A special volunteer opportunity! Come out and help install a teaching vegetable garden at Berkshire Botanical Gardens. Saturday, November 5th, 9:30-3:30. Lunch provided. Under 18: contact us for a waiver.
Category: Events
Volunteer Day at French Park – Trail Improvement
Greenagers is hosting a trail improvement volunteer day at French Park in Egremont THIS SATURDAY, the 22nd. Well be meeting at the Greenagers office at 9:30 a.m. and expect to be returning to the office between 1:30 and 2:00.
No registration required, but volunteers under 18 must have a signed waiver in order to participate. Do bring a snack, water, and good footwear.
Hope to see you on Saturday! French Park is a great park with wonderful trails – we look forward to spending time on them.
Run for the Hills! This Sunday, the 16th.
Great Barrington Land Conservancy’s Run for the Hills. 5K run/walk is this Sunday, October 16th. Registration between 8 & 9 a.m. Race begins at 9:30. For details, including race route, visit: GBLC. Greenagers will pay the registration fee for any local youth who would like to participate in the walk. Just contact us at 413-644-9090 or [email protected] so that we can get you registered.
All proceeds benefit Great Barrington Land Conservancy: Promoting land conservation,
farm preservation, community trails, and local history for more than 20 years.
Your participation helps shape the future of the Great Barrington landscape. Thank you!
Greenrager!
Free Barry Lopez tickets for Greenagers volunteers
The great Barry Lopez is speaking at The Mahaiwe tomorrow night, Thursday 9/22. Greenagers has free tickets available for youth – courtesy of Project Native. Call or email us if you would like to reserve a ticket or two, or three…
413-644-9090
[email protected]
Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to hear this wonderful writer and philosopher.
An Evening with Barry Lopez
Project Native presents An Evening with Barry Lopez, a National Book Award-winning author and essayist. Mr. Lopez’s talk is titled, “A Different Kind of Citizenship: Maintaining Good Relations with the Earth.” Join us for this wonderful event at The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington on Thursday, September 22nd, 8 pm. Tickets can be purchased online at www.mahaiwe.org or at Project Native’s Garden Shop. There will also be a ticket and information table outside of the Berkshire Co-op Market on the 8th, 10th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th. $20 General Admission/$10 Students, Farmers & Youth under 18. This evening is sponsored by The Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation. For more information visit projectnative.org for more information. Continue reading “An Evening with Barry Lopez”
Greenagers Trail Crew Begins New Season
The Greenagers Trail Crew began the 2011 season on Tuesday, July 5th. 8 local youth – Matt, Christina, Carina, Mary, Max, Jenifer, Tanner, and Eitan – will work part-time throughout July and August on local trails and conservation lands. Their partner crew, the Greenagers Farm Crew, will begin work on July 18th.
The trail crew started the summer off at St. James Church, clearing brush and removing invasive species. Wednesday, July 6th and Thursday, July 7th, you will find the Crew at the Berkshire Natural Resources Council’s Alford Spring property in Alford, MA.
June Movie Announced
Of the three movie options selected by our Youth Advisory Board, Facebook friends have chosen Monty Python and The Holy Grail as June’s movie! Excellent choice.
Movie will be shown at The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington on Friday, June 10th, at 7 p.m. There will be a costume contest – so come in your best mediaeval/Holy Grail outfit.
Movie tickets are just $8, with proceeds to benefit Greenagers’ 2011 programming. Don’t miss a night of pure (and not so pure) hilarious fun!