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  • Locally Grown Homes: A Path To Climate Justice and Housing Equity

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

    Locally Grown Homes: A Path To Climate Justice and Housing Equity with Greg Bossie and Kelley Wagner of Rare Forms Design Thursday, October 24, 7PM What would it look like if everyone had access to sustainable, affordable housing? This talk explores the intersection of biogenic building materials (rapidly renewable materials like straw, cork, hemp, and […]

  • Fall Birding Field Trip with Scott Surner

    Fall Birding Field Trip with Scott Surner
    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA
    Adult Programs

    Fall Birding Class with Scott Surner  August 24 – October 26, 2024 Birding in the fall is just as wonderful as birding in the spring, see hawks migrating, fall warblers, waterfowl migration and more.  Join lifelong birder Scott Surner as well as other local birders to get out and enjoy nature, birds and the company […]

  • Hitchcock Harvest Feast and Celebration

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

    Hitchcock Harvest Feast and Celebration Sunday, October 27, 2024 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM The Hitchcock Center has been sowing seeds of change and educating for a healthy planet in the Valley for more than 60 years. In October 2024, we will celebrate the harvest with local friends and businesses, give away new Hitchcock Hero […]

  • Wild Children of the Woods  

    Wild Children of the Woods  
    Ages 5–8/Grades K–3 or Ages 9–11/Grades 4–6

    with Monya Relles Grades 3 – 5 Mondays 3:30 – 5:30 PM September 9 – December 16 (no class October 14 or November 11) Fee per Child: Tier A:$393 | Tier B:$327 | Tier C:$278 | Tier D:$213 Limited to 12 participants We go to the woods to think, learn, play, and explore in this […]

  • Homeschool I: Our Changing World

    Homeschool I: Our Changing World
    Ages 5–8/Grades K–3 or Ages 9–11/Grades 4–6

    Homeschool I: Our Changing World: Transformations in Nature with Lauren Dausch Grades 1 – 3, Ages 6 – 8 Tuesdays 10 AM – 2 PM September 17 – December 10 (No program October 22, November 26 for Homeschool Discovery Days. No program November 5 for election day) Fee per Child: Tier A: $773 | Tier […]

  • Homeschool II: CSI Nature Detectives

    Homeschool II: CSI Nature Detectives
    Ages 9–11 or Grades 4–6

    Homeschool II: CSI (Children Science Investigators) Nature Detectives with Alanna Johnston-Rutledge Grades 4 – 6, Ages 9 – 12 Tuesdays 10 AM – 2 PM September 17 – December 10 (No program October 22, November 26 for Discovery Days. No program Nov 5 for election day) Fee per Child: Tier A: $773 | Tier B:$645 | […]

  • Nature Play Afterschool

    Nature Play Afterschool
    Ages 5–8/Grades K–3 or Ages 9–11/Grades 4–6

    with Jeff Mazur Grades 1 – 3 Tuesdays, 3:30 – 5:30 PM September 10 – December 17 (no program November 5) Fee per Child: Tier A-$447 | Tier B-$372 | Tier C-$316  | Tier D-$242 Limited to 12 participants Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to let kids be kids. Together we will run, […]

  • Girls into the Wild

    Girls into the Wild
    Ages 9–11 or Grades 4–6

    with Katie Koerten Grades 4 – 6 Tuesdays, 3:30 – 5:30 PM September 3 – December 17 (no program November 5) Fee per Child: Tier A-$453 | Tier B-$378 | Tier C-$321  | Tier D-$245 Limited to 12 participants Girls into the Wild is back in Fall 2024 for more romping wildly through the field […]

  • Junior Nature Play Afterschool

    Junior Nature Play Afterschool
    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    Junior Nature Play Afterschool with Lauren Dausch Grades K – 2 Wednesdays, 3:30 – 5:30 PM September 4 – December 18 (Extended day (1 PM) on October 23, no program November 27) Fee per Child: Tier A-$487 | Tier B-$406 | Tier C-$345 | Tier D-$264 Limited to 12 participants Hitchcock’s Junior Nature Play Afterschool […]

  • Nature Play Afterschool

    Nature Play Afterschool
    Ages 5–8/Grades K–3 or Ages 9–11/Grades 4–6

    Nature Play Afterschool with Jeff Mazur Grades 2 – 4 Wednesdays, 3:30 – 5:30 PM September 4 – December 18 (Extended day (1 PM) on October 23, no program November 27) Fee per Child: Tier A-$487 | Tier B-$406 | Tier C-$345  | Tier D-$264 Limited to 12 participants Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program is […]