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 guests Jason Angell and Jocelyn Apicello of the Ecological Citizen’s Project as they 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 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 discusses 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.

The Hudson River and its nearby waterways are lifelines connecting us to each other and our local ecosystems. We delight in ice floes cracking in the winter air, eagles hunting along a river's shores, and spending a warm afternoon on a lake's cooling waters. Most importantly, these places sustain life. But our essential water sources–and our lives along them–face a host of challenges amid the changing climate.

One of the biggest challenges to environmental work is, surprisingly, often not the actual work but our ability to collaborate. Tune in to our Morning Coffee webinar to hear from Renee Lertzman, climate psychologist, environmental strategist, and creator of Project Inside Out. Renee has worked for years helping people move beyond the usual strategies of urging and cajoling people. Instead, she will share tips on finding common ground and ways to catalyze action where it seemed previously impossible.

Discover the history of deer in New York and how deer populations skyrocketed to their current levels, endangering the future of our forests and learn what we can do to protect and steward the forests and flowers we love in the face of this ecological emergency. We'll cover potential policy changes, long-term strategies, and actions you can take right now in your own backyard.

Join us in learning about the discovery of a vast trove of historical climate records for New York State from the early to mid-19th century -- likely the first systematic climate observing network anywhere in the world.

In this recording from November 2024, Karenna explores implications for how to live, as individuals and collectives, as we navigate the moral and spiritual dimensions of the climate crisis and where we go from here.

Listen back to Jonathan Bix, Executive Director of For the Many, discuss how multi-racial, intergenerational, and broad-based community organizing can build power for environmental justice.

Listen back as we celebrate the launch of the Hudson Valley Pollinator Action Guide: your go-to resource for protecting threatened native pollinators using Hudson Valley native plant species.

Listen back to Nathaniel Stinnett, Founder & Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project, for a discussion of their research on climate voters in the Hudson Valley and the impact such voters could have in the 2024 elections.

Environmental Advocates NY Director Vanessa Fajans-Turner discusses key environmental problems in New York, and opportunities and gaps for climate action within the upcoming New York State Budget.

Listen back to our Morning Coffee Webinar to hear Dr. Anton Seimon discuss the science behind severe storms and the state of climate change in Hudson Valley.

Listen back to writer and scholar Stephanie Mills as she explores the concepts behind Bioregionalism and shares the ways of thinking and doing that will allow us to live well in our places.

Listen back to our Morning Coffee webinar to learn how community organizing can inspire local governments to take action, with examples from one forward-looking municipality in the Hudson Valley.

Learn from out partner at the the New York State Hudson River Estuary Program how comprehensive plans, natural resource inventories, open space plans, and zoning can be used as powerful tools toward achieving climate and ecological goals. We then hear from an environmental leader in Ancram (Columbia County) on how her town did just that.

Samrat Pathania, Master Teacher Emeritus (Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science) and co-founder of the Educator Collective for Environmental Justice, and Mary Jane Nusbaum, an art teacher in the Hudson Valley and co-advisor for a climate club at New Paltz Middle School, led us through their experience integrating climate solutions into classroom curriculum.

As a parent, caregiver, educator, or anyone with children in their lives, talking about the realities of the climate crisis can be hard. On May 30th, Harriet Shugarman, Executive Director of ClimateMama, shared her insights on how to inform, inspire, and empower the next generation.

On April 25th, Matt Schlesinger, Chief Zoologist with the NY Natural Heritage Program, joined our 2023 Morning Coffee series to discuss “Preserving Native New York Pollinators: What to Know and What to Do,” sharing the results of the recently completed Empire State Native Pollinator Survey.

Bread Alone is a family-owned business that has been baking organic bread for 40 years. As an early adopter of sustainability measures, they are now a certified “carbon-neutral” business. CEO Nels Leader shared his insights with us as part of our Morning Coffee series.