Fidelity Investments, located in Smithfield, R.I., was the first large, private company in the United States to install a steel vessel composter with a greenhouse roof enclosure on its campus. As of 2017, it was recognized as one of the few sites in Rhode Island with this specialized composting designation. Join Epic Renewal for a […]
Join Epic Renewal to learn about the incredible ease of backyard/urban composting, get a good dose of science and hopefully some inspiration.
Learn all about composting with worms with Magic Tree Worm Farm. Learn about how to take care of worms, how they contribute to our healthy soils and our ecosystem, and how to build your own worm bin at home. This event is part of Lil Rhody Compost Week; Explore more events at epicrenewal.org/lrcw.
Join Epic Renewal to learn about Bokashi fermentation. Explore Epic Renewal's indoor composting process, and then learn how to apply the method yourself at home. This class is held indoors, rain or shine. The workshop focuses on the traditional Bokashi method, which uses bacteria, yeast, and other beneficial microorganisms to ferment food waste. This user-freindly […]
Do you want to observe the place you live more fully and find words for your connection to the land? Do you have family stories shaped by this landscape that you’d like to write down and share? Then attend the opening session of the Writing About Place series — a four-week writing workshop exploring how […]
What exactly is a fibershed? The easy answer is a geographic region, much like a watershed, where natural fibers are grown, processed, and transformed into textiles and building materials as locally as humanly possible. But in an age of convenience and disposability, how to stress the importance of a fibershed is oftentimes a herculean task. […]
The Gallery at Central presents Jocelyn Vache: Meaning through Material.
This week-long series of site visits and workshops highlights Epic Renewal's unique, collaborative, and creative composting ecosystem across the state. The week culminates with a Compost Celebration - a community gathering featuring art, activities, food, and connection, all while celebrating the vital links between soil, food, water, and collective well-being through the magic of compost. […]
Gather with Rhode Island Natural History Survey members and friends to take a look back at 2025 and forward to 2026. Speaker will be Elliot Vosburgh, creator of the R.I. Stone Wall Mapping Project. Rhode Island's stone walls stand as a memorial to a period of agricultural activity that reached its zenith two centuries ago. […]
Volunteers are needed to plant 20 native trees at Calise Field in Cranston. Participants should bring a shovel, and children are welcome. Please register at [email protected].
Shop for early-blooming wildflowers and spring-flowering shrubs native to our ecoregion at the Rhode Island Wild Plant Society's Spring Native Plant Sale.
While the world struggles with conflict and violence, Rhode Island Interfaith Power and Light remains committed to unity, life, and light, and what better way to champion those values than with the annual spring nature walk. Participants are invited to share spiritual insights and their connection with nature.
Reader support is at the core of our nonprofit news model. Together, we can keep the environment in the headlines.
