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Open Field Trip
Field trips are held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the Spring and Fall, and usually start at 9:30 am but can be scheduled to begin later in the morning. Field trips are 1.5 hours long. We can accommodate a maximum of 25 students per field trip. Materials covered meet DCPS…
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Beekeeping Workshop
Beekeeping I: Building up the Hive Saturday, May 13, 10 am - 12 pm - Take a look into the hive as bees prepare for honey production - Learn about basic colony dynamics Beekeeping II: Production Mode Saturday, August 12, 10 am - 12 pm - Experience the bee colony…
Find out more »Whimbrel Watch
The whimbrels are here! We are seeking two volunteers per evening to help count these migrating shorebirds as part of Whimbrel Watch, a citizen science project in partnership with the Center for Conservation Biology. Volunteers will accompany Nature Conservancy staff on a private seaside dock from 5:30-8:30 p.m. each evening.…
Find out more »Seagrass Restoration: Seed Collection
The Nature Conservancy, along with several partners in the Seaside Seagrass Community Restoration Program, is once again gearing up for the largest seagrass restoration project in the world! Snorkelers and water lovers are needed to collect millions of eelgrass seeds offshore of Oyster, VA on the Eastern Shore. Seed collection…
Find out more »1:00 pm
Webinar: Rural Manufacturing Resilience
Manufacturing provides jobs and income that individuals, families, and communities in rural areas rely upon. In a recently released ERS report, Rural Manufacturing Resilience: Factors Associated with Plant Survival, 1996-2011, ERS Economist Sarah A. Low examines rural manufacturing plant survival during a 15-year period that includes two recessions and a…
Find out more »5:00 pm
Terrific Tuesday: City Blossoms
On Terrific Tuedays at BKK Thai Cookshop, we donate 10% of dine-in dinner sales to non-profits we hold dear. On Tuesday, May 23, our Terrific Tuesday will benefit City Blossoms. City Blossoms is a nonprofit dedicated to fostering healthy communities by developing creative, kid-driven green spaces. Washington DC is their…
Find out more »6:00 pm
In Honor Of
Join our annual fundraising event honoring those giving service in our community then and now. This year we will honor: Ginia Avery, CEO, Marketing Works. Sheila Cross Reid, Owner, Avanti Real Estate Services Audra Grant, President, Luray Warder Civic Association Kent Boese, Chair, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1A Tom Dawes Jr.,…
Find out more »Hampton Roads Premiere of “Tidewater”
Presented by the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Moms Clean Air Force, and The Sierra Club In partnership with WHRO - Batten Environmental Initiative Join us for the Hampton Roads Premiere of Tidewater from the American Resilience Project. Join us in supporting the local military community that suffers from the impacts…
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