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.
Explore Hicks Farm in northern Tiverton, R.I.
Pawtucket Green Life is partnering with the Green Infrastructure Center and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management's Urban and Community Forestry team to offer tree inventory trainings.
Join The Watch Hill Conservancy for a family-friendly event and get a sneak peek at the complimentary conservation programs happening in The Napatree Point Conservation Area this summer. Visitors will meet Napatree Naturalists to learn through hands-on activities suitable for children of all ages. Please register to receive updates and parking information. Special guest will […]
Greg Gerritt will lead three walks this spring, all focused on urban wild animals in Providence. All of the walks are free of charge and will go from 9-10:30 a.m. The May 10 and June 6 walks will be at Blackstone Park and along the Seekonk River. Participants should meet at the Blackstone Park kiosk […]
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