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  • Exploring for Mushrooms

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    with Dianna Smith, Pioneer Valley Mycological Association Saturday, October 14, 9am – 12pm, Mt Toby State Reservation Members $20/Non-members $25 Space is limited. Register here. Join Dianna for an in-depth […]

    $20 – $25

  • Saturday Family Science – Slime Time

    Join us for seasonal nature and science programs each second Saturday of the month. Designed for children with their parents, these programs will explore cool topics in nature. No registration […]

    FREE

  • Homeschool Discovery Day – Fabulous Fungi

    Do you love science and nature? Do you want to see what the Hitchcock Homeschool program is all about? Sign up for our Discovery Days, our one-time programs about science […]

    $45 – $50

  • Living Building Tour

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

    Come meet our newest educator – our building! It is designed to model systems in nature, it is net zero energy, net zero water, has composting toilets, and has been […]

    FREE

  • Living Building Docent Training Series

    Wednesdays, October 4, 11, 18, 25, 1:30pm – 2:30pm Registration required Hampshire College and the Hitchcock Center are working together to train docents in the Living Building Challenge and to […]

    FREE

  • Nature Play Afterschool

    Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program for children ages 6–9 is all about getting kids outside to run, jump, climb, splash, invent, imagine, play and be a free-range kid. There are […]

    $380 – $410

  • Girls into the Wild

    Sometimes you just need to run, explore and play! That’s what we do at Girls into the Wild, and lots more. Now going into its fourth year, Girls into the […]

    $355 – $420

  • Moving Toward Zero Waste for Amherst

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

    Thursday, October 19, 6pm-9pm FREE, Registration appreciated With the League of Women Voters of Amherst, the Recycling and Refuse Management Committee of Amherst, the Sustainability Department of Amherst and the Hitchcock Center for the Environment […]

    FREE

  • Viewing the Night sky

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

    with James Lowenthal, Professor of Astronomy at Smith College and active in the International Dark-Sky Association Friday, September 29, 7:15pm Saturday, October 21, 7:00pm Friday, November 10, 6:30pm Saturday, December […]

    FREE

  • Repair Public: An Experiment in Community Fixery

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

    Sunday, October 22, 1pm- 4pm Repair Public is an exercise in community resourcefulness. The basic idea is to encourage people to learn how and/or where to fix broken items instead of […]

    FREE