Greenagers will offer a $2,000 scholarship to a graduating senior or young person under the age of 25 pursuing secondary education or work experience in the sustainable agriculture field.
Tag: Judy Isacoff
NATURE’S TURN: The Year of the Bird
I realized that my solitary experience of birdwatching is genuine social engagement outside human community, a capacity that has been evolving between humans and other life forms for millennia.
EYES TO THE SKY: Sun-centered days, moonlit nights, the astonishing analemma
We experience sustained maximum sunlight during the six-week period that spans from May 30 through July 13, when days are 15 hours or longer between sunrise and sunset.
Councils on Aging annual picnic at French Park in North Egremont
Throughout the walk and lunch, people had the chance to reconnect with old friends but, more importantly, to make new friends.
EYES TO THE SKY: Mars, the almost all-night bright planet
The luminous, ruddy planet seemed to be an ember in the dark sky, yellowish Saturn to its left, both atop the beautiful Scorpion constellation.
EYES TO THE SKY: Chasing North America’s upcoming solar eclipse
I had a chance encounter with another luminary, Joe Rao, and learned up close about how fervent astronomy enthusiasts are when strategizing to assure a spot from which to see a solar eclipse.
EYES TO THE SKY: Mercury, Jupiter, spring stars and constellations
As spring stars and constellations rise in the east and travel the heavens all night, winter’s dazzling stars and constellations are poised to set in the west before midnight.
EYES TO THE SKY: NEAF – astronomy enthusiasts’ oasis
Clyde Tombaugh, the astronomer who discovered Pluto in 1930, will be remembered in a NEAF presentation by his children, Alden and Annette Tombaugh.
EYES TO THE SKY: Saturn and Scorpius, Venus and Mecury, with crescent moon
In mid-January the northern hemisphere comes out of the darkest days of the year, the days on either side of the winter solstice. At a quickened pace, daylight lifts the late afternoon. An increase to 9 hours 57 minutes will be experienced on January 31.