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  • Homeschool Discovery Day

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

    The Truth About Bats with Katie Koerten Tuesdays 10:00am-2:00pm Ages 6-12 Members: $42 per program /Non-members: $46 per program Tuesdays, January 10, January 24, February 7, March 7, April 4, May 2, June 13 Do you love science and nature? Do you want to see what the Hitchcock Homeschool program is all about? Sign up […]

    $42 – $46

  • Nature Play Afterschool

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

    Winter Session with Jeff Mazur Wednesdays – 3:30pm-5:30pm, extended days 1:30pm-5:30pm January 4 – March 15 (no class February 22) Extended day: February 8 Members: $230/Non-members: $254 Open to all children in grades 1-3. Limited to 10 participants.

    $230 – $254

  • Girls into the Wild

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

    with Katie Koerten Ages 8-11, Grades 3-5 Thursdays, January 5–March 16 (no class February 23) 3:30pm-5:30pm Members: $270/Non-members: $320 Calling all girls ages 8-11! Get to know nature, and make friends at the same time at this weekly afterschool program. Now in its third year, Girls into the Wild is designed to bring girls together […]

    $270 – $320

  • The Latest in Efficient Heating and Cooling: What are Air Source Heat Pumps?

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

    with Jamie Overby, Center for EcoTechnology Thursday, January 26, 7pm Free registration appreciated An air source heat pump is a system which transfers heat from outside to inside a building, or vice versa. Air at any temperature above absolute zero contains some energy. An air-source heat pump transfers ('pumps') some of this energy as heat […]

    FREE

  • Winter Quabbin Walk – CANCELLED

    Directions upon registration

    with John Green Saturday, January 28, 9-11am Members $12/Non-members $15 Register here Join naturalist John Green in one of his favorite habitats for winter nature walk,  see signs of all the animals and birds active like us throughout the winter, this is a magical time to visit the Quabbin. Directions provided with registration. 

    $12 – $15

  • Prowling For Owls

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

    with Dan Ziomek, local birder and naturalist Saturday, January 28, 8pm-10pm Saturday, February 11, 8pm -10pm Saturday, February 25, 4:30-6:30am Members $10/Non-members $15 per night, youth 8 and older welcome with an adult Space is limited, please register Dress INCREDIBLY warm because we’ll be standing around in the dark a lot. Bring your sharp ears, […]

    $10 – $15

  • Community Read (1 of 5) with Dr. Richard Palmer

    Jones Library 43 Amity Street, Amherst, MA, United States

    Community Read The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert This year we will be collaborating with the Jones Library for the 2017 community read On the Same Page—Amherst. To learn more, please visit: joneslibrary.org/onthesamepage  Programs: Tuesday, January 31 at 7 pm: Dr. Richard Palmer from UMass-Amherst will speak on global warming and the […]

    FREE

  • It All Starts at Home: What YOU Can Do for the Climate

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

    with Sally Pick, SJP Environmental Consulting Tuesday, January 31, 7-8:30pm FREE registration appreciated In a time when policies addressing climate change are being challenged, find out what you can do to reduce your home’s climate impact, by making it less reliant on fossil fuels, with renewables like solar and with an energy savvy home that wastes less […]

    FREE

  • Nature Play Afterschool

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

    Winter Session with Jeff Mazur Wednesdays – 3:30pm-5:30pm, extended days 1:30pm-5:30pm January 4 – March 15 (no class February 22) Extended day: February 8 Members: $230/Non-members: $254 Open to all children in grades 1-3. Limited to 10 participants.

    $230 – $254

  • Spring Birding

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

    with Scott Surner Classes: Wednesdays, 6:30pm-8pm – 2/1, 3/1, 4/12, 5/3, 5/17 Field Trips: 2/3-4, 3/5, 3/18, 4/8, 4/15, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 6/10-11 Join this Hitchcock tradition! Scott has been leading this class since 1979. Space is limited and in high demand. Class dates and locations. Online registration opens on January 10th at 9am. Members […]

    $275 – $315