discussions
Unbreathable: The Fight for Healthy Air — online viewing & discussion
OnlineWednesday 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…
Climate Change & Urban Trees: What Does the Future Hold?
OnlineThursday, February 3 @ noon — 1:00 p.m. Dr. Leslie Brandt, USDA Forest Service & Madeline Baroli, NIACS, will join the 'Urban Forestry Today' Noonhour (Eastern) webcast to discuss how a changing climate may impact the future of our urban forests. Attend live…
Designing a Campus for All: The Impact of Our Built Environment on Equity and Inclusion
OnlineThursday, February 3 @ 3:45 — 5:15 p.m. Mary Anne Ocampo, an Associate Professor of the Practice of Urban Design and Planning at MIT as well as Principal at Sasaki, presents on the role urban designers and planners play in…
All About Black Bears – Online Program
OnlineThursday, February 10 @ 4:00 — 5:30 p.m. Join BNRC for an afternoon with MassWildlife Black Bear & Furbearer Biologist Dave Wattles to learn about black bears in the Berkshires and beyond. Dave will discuss their habitat needs, population dynamics,…
An Energy Storage Webinar
Online/ZoomWednesday, February 16 @ 12:00 — 1:30 p.m. via Zoom Massachusetts Climate Action Network, Prince Lobel, and the Berkshire Environmental Action Team invite you to an energy storage webinar on February 16, 2022. MCAN and BEAT are advocacy organizations currently…
Food Emissions 50: Progress by Food Companies in Disclosing Emissions and Setting Targets
Online/ZoomThursday, February 17 @ 11:00 a.m. In July 2021, Ceres launched the Food Emissions 50, an investor-led initiative to accelerate progress toward a 1.5-degree future in the food and agriculture sector. Seven months into the initiative, 13 top food companies are making progress…
Log Lunch: “Once in a Green Moon: Farm to Table Cannabis in the Berkshires”
The Log 78 Spring St, Williamstown, MA, United StatesFriday, February 18th @ noon — 1:00 p.m. Jake Zieminski, founder and president of CAVU Hemp and Wellness, a Berkshire-based hemp farm and business, will speak at Log lunch on February 18th. Log Lunch is a vegetarian homemade lunch and…
Public Meetings on the Commission on Clean Heat
Online/ZoomThe Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) invites you to attend public meetings focused on the work of the Commission on Clean Heat and related policies for building decarbonization. The meetings will be virtual and include a short presentation,…
Public Meetings on the Commission on Clean Heat
Online/ZoomThe Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) invites you to attend public meetings focused on the work of the Commission on Clean Heat and related policies for building decarbonization. The meetings will be virtual and include a short presentation,…
Pittsfield Green Drinks — Experiencing Mass Audubon’s Wildlife Sanctuaries: From the Trail and Behind the Scenes
Online/ZoomTuesday, March 15th @ 6:00 — 7:00 p.m. via Zoom Join us for our March Pittsfield Green Drinks event to hear Zach Adams, full-time Teacher Naturalist for Mass Audubon in the Berkshires, speak about mindfully and respectfully experiencing nature, how to…
Sustainers of Culture and Life: Mohican Women’s Artistry and Food Cultivation in the Homelands
Online/ZoomWednesday, March 16 @ 6 PM As Mohican people were forced from their homelands in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, women’s roles as cultivators of the soil and keepers of cultural traditions were threatened. English missionaries sought to eradicate indigenous…
Green Construction: The Future of Building
Online/ZoomThursday, March 17 @ 2:00 — 3:15 PM The built environment is one of the greatest areas of embodied carbon emissions and challenges to carbon-reduction efforts. A recent study indicated that new construction could consume up to 20% of the…
Public Meetings on the Commission on Clean Heat
Online/ZoomThe Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) invites you to attend public meetings focused on the work of the Commission on Clean Heat and related policies for building decarbonization. The meetings will be virtual and include a short presentation,…
Pittsfield Green Drinks – Water Quality in Berkshire County on the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act
Online/ZoomTuesday, April 19 @ 6:00 — 7:00 PM Join us for our monthly Pittsfield Green Drinks event to hear Elena Traister speak about the Clean Water Act (CWA), a summary of the primary pollutants affecting the Housatonic and Hoosic watersheds…
Mountain Streams and Big Salamanders
Online/ZoomThursday, May 5 @ 6:00 — 7:00 PM via Zoom Tom Tyning will give a presentation on the amphibians and other organisms that use small mountain streams — the source of every lake, pond, stream, and brook. Rich in oxygen…
Build resilience with gender empowerment, sustainable food and reuse policies – Webinar
Online/ZoomStaff from the Center for Biological Diversity, Upstream Solutions, and the Environmental Law Institute will discuss the use of climate plans to build climate-resilient solutions around food systems, reuse / refill solutions, and gender empowerment as a free side-event to…