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Methane Pipelines, Climate Change, & What Comes Next with Bill McKibben and Dr. Sandra Steingraber
OnlineJoin the Stop Project Maple Coalition for a special webinar with Bill McKibben, titled Methane Pipelines, Climate Change, & What Comes Next. Across New England and the United States, the extraction, transportation, and burning of fossil fuels continues to increase even as it…
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Floodlights and Fireflies: Environmental Sustainability Starts in your Front Yard
OnlineMAPN PRESENTATION: Impacts of Artificial Light on Insects Presenter: Dr. Avalon Owens, Rowland Institute at Harvard Fee: Sign-Up is Free & Open to All Insect populations around the world are declining rapidly. But why? While habitat loss, pesticide use, and…
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Loving Our Earth: Climate Crisis Support Group
Onlinehttps://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…
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Deep Dialogue: What Makes Up Massachusetts Electric Rates?
OnlineWhat Makes Up Massachusetts Electric Rates? with Austin Dawson, Deputy Director of Energy Supply and Rates, Policy Division of the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources Energy affordability, and in particular the cost of electricity, is essential to incentivize electrification and…
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The Plight of the Fisher
OnlineJoin Dr. David Needle, a veterinary pathologist at the New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (NHDVL), to learn how researchers are working to uncover what’s behind the decline in New Hampshire’s fisher population. Discover how exposure to commonly used rodenticides may…
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Dam Busters 201: Overview of New England Dam Removal Research
OnlineDam Busters 201 Webinar 1: Overview of New England Dam Removal Research Join for an overview of Boston College Prof. Noah Snyder's decades of research on dam removal in New England. Register here The Dam Busters 101 series ran from…
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Plant Communities: Functional Plant Roles for Restorative Gardens
OnlinePlant Communities: Functional Plant Roles for Restorative Gardens workshop with Instructor Holly Greenleaf, Greenleaf Design, LLC Fee: Member $28/ Non-member $38/ Workshop Sponsor $100 When designing a planting, we are creating an ecological community that will co-evolve over time. We…
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Virtual Public Meeting: GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Superfund Site Remediation
OnlineEPA will be hosting a virtual public meeting on the Reach 6 (Woods Pond area) Remedial Design/Remedial Action at the GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Superfund Site. In this meeting, GE will be presenting its remedial design for Reach 6 (including Woods Pond…
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BNRC Behind the Scenes: Trail Work
OnlineIn this free online event Doug Brown, Director of Stewardship at BNRC, will share a summary of BNRC’s 2024 trail crew season, with a slideshow and details of how projects are identified, prioritized, planned, and executed over the 60+ mile…
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Mass Pollinator Network Brown Bag Lunch
OnlineA new program from Mass Pollinator Network: Brown Bag Lunch This drop-in Zoom event will happen on the first Wednesday of each month, beginning February 7, from noon to 1pm. Stop by to meet other pollinator advocates, ask questions of…
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Finding Focal Species: Fisher, Otter, Mink & Bobcat
OnlineTracking wide-ranging carnivores as indicators of habitat connectivity Join Sophie for an hour-long exploration of the tracks and sign of Vermont's wide-ranging carnivores—and the other species we commonly confuse them with! Fisher, Otter, Mink & Bobcat require large expanses of…
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Rescue Raptors Orientation for New Volunteers
OnlineInterested in helping your town or city rescue raptors and other wildlife by reducing the use of rat poison? Join Mass Audubon to learn more about the risks of these poisons, the alternative rodent control options, and how Mass Audubon…
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Protect Wildlands in Massachusetts Campaign Planning Meeting
OnlineJoin Climate Action Now's Campaign to Protect Wildlands in Massachusetts! Do you find solace in woods and other wild places? Would you like to join a positive, collaborative campaign that will protect wildlife areas where you live and across the…
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Berkshire Green Drinks: “Protecting the Environment of the Berkshires: BEAT’s Year of Progress” with Berkshire Environmental Action Team staff
OnlineJoin us for our December 2024 Berkshire Green Drinks event to talk with Berkshire Environmental Action Team staff about BEAT’s important work of this past year and explore what comes next as the new year approaches! Be part of the…
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Fall Phenomena: Transition to Cold Weather
OnlineExplore how native plants and animals respond to shorter days, colder temperatures, and changes in availability of food and water. Plants experience dormancy, while trees face winter head-on by shifting their metabolism to weather the elements and protect delicate structures.…
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Franklin County Regional Pollinator Plan – Stories and Community Building Virtual Gathering
OnlineFranklin County Regional Pollinator Plan – Stories and Community Building Virtual Gathering The Franklin Regional Council of Governments is currently wrapping up its update to the Regional Pollinator Action Plan for Franklin County* and want to bring together all 13…
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Sharing Like Cats and Dogs: Bobcats & Coyotes on the Vermont Landscape
OnlineSharing Like Cats and Dogs: Bobcats & Coyotes on the Vermont Landscape Bobcats and coyotes compete for resources across Vermont. Yet they go about it with very different styles and have settled into an equilibrium since coyotes first appeared in…
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Climate and Solar Legislative Update
OnlineJoin Sam Anderson, Mass Audubon's Director of Legislative and Government Affairs, for the breaking updates on solar and climate policies in our state legislature. This program is part of a monthly series for Mass Audubon's Climate and Nature Champions. All…
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Ask Me Anything About Recycling in MA with Recycle Smart
OnlineAsk Me Anything about Recycling in MA Ever wonder how clean your recyclables need to be? Unsure what to do with loose bottle caps? Overwhelmed by recycling numbers? This is the webinar for you! The Recycle Smart team is excited…
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Berkshire Green Drinks: “Pittsfield Power Possibilities: A look at alternatives to fossil fuel power in the Berkshires” with Rosemary Wessel
OnlineJoin BEAT online for the November 2024 Berkshire Green Drinks event with Rosemary Wessel, the program director of No Fracked Gas in Mass. We’ll be taking a close look at Berkshire County’s last peaking power plant, Pittsfield Generating, and how…