Waking Up the Garden Workshop// Taller “Despertando El Jardín” (in person)
Join the PFP for waking up the garden and starting seeds and seedlings!
April 26 4:30 – 6 PM @ PFP, 51 Vassar Farm Lane, Poughkeepsie NY
In this HANDS-ON workshop, we will be deciding what you are going to plant, and learning what seeds go in the ground directly or what gets started inside the house. We will learn how to make sure your soil and garden beds are ready by adding compost, soil, and mulching. By registering for this workshop you will not only help us wake up our Education gardens, but you will be ready to start your garden. Plus, everyone goes home with a little pot, soil and seeds to start growing!
This workshop will be offered in English with Spanish interpretation.
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Únase a nosotros en PFP para despertar el jardín y sembrar semillas y plántulas
26th Abríl 4:30-6 PM @ PFP, 51 Vassar Farm Lane, Poughkeepsie NY
En este taller PRÁCTICO estaremos decidiendo lo que va a plantar, aprendiendo qué semillas van directamente al suelo o qué comienza dentro de la casa, aprenderemos cómo asegurarnos de que su suelo y camas estén listos. Agregando compost, tierra y mantillo. Al inscribirte en este taller, no solo nos ayudarás a despertar nuestro jardín de semillas y meditación, sino que estarás listo para comenzar tu jardín y ¡todos se irán a casa con una pequeña maceta, tierra y semillas para comenzar a crecer!
Este taller se ofreceráen inglés con interpretación al espanõl.
Presentation and Discussion on Environmental Justice (in-person)
The Race Unity Circle
A community of learners
· Committed to the prosperity of all, recognizing that the welfare of individuals rests in the welfare of society at large.
· Focused on transcending differences, harmonizing perspectives, and promoting the use of consultation for making decisions.
· Emphasizing qualities and attitudes such as trustworthiness, cooperation, and forbearance—that are building blocks of a stable social order.
· Championing rationality, historical context, and science as essential for human progress.
· Learning and laboring together to cultivate the conditions in which true progress can occur.
Volunteer With the Designing Sustainable Futures Climate Summit
Hey Vassar Students! Interested in finding ways to incorporate meaningful action against the climate crisis into your everyday life? Want to mentor local high school students? Consider volunteering with the Designing Sustainable Futures Climate Summit, organized by Ulster BOCES and World Savvy for high school students and educators across Ulster and Dutchess counties… and hosted right here at Vassar!
The Climate Summit will take place on Tuesday, April 25th from 8am-3:30pm in the Villard Room, and volunteers can sign up for a 2-hour shift that works with their schedule. (Pssst… you’ll get free lunch and merch! And volunteering always looks good on a resumé…) If you’re interested in volunteering, please email Alex McKinnon at amackinnon@ulsterboces.org to express your interest and get more information.
Want to get in touch with the Office of Sustainability?
Please email sustainability@vassar.edu.
Reuse Innovation Center Public Workshop (virtual)
Click here to register!Parking & Shuttle Study: Findings & Recommendations Webinar (remote)
This live webinar will feature the findings and recommendations for the Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail from Steadman-Hill Consulting and Creighton-Manning LLP, the professional team of transportation experts engaged to complete an eight-month long comprehensive Parking & Shuttle Study. The presentation will include the results of the public survey on shuttle service collected this fall. The HHFT Parking & Shuttle Study was conducted with the input of a stakeholder working group, including representatives from four local municipalities, the New York State Department of Transportation, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, and Metro-North Railroad. The findings and recommendations from this study will inform the transportation plan for the Fjord Trail linear park. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the study, its goals, findings and recommendations, and ask questions at the end of this presentation.
Volunteer with the PFP for Garlic Planting (in person)
The Poughkeepsie Farm Project is looking for volunteers to help plant out garlic. At the end of October they planted garlic cloves that will grow throughout winter and spring to emerge as nice, full heads of garlic by early summer. This is a big project and the PFP could really use your help!
There are two shifts available on Thursday, October 27th:
9am-12pm
2pm-4pm
Volunteer with the PFP for Garlic Planting (in person)
The Poughkeepsie Farm Project is looking for volunteers to help plant out garlic. At the end of October they planted garlic cloves that will grow throughout winter and spring to emerge as nice, full heads of garlic by early summer. This is a big project and the PFP could really use your help!
There are two shifts available on Thursday, October 27th:
9am-12pm
2pm-4pm
Net Zero Cities (virtual)
How Do We Make the Electric City of the Future?
How do we bring a city’s carbon footprint down to zero? What actions need to be taken to transition an entire city’s built environment to be fully electric? What technology is involved? How does transitioning from gas to electric even work? And how can we make sure we don’t leave low income populations behind during this transition?
Moderator: James Lawler, Climate Now and Reif Larsen, Future of Small Cities Institute, FOCUS Lab
Panelists:
– Dr. Luis Aguirre-Torres, City of Ithaca
– Sue Dougherty, NYSERDA
– Cullen Kasunic, BlocPower
– Joanne Coons, Hudson Valley Community College
Volunteer with United Way at the Newburgh Urban Farm (in person)
