Press Release
MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Maeve Bartlett today awarded $2.95 million in Pathways to Zero Grant Program Grants to assist 25 projects in various stages of development seeking to achieve advanced zero net energy usage, continuing the Patrick Administration’s national leadership in energy efficiency. The Pathways to Zero is a new initiative launched by the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) to support the emerging zero net energy building (ZNEB) market in Massachusetts, primarily through residential and commercial demonstration projects that are on the pathway to achieve or exceed a ZNEB goal.
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Hitchcock Center
Only five buildings have achieved Living Building certification. Several hundred more are being planned, including for the first time – with Hampshire College and the Hitchcock Center – two on adjacent portions of one campus.
Daily Hampshire Gazette
Building projects in Amherst and Hadley that garnered headlines this week will take vibrant educational ventures to the next level. Both the Hitchcock Center for the Environment in Amherst and the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School in Hadley are poised for growth and change that will better serve thousands of families in the Valley.
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Hitchcock Center
The Hitchcock Center for the Environment is pleased to announce its first ever Leadership Training Camp for youth ages 11-‐ 16, from June 30 – July 3 in Amherst. Young aspiring leaders will gain strong mentoring and leadership skills such as assessing group dynamics, managing behavior, and facilitating activities for younger campers.
Daily Hampshire Gazette
Generations of area schoolchildren have learned about the natural world and environmental issues through classes, field trips and camps at the Hitchcock Center for the Environment. For U.S. Rep. James McGovern, who joined with former U.S. Rep. John Olver to tour the Hitchcock Center’s South Pleasant Street site Friday afternoon, such educational places could reduce the ignorance of elected officials who serve in Washington.
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Office of Senator Stan Rosenberg
State Senator Stan Rosenberg (D-Amherst), Majority Leader of the Massachusetts Senate, announced today that the Massachusetts Cultural Council has awarded seven projects in his district more than $1.3 million in grants from the state’s Cultural Facilities Fund, a program Rosenberg has long championed to increase public investment in the state’s cultural treasures.
MassLive.com
The Hitchcock Center for the Environment, which is building a 8,500-square-foot environmental education center at Hampshire College, has received a $600,000 Cultural Facilities Fund grant from the state for that project. It is one of eight programs to receive $1.3 million in state grants announced in a press release from Sen. Stanley C. Rosenberg, D-Amherst.
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MassDevelopment & Massachusetts Cultural Council
MassDevelopment and the Massachusetts Cultural Council have provided a $30,000 Cultural Facilities Fund grant to the Hitchcock Center for the Environment, an environmental learning center in Amherst. The Center will use grant funds to design a sustainable facility at Hampshire College as the Center’s new home. The Hitchcock Center will also use the grant for facility planning at its current location in Amherst.
MassLive.com
The Hitchcock Center for the Environment will receive a $30,000 Cultural Facilities Grant from MassDevelopment and the Massachusetts Cultural Council for Hitchcock’s 8,500-square-foot environmental education center planned for the Hampshire College campus.
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Hitchcock Center
Hitchcock Center for the Environment educators Micky McKinley and Patty O’Donnell announced the official release of their newly developed Energy is Electrifying! curriculum at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Annual Conference in Boston on April 4th to an audience of 75 teachers from across the United States.
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