Charlestown Land Trust Community Clean-up at Charlestown Beach

Charlestown Town Beach Charlestown, Rhode Island

The Charlestown Land Trust invites the public to join us for a community clean-up event along Charlestown Beach and around protected properties on Ninigret Pond. Volunteers should meet at the Charlestown Town Beach parking lot. This event is free and open to all. RSVP is suggested. Free Charlestown Land Trust T-shirts will be available on […]

Spanish for Environmental Justice: “Optar por el activismo. A Honduran Migrant’s Quest to Support Social Change,” with Melvin Álvarez

Rochambeau House 84 Prospect St., Providence

Join us for the third and last installment of the Spanish for Environmental Justice Series, where local activists will discuss the most pressing environmental challenges in our communities and strategies for addressing them. Melvin Alvarez is the grant program manager at 11th Hour Racing, where he leads efforts to advance solutions that protect and restore […]

Pawtucket Open House for Trees

Blackstone Valley Visitors Center 175 Main St., Pawtucket, RI

The Green Infrastructure Center is hosting a public event about trees and green infrastructure in partnership with the City of Pawtucket and the RI Department of Environmental Management's Division of Forest Environment. Learn about the state of Pawtucket's urban forest and provide input on future strategies the city should adopt to protect and promote trees […]

Food Justice Workshop

Southside Community Land Trus 404 Broad St., Providence, Rhode Island

Gather at Southside Community Land Trust's headquarters and Healthy Food Hub in South Providence for a community Food Justice workshop. We'll explore the historical context and contemporary issues surrounding food justice and examine the intersections of race, class, and environmental sustainability, particularly in the local food justice movement in Rhode Island. This event is free […]

Book Discussion with Climate Scientist Anna Farro Henderson

Symposium Books 240 Westminster St., Providence, RI

Climate scientist Anna Farro Henderson, author of the new book Core Samples: A Climate Scientist’s Experiments in Politics and Motherhood, and ecoRI News senior reporter and co-founder Frank Carini will discuss the book, the climate crisis, and local place-based journalism. Farro Henderson grew up in Providence, attended Nathan Bishop Middle School and graduated from Classical […]

RIEEA’s Annual Youth Leadership Retreat

Roger Williams Park Zoo 1000 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RI

Are you a young person (aged 14-20) who wants to build your leadership skills and have a positive impact on your community? Apply to attend the 2024 RIEEA Youth Leadership Retreat. The retreat is planned and facilitated by youth and focuses on bringing people together to connect and learn from each other and will include […]

URI Plugged Into Energy Research Lecture Series: The Role of Energy Efficiency

Robert J. Higgin Welcome Center at URI 45 Upper College Road, Kingston, Rhode Island

How can Rhode Island address the root causes of climate change while adapting to violent storms, hotter summers, and rising seas? This fireside chat will feature a panel of Rhode Island experts working to reduce carbon emissions through energy-efficiency measures and improve infrastructure resilience in the face of climate change. Join the URI Cooperative Extension […]

Virtual Lunch & Learn: RIEEA Office Hour

Webinar

Join the Rhode Island Environmental Education Association (RIEEA) for a Virtual Lunch & Learn: Office Hour. RIEEA Executive Director Jeanine Silversmith will be available to make new connections, answer questions, and delve into discussion on the state of environmental education in RI. Register to be sent confirmation and a Zoom link to the virtual event.

Mobile Newsroom Woonsocket: Old Mills’ Toxic Legacy and Green Shoots

Millrace Kitchen 40 South Main Street, Woonsocket, RI

Woonsocket's location on the Blackstone River powered the city's many mills and helped it become an industrial center in the 19th century. Now, many of those mills are vacant, and in July an abandoned mill on Privilege Street burned to the ground. The fire highlighted the problem of what happens to abandoned mills, and the […]

RI Federation of Garden Clubs Scholarship Fundraiser

Flatbread Co. Providence 161 Cushing St., Providence, RI

Founded in 1956, the RIFGC Scholarship Group's mission is to develop scholarship funds for students enrolled in accredited collegiate programs in horticulture, landscape design, environmental science and related subjects.  Scholars must live within the areas served by the Rhode Island Federation of Garden Clubs Inc., and be in good standing as students in their junior, […]

Regift Sale

Flatbread Co. Providence 161 Cushing St., Providence, RI

Join ecoRI News at Flatbread Company to shop secondhand this holiday, while enjoying good company, drinks, and pizza. Here's how the Regift Sale works: 1. Bring at least one — and up to five (new, like-new or gently used) items. 2. Put you items out on the "shopping" tables. 3. Browse others' castoffs. 4. Discover […]

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