Protecting Our Forests with Dr. William R. Moomaw
DATE: Sunday, April 27 TIME: 10:30 AM LOCATION: Unitarian Universalist Meeting of South Berkshire, 1089 Main Street, Housatonic
In A Rapidly Changing World, Greenland’s Real Value Is Its Ice
The OLLI Distinguished Speakers Series presents: In A Rapidly Changing World, Greenland’s Real Value Is Its Ice with Dr. Paul Bierman Today, Greenland and the Arctic are ground-zero for climate change as record global temperatures melt the region’s ice, snow, and…
Youth Climate Stories Exhibit Opening and Reception
This project elevates youth voices and tells the untold stories of young people and their experiences, understanding, and responses to climate change. The goals of this project are to use youth storytelling as a vehicle for inspiring young people to…
Climate Change, Tree Migration, and the Future of Northeastern Forests
Join Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies for a special lecture by Dr. Angelica Patterson, a plant ecophysiologist and science communicator from Mount Holyoke College. She will explore how climate-induced shifts in the tree species that make up northeastern forests may…
Understanding Forest Carbon and Climate Adaptation with Dr. Alexandra Kosiba
Forest ecologist, tree physiologist, and assistant professor of forestry at University of Vermont Extension Dr. Alexandra (Ali) Kosiba will present on the forest carbon cycle, northeastern forests’ role in mitigating the impacts of climate change, and how decision makers can…
En-Roads Climate Solutions Simulator Workshop
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…
Loving Our Earth: Climate Crisis Support Group
https://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Wos-Climate-crisis-support-group-3-1.pdf Loving our Earth: Climate Crisis Support Group This free five-session online (zoom) group is sponsored by Women of Spirit in the Berkshires. The group is intended as a safe place to talk about the difficult feelings that arise when…
Climate Stories of Hope
Join Hitchcock Center for the Environment to watch some of Project Drawdown’s inspiring short film stories. These mini documentaries are a journey to “pass the mic” to climate heroes whose stories often go unheard, and inspire climate action in the…
Climate Stories Music Program
https://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GFDC_Program-Flyer_ClimateStoriesMusic_Nov-14-2024.pdf Find inspiration to address the climate crisis through the power of creativity and storytelling. Musician and director of Climate Stories Project, Jason Davis, discusses his work with climate narrative music, featuring recorded voices of people around the world speaking…
Minding the Climate: How Neuroscience Can Help Solve Our Environmental Crisis
Deep Dialogue with Elders Climate Action Massachusetts Chapter: Minding the Climate: How Neuroscience Can Help Solve Our Environmental Crisis Increasingly, politicians, activists, media figures, and the public at large agree that climate change is an urgent problem. Yet that sense…