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On Belonging in Outdoor Spaces Speaker Series

Virtual

Join us for the 2024 Spring Session of On Belonging! March 13th at 7 PM via Zoom | Erika Rumbley, Co-Founder and Director of The New Garden Society Erika Rumbley is a Co-Founder and Director of The New Garden Society (TNGS), an organization dedicated to training incarcerated students in the art and science of plants. […]

Free
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On Belonging in Outdoor Spaces Speaker Series

Virtual

Join us for the 2024 Spring Session of On Belonging! March 13th at 7 PM via Zoom | Erika Rumbley, Co-Founder and Director of The New Garden Society Erika Rumbley is a Co-Founder and Director of The New Garden Society (TNGS), an organization dedicated to training incarcerated students in the art and science of plants. […]

Free

Connecticut’s Indigenous Communities: An Introduction

Virtual

Presented by Lucianne Lavin, director of research emeritus at the Institute of American Indian Studies. Over thousands of years, Native Americans in Eastern North America became experts of their natural environments, managing the plant, animal, and human communities for the benefit and survival of all. Indigenous folklore and sacred stories promoted this ecological balance and […]

Free

Why Do Birds Matter?

Virtual

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED—NEW DATE & TIME TO BE DETERMINED Why do birds matter? Join the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust and Trevor Lloyd-Evans as we explore this question. Birds have always captured people’s imagination and envy – they are beautiful, they sing, they can fly and we can’t. Because there are more than 10,000 […]

Free

Connecting Communities: Walks & Talks — Operation Pollination with Xerces Society/USDA-NRCS

Virtual

Join us as we celebrate the return of Connecting Communities: Walks & Talks after a two-year hiatus! This year’s series titled “Operation Pollination” focuses on native pollination systems specific to the Heritage Area, highlighting the work of our partners while sharing ways in which you can help these systems thrive. As we await Spring’s return […]

Free

On Belonging in Outdoor Spaces: José G. González

Virtual

Wayfinding and Belonging in the Outdoors March 29, 2023 | 7 PM EST We move as stories through narratives spaces as much as physical and cultural spaces. The outdoors, as a construct grounded on the land, is one we co-create, and as the nation's demographics continue to be more diverse, we have the opportunity, and […]

Free

Connecting Communities: Walks & Talks — Operation Pollination with Lincoln Land Conservation Trust

Virtual

Join us as we celebrate the return of Connecting Communities: Walks & Talks after a two-year hiatus! This year’s series titled “Operation Pollination” focuses on native pollination systems specific to the Heritage Area, highlighting the work of our partners while sharing ways in which you can help these systems thrive. As we await Spring’s return […]

Free

Boston African American National Historic Site Presents ‘Explore The Black Heritage Trail’ via Zoom

Virtual

Enjoy a virtual lunchtime lecture from the Boston African American National Historic Site, entitled "Explore the Black Heritage Trail." The Black Heritage Trail showcases residences and community buildings associated with a Black community that thrived on, and near, the north slope of Beacon Hill before, during, and after the American Civil War. Throughout that time, […]

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On Belonging in Outdoor Spaces: Leah Penniman

Virtual

Black Earth Wisdom: Afro-Ecological Survival Strategies March 8, 2023 | 7 PM EST “I love to think of nature as unlimited broadcasting stations, through which God speaks to us every day, every hour.” ~Dr. George Washington Carver, Tuskegee University, 1887 The Queen Mothers of Kroboland, Ghana admonished their Black American students in disbelief, “Is it […]

Free

Longfellow House-Washington’s HQ National Historic Site Present ‘Past & Present Here Unite’ via Zoom

Virtual

Enjoy a virtual lunchtime lecture from the Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site in Cambridge, entitled "Past and Present Here Unite: An Introduction to Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters NHS." What does a home reveal about its occupants, and about our shared history? The Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House bears witness to the history of slavery in New England and […]

Free

Connecting Communities: Walks & Talks — Operation Pollination with Dr. Robert Gegear

Virtual

Join us as we celebrate the return of Connecting Communities: Walks & Talks after a two-year hiatus! This year’s series titled “Operation Pollination” focuses on native pollination systems specific to the Heritage Area, highlighting the work of our partners while sharing ways in which you can help these systems thrive. As we await Spring’s return […]

Free

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Winter Birding Series – Online

Virtual

Which species should every winter birder be familiar with? Snowy Owls are popular, recognizable visitors, but can you distinguish between the different grays of the gulls they can be found alongside? Ducks are sporting their colorful winter plumages, but there are no color clues when it comes to distinguishing between crows and ravens. While you […]

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