Calendar of Events
Climate Change
Events
Clean Energy Action in the Monadnock Region
Calling all New Hampshire-based climate advocates and energy enthusiasts! Learn about clean energy and sustainability programs taking place in the Monadnock Region and how you can get involved in climate work at the local and state levels.
Environmental Studies Institute: Building Community Around Climate Action
Zoom , United StatesIn this four-part series with the Monadnock Sustainability Hub, learn about climate action, clean energy, and sustainability initiatives that are underway locally, and what more can be done.
Environmental Studies Institute: Building Community Around Climate Action
Zoom , United StatesIn this four-part series with the Monadnock Sustainability Hub, learn about climate action, clean energy, and sustainability initiatives that are underway locally, and what more can be done.
Environmental Studies Institute: Building Community Around Climate Action
Zoom , United StatesIn this four-part series with the Monadnock Sustainability Hub, learn about climate action, clean energy, and sustainability initiatives that are underway locally, and what more can be done.
Environmental Studies Institute: Building Community Around Climate Action
Zoom , United StatesIn this four-part series with the Monadnock Sustainability Hub, learn about climate action, clean energy, and sustainability initiatives that are underway locally, and what more can be done.
Leave the Leaves
Learn the benefits of keeping your fall leaves and discover easy ways to turn leaves into compost or mulch with regenerative landscape designer Michele Chalice.
Surveying for Salamanders
Join ecologists Brett Amy Thelen and Karen Seaver for an afternoon of salamander monitoring at the Harris Center’s long-term study plots — part of SPARCnet, a national research effort aimed at understanding the effects of climate change on red-backed salamanders.
Monadnock Region Natural History Conference
This full-day conference will feature presentations on a diversity of natural history topics, from wildlife to Mount Monadnock to accessibility in the outdoors.
Winter Loon Rescues
What happens when loons are stranded as ice forms on a New Hampshire lake? Join Loon Preservation Committee biologist John Cooley as he shares some of his adventures from recent ice rescues.
“Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America”
Join us for a conversation with award-winning author Leila Philip about her newest book, "Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America."
Recipe for a Healthy Planet: Meatless Monday with Chef Kyle Murphy
Join us for our first Meatless Monday! Cook along with Kyle, chef at Vital Provisions, in the comfort of your own kitchen as he guides us through a plant-based recipe.
How Food Choices Affect the Planet & Your Health with Frances Moore Lappe
Join Frances Moore Lappé, renowned author of "Diet for a Small Planet," for a conversation about the power of your food choices. Now celebrating its 50th anniversary with a new edition, Lappé’s groundbreaking book outlines how moving toward a plant-based diet can help the environment and your health.
Climate and Health
Join us for a talk put together by New Hampshire Healthcare Workers for Climate Action, a grassroots, non-partisan coalition of healthcare workers. Conservation biologist and nurse Cynthia Nichols will discuss the climate-health nexus, along with climate solutions and what we can do to protect ourselves.
How Urbanization Affects Wild Birds with Researcher Lauren Pharr
In our increasingly urban world, anthropogenic (human-produced) changes such as light pollution are dramatically affecting wildlife. Join Lauren D. Pharr, a PhD student at North Carolina State University, for a discussion of her research into the impacts of urbanization on birds.
Management Options for Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid is an invasive insect that has caused extensive hemlock mortality south of New Hampshire. Now, it’s threatening hemlock forests in the Granite State too. Join forest health specialist Ryan Crandall to learn about chemical, silvicultural, and biological control options for this destructive forest pest.
A Monadnock Garden Day: Dinner with the Presenters
Meet the presenters for Saturday’s "Monadnock Garden Day: Gardening in a Changing World" workshop, among many other garden lovers, during this special dinner hosted by Eleanor Briggs.
A Monadnock Garden Day: Gardening in a Changing World
Share your gardening dreams during this full-day workshop with renowned garden and landscape designers Page Dickey, Edwina Von Gal, John Gwynne, and Helen O'Donnell.
Surveying for Salamanders
Join Harris Center ecologist Brett Amy Thelen for an afternoon of salamander monitoring at the Harris Center’s long-term study plots. No experience necessary!
Kids Count for Wildlife: Red-backed Salamander Survey
Calling all wildlife lovers ages 6 through 18! Try your hand at field research and develop your naturalist skills by joining Harris Center naturalist Susie Spikol for an afternoon of salamander counting.
Climate Cafe
Join Maria Finnegan, director of the Climate and Health Initiative for Caregivers and Kids (CHICKs), and Harris Center naturalist Susie Spikol for a facilitated small-group gathering to discuss the emotional and psychological impacts of climate change.
New England Blizzards
Join meteorologist and storm chaser Cyrena Arnold to discover the science behind blizzards and snowstorms, revisit some of our region’s most epic storms, and explore theories on why we don’t seem to be experiencing blizzards like we once did.
Lunch & Learn: Hurricanes of New England with Cyrena Arnold
Join meteorologist and storm chaser Cyrena Arnold to discover the science behind hurricanes, revisit some of our region’s most epic storms, and explore theories on how hurricanes are changing due to a warming climate.
Surveying for Salamanders
Join Harris Center ecologists Brett Amy Thelen and Nate Marchessault for an afternoon of salamander monitoring at the Harris Center’s long-term study plots. No experience necessary!
Monadnock Region Natural History Conference
Join us for the third Monadnock Region Natural History Conference, a full day of learning for backyard naturalists, landowners, scientists, students, educators, and anyone who cares about nature in our neck of the woods!
