Events

The Hitchcock Center, in collaboration with Antioch University New England, is hosting the In Bloom in Western Mass webinar and panel discussion on the new film Turning School Inside Out.   The webinar will feature Western Massachusetts principals and regional educators discussing their experiences with implementing innovative outdoors practices in their preschool, kindergarten and early […]

Join us to become Eco-photographers! We will be using the camera as a tool to study nature and enhance our observation skills. We’ll explore our world by viewing it through different lenses. During this spring’s Homeschool II class we will delve into the environment through outdoor activities, games, observations and investigations, field trips, art and […]

The Hitchcock Center is proud to co-sponsor a series of Zoom webinar talks with Climate Action Now and Save Massachusetts Forests. The second of two talks in the series, Protecting Forests: A Series of Talks About the Critical Importance of Forests in the Time of Climate Change will be given by Michael Kellett. Forests are […]

Can you eat sunlight and help bees make honey? Flowers aren’t just beautiful to see and pick, they are a vital part of nature. This week we’ll look at flowers, the special adaptations they use to thrive in our world, and how we’ve come to depend on them as humans. Registration opens May 19. We’re […]

Join us to become Eco-photographers! We will be using the camera as a tool to study nature and enhance our observation skills. We’ll explore our world by viewing it through different lenses. During this spring’s Homeschool II class we will delve into the environment through outdoor activities, games, observations and investigations, field trips, art and […]

As the days get warmer we come out of our houses, and insects are coming out too! But what makes an animal an insect? What role do insects play in our world and how are they important to people? For this Saturday Science we will learn about the adaptations, life cycles and ecology of one […]

Join us to become Eco-photographers! We will be using the camera as a tool to study nature and enhance our observation skills. We’ll explore our world by viewing it through different lenses. During this spring’s Homeschool II class we will delve into the environment through outdoor activities, games, observations and investigations, field trips, art and […]

For this Saturday Science we’ll be getting our hands wet. This week we’ll be exploring topics around the magnificent powers of water. Our experiments will look at science principles like buoyancy and density, and others will explore water in our world, like the many forms of water and how it moves. Registration opens June 2nd. […]

Biomass energy is growing rapidly worldwide due to its inclusion in renewable energy programs that make it eligible for financial incentives, including in Massachusetts. However, despite being treated as “green” and carbon neutral, burning forest wood for energy actually emits more climate and air pollution per unit energy than most fossil fuels. And harvesting for […]

The link between forests and brain health is a public policy imperative: we face increasing costs for disorders ranging from Alzheimer’s disease to addiction, and forests offer exercise, mindfulness and stress reduction. We are still discovering new species, and forests are a former and a likely future source of new medicines. Research on cardiovascular, immune […]