Campus and Regional Environmental Events

Regional Farmers Markets and CSAs

• For a listing of Farmers Markets Click Here
• For a listing of Community Supported Agriculture farms Click Here

Long-Running Exhibits/Events

• September 1, 2019 – July 23, 2020.  A Wildness Distant from Ourselves:  Art and Ecology in 19th Century America.  Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA.  Learn More

April 2020

• April 19 – 21.  76th Annual Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Conference. Long Branch, NJ.  Learn More
• April 22. EcoExpo, Sponsored by the Merrimack College Green Team

March 2020

• March 4 – 6.  Northeast Aquatic Biologists Conference. Newport Harbor Hotel and Marina in Newport, RI.  Learn More
• March 19. Caring for Our Common Home: Ethical and Scientific Approaches*, Merrimack College Learn More

February 2020

• February 29.  All day.  MACC’s Annual Environmental Conference.  College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA.  Learn More

January 2020

• January 11, All day.  33rd Northeast Organic Farmers Organization Winter Conference.  Worcester State University, Worcester, MA.  Learn More

• January 11, 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.  Seacoast Environmental Film Festival.  Save the date.

December 2019

• December 6, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Sustainable Space, Sustainable Earth: From Ideas to Action.  McCarthy Center Forum, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA.  Learn More

November 2019

• November 16, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Fresco Cooking Club!  Groundwork Lawrence, 50 Island Drive Street, #101, Lawrence, MA.  Learn More

October 2019

• October 2, 7:00 p.m. Environmental Film Series*: Fire and Flood:  Queer Resilience in the Era of Climate Change.  Showing followed by a live Q&A with film creator Vanessa Raditz. Snacks provided. Free and open to all.  McQuade Library, Merrimack College campus.

• Octover3, 7:00 p.m. Backyard Composting with the Bread Oven Method. This program will teach you an easy method to compost in your backyard.  Memorial Hall Library, Andover, MA.  Learn More
• October 5-6.  The Northeast Wildlife Trackers Annual Conference. Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Westborough, MA. Learn More
• October, 5, 12:00 – 4:00 p.m. Family-friendly event, co-hosted by Greenbelt and Marine Biological Laboratory, celebrating the Great Marsh. Marshview Farm Field Station, Newbury MA. Learn More
• October 6, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Climate Change – Taking Action with Modern Mapping Techniques.  Cox Reservation Studio Barn, Essex MA.  Learn More
• October 11.  All day.  Annual ALPINE Meeting and Charles H.W. Foster Award Ceremony at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.  Learn More
• October 11, 7:00 – 9:30 p.m. MIT Energy Night.  Come see some of the most cutting-edge energy research.  MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.  Free and open to all.  Learn More
• October 17, 6:30 p.m. Every Drop Counts: Rain Gardens with Trevor Smith. Memorial Hall Library, Andover, MA.  Learn More
• October 19, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Careers in Conservation 2019 Conference, sponsored by the Harvard College Conservation Society. Harvard Northwest Science Building, Cambridge, MA.  Learn More
• October 23 – 24. All day.  Design for People Conference. The Innovation and Design Building, 19 Drydock Ave, Boston, MA.  For registration information click here.
• October 29, 8:00 a.m. to noon.  Merrimack Valley Smart Growth Summit:  The River, Our Water, Our Land.  Managing for Climate Change.  UTEC, Lowell, MA.  Learn More

September 2019

• September 11-13, 57th Annual Hands-On Environmental Health Conference, Plymouth, MA. Learn More
• September 15, 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. MRWC River City Cleanup Series:  Haverhill.   Meet at Buttonwoods Museum parking lot. Learn More

• September 15, 3:00 p.m.  Concert for the Merrimack to support the Merrimack River Watershed Council.  Chelmsford Center for the Arts, 1A North Road, Chelmsford, MA.

• September 20, Massachusetts Green Careers Conference. MA Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Westborough, MA. Learn More
• September 20-28. Natural State – An art exhibition inspired by the enjoyment of Andover Village Improvement Society (AVIS) property and trails.  Andover Center for History & Culture, 97 Main Street, Andover, MA.  Learn More
• September 20-29, Essex National Heritage Area, 2019 Trails & Sails. Learn More
• September 21, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Spicket River Cleanup, sponsored by Groundwork Lawrence. Meet at Manchester St. Park, 75 Manchester St., Registration starts at 8:00 a.m.   Learn More
• September 21, 22 and 29. New Hampshire Coastal Cleanup days.  Sponsored by the Blue Ocean Society.  Learn More
• September 22, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. MRWC River City Cleanup Series: Lawrence.  Meet at Riverfront Park, Lawrence, MA. Learn More
• September 24, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Caring for our Common Home.* 5-6pm | International Climate Ribbon Project and vegan chili bar.  6-7pm | Ecology Walk on campus.  Meet at McQuade Library.  Free and open to the public.
• September 26, 6:00 p.m. Canadian sculpture and video artist, Matthew Trueman will present about his project with Ocean Alliance.  32 Horton St, Gloucester, MA.  Learn More

August 2019

• August 9 – 11.  Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) Summer Conference, Amherst, MA.  Learn More
• August 16 – 18, Boston GreenFest, Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston, MA.  Learn More

*Sponsored by the McLaughlin Martin Family Environmental Innovation Fund

Submit Your Event

If you would like to add an event or activity, please email Sean Condon.