• Composting Workshop: Making Healthy Soil for Healthy Food

    Lee Library 100 Main St, Lee, MA, United States

    Mary Stucklen, owner of TOMMY’s Composting Service, and Linda Cysz from the Lee Land Trust will share their knowledge and experience about recycling food waste to generate nutrient dense soil and keeping food waste out of the trash. Free and…

  • Restoring Native Habitat and Ecosystems at the Lee Library

    Lee Library 100 Main St, Lee, MA, United States

    https://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Restoring-Native-Habitat-and-Ecosystems-Learning-Event-4-20-24.pdf Joan Angelo and Katherine Miller, both from the Lee Greener Gateway Committee, and Linda Cysz, from the Lee Land Trust, will share their knowledge and experience about invasive species and how they affect both pollinating animals and plants by…

  • Lee Greener Gateway Cleanup and Workday

    https://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-LGGC-April-Poster.pdf Lee's 8th Annual Greener Gateway Cleanup and Workday Volunteer opportunities include: roadside cleanup, removing invasives, town garden cleanup, community garden prep, and more Rain date Saturday, May 4th To volunteer, email: valerie4748@gmail.com Meet at the gazebo by the Post…

  • “Kiss the Ground” Documentary Screening & Film Discussion

    Lee Library 100 Main St, Lee, MA, United States

    https://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Kiss-the-Ground-Film-Learning-Event-Lee-Library-May-2024.pdf Sponsored by the Lee Greener Gateway Committee and held at the Lee Library in the J. Peter Scolforo Gallery/Meeting Room. Explore the subject of regenerating the world's soils to stabilize earth's climate, restore lost ecosystems, & create abundant food…

  • “Common Ground” Screening and Film Discussion

    Lee Library 100 Main St, Lee, MA, United States

    https://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Common-Ground-Film-Learning-Event-Lee-Library-December-2024.pdf Common Ground screening and film discussion, a learning event at the Lee library Common Ground is the award-winning follow-up to the successful film, Kiss the Ground. This film explores how Americans from different walks of life, different political backgrounds,…

  • Learning from Each Other: Roundtable with AmeriCorps Volunteers Working at Greenagers

    Lee Library 100 Main St, Lee, MA, United States

    https://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Americorps-Learning-Event-Lee-Library-January-2025.pdf A Learning Event at the Lee Library from Lee Greener Gateway Committee Learning From Each Other: a multi-generational round table discussion with young adults from AmeriCorps gaining work experience in environmental stewardship serving with Greenagers. DATE: Saturday, January 25…

  • En-Roads Climate Solutions Simulator Workshop

    Lee Library 100 Main St, Lee, MA, United States

    https://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/En-Roads-Climate-Simulator-Learning-Event-Lee-Library-February-2025.pdf Which actions actually work best to address climate change? Which solutions can significantly limit global warming? Join Lee Greener Gateway Committee for a learning event at the Lee public library where Bob Voss, a member of the Berkshires Chapter…

  • Lazy Composting: 6 Ways to Keep Kitchen and Yard Waste Out of Landfills (Free Workshop)

    Lee Dontown Community Garden 42 Academy St, Lee, MA, United States

    Whether you live in an apartment, a home with a backyard, or somewhere in between, this free, hands-on workshop is perfect for beginners and those who are compost-curious! During this workshop, participants will: See real-life composting strategies in action. Learn…

  • Lee Greener Gateway Service Day

    Lee, MA

    https://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/LGGC-Service-Day-Announcement-July-2025.pdf Join Lee Greener Gateway Committee for a Day of Service, including planting in the gardens downtown, and cutting back invasive honeysuckle at Golden Hill Town Forest. Please RSVP to Valerie Bluhm with what activity you would like to participate…

  • Invasives Removal Service Day with Lee Greener Gateway Committee

    Golden Hill Town Forest 116 Golden Hill Rd., Lee, MA

    Join Lee Greener Gateway Committee to work on removing invasive honeysuckle and barberry at Golden Hill Town Forest. Please bring work gloves and appropriate tools, if you have any. If you don't, some will be available to borrow. For your…

  • Project Drawdown Video and Group Discussion

    Lee Library 100 Main St, Lee, MA, United States

    The Drawdown Roadmap: Using Science to Guide Climate Action In this follow-up to Climate Solutions 101, Jonathan Foley, Ph.D., presents a science-based guide for strategically organizing currently available technologies and practices to halt climate change. Before joining Project Drawdown, Dr.…