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Nature Play Afterschool

Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

Fall is here, and school has started, and your kids still want to be outside! Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to let kids be kids. Together we will run, jump, climb, invent, imagine, play and be a free-range kids all while developing self-confidence and learning valuable social skills. During Fall Nature Play we […]

$295 – $365

Jacqueline Patterson: Environmental and Climate Justice

Hamshire College - Franklin Patterson Hall

Jacqueline Patterson is the Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program. Environmental injustice, including the proliferation of climate change, has a disproportionate impact on communities of color and low-income communities in the United States and around the world. The NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program was created to support community leadership in addressing this human and […]

FREE

Homeschool I: Incredible Insects (And Other Arthropods!)

Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

Honey, we shrunk the homeschoolers! Get ready to become very tiny this fall as we get down on a bug’s level. At Homeschool I we’ll discover the insects and other arthropods, such as spiders, millipedes and crustaceans that share our home with us. From butterfly to bumblebee, and cockroach to click beetle we’ll find out […]

$450 – $560

Homeschool II: Citizen Science!

Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

Calling all future scientists! Citizen scientists are people — young or old — who help collect data for research projects. We will work with local researchers and on national science projects, collecting data that matters! For this homeschool series we will be diving into different science projects and asking lots of questions, such as: How […]

$450 – $560

Conversation on Environmental and Climate Justice

Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

Join us for a workshop lunch for deeper discussion about environmental and climate justice with Jacqueline Patterson, the Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program. Come learn how to have conversations across constituents about climate, race and the environment. Light lunch provided. This program is available free of charge thanks to funding from […]

FREE

Get the Buzz on Electric Vehicles

Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

Curious about electric vehicle (EVs)s? How they work, how far they can go on a charge? An increasing number of electric vehicles on the market are competitively priced and can go over 100 miles on a charge. This workshop will start with a brief ride around the parking lot in a plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt. […]

FREE

Nature Play Afterschool

Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

Fall is here, and school has started, and your kids still want to be outside! Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to let kids be kids. Together we will run, jump, climb, invent, imagine, play and be a free-range kids all while developing self-confidence and learning valuable social skills. During Fall Nature Play we […]

$380 – $475

Girls into the Wild

Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

Sometimes you just need to run, explore and play outdoors! That’s what we do at Girls into the Wild, and lots more. Now going into its fifth year, Girls into the Wild is designed to get girls outside, playing and engaging with nature in their own way. Instructor Katie Koerten strives to offer games and […]

$355 – $425

Nature Discovery Preschool: Mammal Friends

Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

with Colleen Kelley Ages 3-5 (Adult required to attend with child) Fridays, Morning session: 9:30-11:30am September 14, 28 (no September 21) October 12, 19, 26 (no October 5) November 9, 16, 30 (no November 2, 23) December 7, 14 Members: $205/Non-members: $255 Through live animal observations, puppets, stories, games and crafts, Colleen will introduce the […]

$205 – $255

Nature Discovery Preschool: Mammal Friends

Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

with Colleen Kelley Ages 3-5 (Adult required to attend with child) Fridays, Afternoon session: 1:00-3:00pm September 14, 28 (no September 21) October 12, 19, 26 (no October 5) November 9, 16, 30 (no November 2, 23) December 7, 14 Members: $205/Non-members: $255 Through live animal observations, puppets, stories, games and crafts, Colleen will introduce the […]

$205 – $255

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