, April 14th : 6:30 PM
:: 2018 BERKSHIRE EARTH EXPO : environmental action fair ::
Saturday, April 21st : 10 AM – 5 PM PM
COMMUNITY ART WORKSHOP
LETTER TO THE EARTH with JANA LAIZ
Saturday, April 7th | 1:30 – 3:30PM
Emily Dickinson said it so well:
This is my letter to the world,
Who never wrote to me –
The simple news that Nature told,
With tender majesty.
Come and spend a few hours writing a letter, note or poem to Mother Earth and creating a Vision Board of your vision for our planet. We will display our art/letters at the opening of the art show.
Open to anyone who loves our planet and wants to celebrate it! Art & Writing can bring change! No writing or art experience necessary, just a love of Mother Earth!
Bring magazines, glue sticks and your favorite writing utensil.
RSVP – Space is limited
Free!
ART EXHIBITION
Gallery Exhibition: April 7-21, with performances and events throughout
COMMUNITY CONVERSATION with MICHAEL MANN
Friday, April 13th | 7 – 8 PM
Gallery at The Stationery Factory
Join internationally renowned climate scientist Michael Mann for a community conversation about climate and activism. Bring your questions! Open to everyone!
Dr. Michael E. Mann is Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State University. He is author of The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars, The Madhouse Effect and other works.
WRITING WORKSHOP with JENNIFER BROWDY
Navigating Climate Change in Uncertain Times: The Elemental Journey of Purposeful Memoir as a Path to Personal, Political and Planetary Thriving
Saturday, April 14th | 3 PM – 5 PM | $35
Through an inspiring, thought-provoking discussion and writing workshop, Jennifer Browdy, Ph.D. guides participants to explore a central question for anyone who is aware of the promise and peril of our current moment: how can I become a strong link between past and future, rising to the personal, political and planetary challenges of our time in ways that are at once grounded, fluid, fiery and wise?
Inspiration will be drawn from the work of writer-activists like Wangari Maathai, Thich Nhat Hanh, Llewelyn Vaughn-Lee, Terry Tempest Williams and Joanna Macy, and Jennifer will share the unique framework she has developed for what she calls “the elemental journey of purposeful memoir”: using the four elements (Earth, Water, Fire and Air) to explore the stages of life experience, looking back at the past in order to better understand the present and envision the future we want to live into.
Bring your notebook and pen, and an open mind & heart!
This event is part of the Berkshire Earth Day Expo; all proceeds will benefit The Berkshire Environmental Action Team. Register here.
TIME TO CHOOSE film screening
Saturday, April 14th | 6:30 PM | Free – donations accepted to be sent directly to Puerto Rico
Academy award-winning documentary filmmaker Charles Ferguson’s most recent film TIME TO CHOOSE takes audiences on a breathtaking global journey to explore the comprehensive scope of the climate change crisis. The film shows the powerful solutions that are available and the entrepreneurs, change-makers and ordinary people who are helping to deploy these solutions. Most importantly, TIME TO CHOOSE delivers a message of empowerment and action – the solutions to climate change are here and that we all have the power to choose what kind of world we want to live in.
Entrance is free with donations greatly welcomed. All proceeds from donations will be sent to communities in Puerto Rico struggling to recover from Hurricane Maria. Manos Unidas held another fundraiser for Puerto Rico on January 23rd during which they raised $5,500 that was delivered directly to victims of Hurricane Maria by former resident of Puerto Rico and co-founder of Manos Unidos Con Puerto Rico, Miriam Orengo.
SATURDAY, APRIL 21ST : 10AM – 5PM
Come to learn from experts, talk to your neighbors about what they’re doing, enjoy performances, shop, and get inspired.
The Stationery Factory : 63 Flansburg Ave. Dalton, MA
Demonstrations • Kids activities • Presentations • Marketplace • Workshops
Samples • Games • Hikes • Food • Music
Some of our vendors – get your earth-friendly Mothers’ Day shopping done early!
350-MA Berkshire Node
Aubry Woodworks
Audubon
Aztech Geothermal
Berkshire Environmental Action Team
Berkshares
Berkshire Photos
Berkshire Seed Library
Berkshire Natural Resources Council
Berkshire Photovoltaic Services
Citizen’s Climate Lobby
Center for Ecotechnology
Charley Eiseman
Doug Harris
Empty Nest
Galleria Cecilia
Giles Prett
Green Fire Press
Green Meads
Hikes with Healers
Hoffman Bird Club
Holiday Brook Farm
Little Bit Farm
Living the Change
Mass Audubon
Miss Halls
New England Solar & Green Solutions
Northeast Solar
October Design
Progressive Asset Management
Sky View Farm
The Sweetish Baker
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC :: RSVP
• A forum for education about energy and climate solutions
• A marketplace for green and sustainable goods and services
• A showcase to celebrate activism and activists’ achievements
• A place for citizens to meet or re-connect with each other
• A gathering to help people feel empowered rather than helpless
• A catalyst to host meaningful conversations in the county about climate change and sustainable living
• A place for kids to get excited about sustainable living
We welcome vendors!
Vendor spaces measure 8’ wide by 12’ deep and cost is $75.00. Please contact Elizabeth Orenstein at elizabeth@thebeatnews.org if you are interested.
Organizations
We welcome organizations to participate in the 2018 Berkshire Earth Expo! We hope to bring people from all walks of life into the climate conversation through building and showing the connections among activism, the arts, and social and racial justice. We want to facilitate a broader dialogue, fostering resilience in our community.
This is your opportunity to offer activities and/or demonstrations, and to provide a space for learning and conversation. Please contact elizabeth@thebeatnews.org if you would like to reserve a space.
Attend the Berkshire Earth Expo to make new and important connections, host or attend a workshop, view the art show, take action, offer or shop for quality goods for sale, be a part of inspiring discussions with great speakers, enjoy hands-on activities – or just have a great time cuddling chickens or riding a velo-mobile. Our vision is that this Earth Day event will grow each year!
CO-PRODUCED BY
Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) and Living the Change Berkshires