Environmental Film and Discussion Series
Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United StatesKick off your New Year by participating in a new series of four programs that will use the wildly popular, critically acclaimed film Tomorrow to inspire thoughtful discussion about dealing with specific, climate change related issues at the local level. The film follows four everyday people on their journey to find alternative and creative ways…
Film Screening and Discussion: What obstacles stand in the way of the sustainable food movement?
Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United StatesIn this program we will start by watching the agriculture section of the critically acclaimed film, Tomorrow. The film focuses on creative and alternative solutions to climate change like urban farming, pop-up gardens, seed banking, and permaculture gardens. Using the film as a guide we will engage in our own robust, facilitated discussion on the…
Conservation Cinema: Seeking the Greatest Good: The Conservation Legacy of Gifford Pinchot
Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United StatesA biography of the first Chief of the US Forest Service, Gifford Pinchot. The film shows the germination and evolution of Gifford Pinchot's conservation ethos, his public service in the Forest Service and as Governor of Pennsylvania, and the contribution of his family estate, Grey Towers, to the federal government. Pinchot discovered his passion for…
Climate Change – Behind the Scenes Tour!
Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United StatesThis variant of our popular Behind the Scenes Tour of Parker River NWR will place a special emphasis on the local implications of climate change – particularly on the salt marsh and the barrier beach island that protects it. Learn about some of the things that refuge staff are doing to better understand and predict…
Conservation Cinema: Seeking the Greatest Good: The Conservation Legacy of Gifford Pinchot
Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United StatesA biography of the first Chief of the US Forest Service, Gifford Pinchot. The film shows the germination and evolution of Gifford Pinchot's conservation ethos, his public service in the Forest Service and as Governor of Pennsylvania, and the contribution of his family estate, Grey Towers, to the federal government. Pinchot discovered his passion for…
Behind the Scenes Refuge Tour of Parker River NWR
Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United StatesJoin a refuge ranger for a behind the scenes tour of Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. Tour will be conducted via refuge van, with several brief “drive by” stops along the way. The tour will present an “up close and personal” look at the refuge through the multiple lenses of the cultural history of Plum…
Behind the Scenes Refuge Tour of Parker River NWR
Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United StatesJoin a refuge ranger for a behind the scenes tour of Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. Tour will be conducted via refuge van, with several brief “drive by” stops along the way. The tour will present an “up close and personal” look at the refuge through the multiple lenses of the cultural history of Plum…