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SUMMARY:Climate Action Series: Electrification Workshop Session 2
DESCRIPTION:Electrification: The Conservation Conversion Conversation\nWorkshops with Jonathan Wright\nSession 1: Tuesday\, October 24th at 6:30 PM\nSession 2: Wednesday\, November 1st at 6:30 PM\nat the Hitchcock Center for the Environment\nRegistration required\, donations appreciated \nSession 2: How to fix our homes and buildings\, reduce loads\, utilize changing HVAC technologies\, have healthier air\, in all communities. The easy and not-so-easy.   Heat Pumps and how they work and where they shine\, and falter. Traveling cleaner\, and how to make your EV or Hybrid vehicle usage most sustainable working with utilities\, rebates\, incentives\, HEAT loans and financing options.  \nREGISTER FOR SESSION 2 \nMeet Workshop Leader\, Jonathan A. Wright \nJonathan A. Wright is a writer\, author\, poet\, retired builder\, artisan\, and designer with a 50-year history in sustainable buildings\, methods\, materials\, and communities. His former company\, Wright Builders Inc.\, under his guidance\, completed over fifty LEED certified projects\, and was the first in the world to complete two Living Building Challenge projects. He lives In Northampton and consults regionally on sustainable practices.
URL:https://www.hitchcockcenter.org/event/climate-action-series-electrification-workshop-session-2/
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SUMMARY:Forest Bathing and Art Workshop 
DESCRIPTION:Forest Bathing and Art Workshop \nwith Todd Lynch\, certified Forest Bathing Guide \nSaturday\, November 4\, 9am-3pm \nSpace is limited\, registration required.\nSliding Scale tickets $40-$85 \nJoin Forest Bathing guide and ecological artist Todd Lynch for a refreshing day of discovery and art making and leave with ways you can integrate these practices into your own rhythms. Forest Bathing combined with ecological art-making can offer us ways to explore our relationships across many levels. These practices root us in our senses in the present moment. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://www.hitchcockcenter.org/event/forest-bathing-and-art-workshop/
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SUMMARY:Deep History in Amherst with Richard Little
DESCRIPTION:Deep History in Amherst with Richard Little\nSaturday\, November 4 at 4:00 PM\nSpace is limited\, registration required\nSliding scale tickets available \nProf. Richard Little will illustrate how the birth and death of Pangea led to the “Valley of the Dinosaurs” and the formation of rare armored mud balls.  Closer to the present day\, Amherst and surroundings were profoundly influenced by glaciers and Lake Hitchcock.  Was Amherst under cold\, muddy lake water?  Come to the program to discover the answer to this and other mysteries hidden in rocks and landscapes.  Prof. Little will bring samples and you can bring one or two of yours for identification.  His two books as well as armored mud ball hats and T shirts will be available for purchase.  Please see his web site http://www.EarthView.rocks for more information.  \nREGISTER HERE 
URL:https://www.hitchcockcenter.org/event/deep-history-in-amherst-with-richard-little/
CATEGORIES:Adult Programs
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SUMMARY:Climate Action Series: Unpacking the Massachusetts Climate Action Plan 
DESCRIPTION:Unpacking the Massachusetts Climate Action Plan  \nWorkshop with Steve Roof \nTuesday\, November 7th at 6:30pm \nat the Hitchcock Center for the Environment\n \nMassachusetts has a meaningful Clean Energy and Climate Action Plan that quickly and dramatically reduces our carbon emissions to 50% by 2030\, 75% by 2040 to net zero by 2050! Come here from Hampshire College professor Steve Roof about the state’s strategies for meeting this goal and get us thinking about how we as a region can contribute.  Registration required\, donations appreciated.   \nREGISTER FOR THIS WORKSHOP
URL:https://www.hitchcockcenter.org/event/climate-action-series-unpacking-the-massachusetts-climate-action-plan/
CATEGORIES:Adult Programs
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SUMMARY:Climate Action Series: Low Impact Landscapes
DESCRIPTION:How to Design Low Maintenance and Low Impact Landscapes that Enhance the Ecology of Place\nwith Owen Wormser\nWednesday\, November 29th at 7:00 PM\nVirtual workshop\nRegistration required\, donations appreciated. \n \nLearn how to create beautiful\, low-maintenance\, low impact\,  native landscapes.  Using techniques based on the observation of the natural world and emulation of existing plant communities\, landscape designer and author Owen Wormser offers key techniques for creating beneficial\, easy to care for landscapes that support wildlife and enhance habitat. Students will discover important functional and aesthetic qualities offered by native species that are the building blocks for sustainable landscapes.  A handful of participants will be chosen to share their land and gardens in the form of photographs and plans that will be used as examples for discussion. Registration required\, donations appreciated.  \nREGISTER FOR THIS WORKSHOP
URL:https://www.hitchcockcenter.org/event/climate-action-series-low-impact-landscapes/
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