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Berkshire Green Drinks: “Rescue Raptors: Regulate Rat Poison” with Peggy White & Richard Clapper
Hot Plate Brewing Co. 1 School St., Pittsfield, MA, United StatesCome hear from local activists Peggy White and Richard Clapper at the June Berkshire Green Drinks event, as they share their work on a growing movement to protect Massachusetts’ birds of prey and other predators from deadly rodent poisons. Supported…
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Berkshire Green Drinks: “How to Protect Your Farms, Gardens, and Food from Forever Chemicals (PFAS)” with Laura Orlando
Big Elm Brewery - Sheffield Taproom 65 Silver St, Sheffield, MA, United StatesCome hear from Laura Orlando, a Senior Scientist at Just Zero and an Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health at the Boston University School of Public Health, at the July Berkshire Green Drinks event where you'll learn about PFAS and how…
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Hoosic River Float
4 Green Road 4 Green Road, Petersburg, NYHOOSIC RIVER REVIVAL MEDIA ALERT: HOOSIC RIVER FLOAT WHO: The Hoosic River Revival which is dedicated to the modernization of the North Adams flood control system and the development of the Hoosic River as one of its community assets. WHAT:…
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Berkshire Green Drinks: “Breathe Easy Berkshires: A Year and a Half of Pittsfield’s Air Quality” with Drake Reed and Andrew Ferrara
Wander Berkshires 34 Depot St Suite 101, Pittsfield, United StatesJoin us for the August 2025 Berkshire Green Drinks event to learn about Breathe Easy Berkshires — an ongoing air quality monitoring project in Pittsfield — and find out what its research reveals about the air we breathe. Attendees will…
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Berkshire Green Drinks – “Grassroots Data Collection for Advocacy” with Arianna Collins, Nick Russo, and Brittany Ebeling
BEAT's Environmental Leadership & Education Center 20 Chapel St, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesYou may be familiar with the terms citizen or community science, but what does that look like in practice? How does this data collection lead to better environmental advocacy? Join Berkshire Environmental Action Team, Hoosic River Watershed Association, and Berkshire…
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“The Problem With Plastic” Conversation with Author Judith Enck and Professor David Bond
Bennington College One College Drive, Bennington, VTJoin Beyond Plastics president, Judith Enck on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 7 p.m. for a conversation at Bennington College about our new book, “The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves & Our Planet Before It’s Too Late”…
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Berkshire Green Drinks: “A New Vision for Protecting the Environment” with Berkshire Environmental Action Team Staff
BEAT's Environmental Leadership & Education Center 20 Chapel St, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesJoin us for our December 2025 Berkshire Green Drinks event to talk with Berkshire Environmental Action Team staff about BEAT’s important work of this past year and the work coming up for us in 2026 as we carry on the…
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Berkshire Green Drinks: “Stream Restoration on the Konkapot River” With Zach Adams from Trout Unlimited
Dewey Hall 91 Main St., Sheffield, MAJoin us for the first Berkshire Green Drinks of 2026 in which Zach Adams from Trout Unlimited will share about this summer's stream restoration project on the Konkapot River. Trout Unlimited completed construction on a bank restoration project 7 years…
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Berkshire Green Drinks: “Rescuing Wildlife: When and How to Help Wild Animals” with Judy Pasko of Cummington Wildlife, Inc.
Online*Please note: this event is now online only, there will be no in-person gathering* Join BEAT for the February 2026 Berkshire Green Drinks featuring Judy Pasko, a longtime wildlife rehabilitator and founder of Cummington Wildlife, Inc. Judy has been rehabilitating…
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Clean Air in Action: Overview of air quality monitoring in the Berkshires with BEAT and BRPC
Hot Plate Brewing Co. 1 School St., Pittsfield, MA, United StatesJoin Berkshire Environmental Action Team and Berkshire Regional Planning Commission for an evening of air quality. BEAT staff will share results from over two years of ambient air quality monitoring in Pittsfield. BRPC will discuss their countywide air quality monitoring…