Hosted by the Chester Agricultural Center and Partners for Climate Action.

Hosted by the Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming and Partners for Climate Action.

Hosted by the Hudson Valley Seed Company and Partners for Climate Action.

Patrick Knapp of Columbia Land Conservancy is joined by Betsy Albert and Timothy Kennelty to discuss the formation of Taghkanic Community Forest and why this model of land stewardship could be a meaningful new way to preserve land and build neighbors' relationship to the land.

Join Dr. Bernd Blossey, Director of Cornell University’s Ecology and Management of Invasive Plants Program, who will present groundbreaking research on ecosystem impacts of many of our most feared invasives, the unintended consequences of our most common management protocols, and the research avenues that remain underexplored.

Join us on March 28th for a hands-on workshop using low-cost materials and easy construction techniques!

This special webinar opened to the public by Funding Futures, invites you to hear from The New Pine Plains Herald’s Editor-in-Chief Patrick Grego and Jonathan Kealing, chief network officer at the Institute for Nonprofit News, to discuss new models for local news.

Avalon will introduce eight brand-new garden designs that you can use in your yard, share updates on two years of lessons learned from our four case study sites, and more. This inspiring talk explores what's new and how PollinateHV can help you, whether you're gardening in containers or managing hundreds of acres.

Along with the effects of climate change, the biodiversity of our region is impacted by development. In the face of an uncertain future and the changing landscape around us, learning from the past allows us to protect what's precious. Erik Kiviat, executive director of Hudsonia, joins us for this special opening webinar of our 2026 Morning Coffee Series to present his talk, "Biodiversity Change: What a Damaged Landscape Teaches About the Future of the Mid-Hudson Region." 

Scott James, head of Prepare Your Community, will join us to share the story of how his community came together to plan for “the big one” with a focus on neighbors. Scott will talk us through his approach to planning and mutual aid, and how much of it has to do with mindset and process.  

In this session, scientist Anton Seimon will talk about the realities of climate change across our region, while also discussing some of the past historic weather events experienced by the Hudson Valley, including blizzards, windstorms, heat and cold waves, and other severe storms.

Join Pollinate HV for a presentation on supporting at-risk pollinators with local ecotype plants, followed by hands-on winter sowing with the Hudson Valley Seed Company.

What if you could measure the ecological health of your yard — and know exactly how to improve it? In this session, Bram Gunther and Zoe Evans from Plan it Wild will introduce the Wildr Score and the national Less Lawn More Life campaign, sharing what they’ve learned from thousands of yards across the country.

This month, we welcome Suzanne Kelly for her talk "The Ecological Benefits of Natural Burial." Suzanne will share the story of her work at Rhinebeck’s natural burial ground and talk about the growing normalization of natural burial in the United States. She’ll offer advice about how one can advocate for a natural cemetery in their municipality, and examine how death and ceremonies connect people to each other and the natural cycles of our world. 

Join us for this special presentation from Funding Futures!

Enjoy an early fall evening along the Hudson River, mingling with fellow environmentalists, climate activists, and friends in a lush native plant garden at The Caboose.

Learn about the past, present, and future of wildfires and controlled burning in the forested Northeast. Fire ecologist Sam Gilvarg will discuss the history of fire in our forests and open lands; the current state of wildfires near and far; how climate change is shaping North American fire regimes; and the surprising ways in which fire can be a tool for landscape resilience.

Join us for this special presentation open to the public from our Funding Futures initiative!

Join us to tour the PollinateHV case study site in Gardiner, a meadow and riparian buffer that includes ¼-acre meadows on former lawn at a historic home.

Join us to tour the PollinateHV case study site in Red Hook, a twelve-acre former cornfield managed by Bard College. Trails through this expansive meadow wind along several woody hedgerow installations, with expansive views of the Catskills.

Join us for this special program open to the public from our Funding Futures initiative!

Register for this special event, a part of our Funding Futures programming open to the public!

Join us to tour the PollinateHV case study site in Gallatin, a three-acre hayfield-to-meadow conversion in southern Columbia County. We’ll stroll through meadows of varying ages, once orchard and pasture, now being managed for biodiversity and deer overabundance. We'll discuss best practices and pitfalls for meadow-making and meadow management, and address practical questions around land stewardship in the Hudson Valley.

Join Avalon Bunge, PCA’s ecological projects manager, for a presentation on supporting at-risk pollinators with native and local ecotype plants, followed by a walking tour of the gardens at the Hudson Valley Seed Company to see local ecotypes being grown for seed. 

Join us at our next Morning Coffee Series when guests Jason Angell and Jocelyn Apicello of the Ecological Citizen’s Project share their talk “Building Community Through Consensus.” They’ll walk us through how they designed a process that empowered their community to work together.

Join Eli Arnow, PCA's forest health task force lead, as we explore a rare, healthy forest understory along the Berkshire-Taconic Ridge.

On June 10th, join Hudson Valley Seed Company co-founder and managing director Doug Muller for a behind-the-scenes look at seed farming in the Hudson Valley! Doug will discuss the ins and outs of native seed production and propagation, including the Seed Company's multi-year path to launching its new PollinateHV Local Ecotype Seed Collection in partnership with PCA.

Join Riverkeeper President Tracy Brown for her talk “Drought and Deluge: What the Future of Water Looks Like for the Hudson Valley.”

Join us for a special noontime conversation, The Myth of Apathy, with Renee Lertzman at our next Morning Coffee Series!

Join us for a hands-on workshop on building a forest deer exclosure, using low-cost materials and easy construction techniques.