Air Justice Lab and Clean Air Capital Region are hosting a workshop to build a Corsi-Rosenthal Box (DIY air purifier) while discussing air quality issues and the intersections of environmental, health, and disability justice. Unhealthy air quality got you down? Want to slow the spread of viruses over the holidays? Join us to build a […]
The Alliance for Positive Health's Community Overdose Response Training teaches participants the impact of opioid overdoses in New York State, the signs and symptoms of an opioid overdose, and how to respond. This workshop is preceded by an Cultural Humility Training at 1pm. An opioid overdose emergency can happen anywhere, at any time. This training will […]
The Alliance for Positive Health's Cultural Humility Training is a judgement-free, educational workshop investigating the best practices for interacting with and engaging with people who use drugs. This training will be followed by an Community Overdose Response Training at 2pm. During this 60-minute workshop, we discuss how drugs work in the brain, why people use substances, and […]
DISCOVER THE WORLD OF ELECTRONICS This camp introduces students to the basics of electronics and circuitry. They will learn about various components of an electrical circuit and key terminologies used in microelectronics while gaining insight into careers in applied electronics, computer science and engineering. Through hands-on experiences with tools like Makey Makey, Micro:bit, and Edison […]
Join Dr. Emilly Obuya for our weekly Be5 STEM Club, which takes place in People's Health Sanctuary (NATURE Lab, 2nd Fl)! Be5 STEM Club was formed in 2020 as a STEM enrichment provider for K – 12 students in the Capital District. The term “Be5” represents the company’s philosophy which is to empower students to […]
Join Dr. Emilly Obuya for our weekly Be5 STEM Club, which takes place in People's Health Sanctuary (NATURE Lab, 2nd Fl)! Be5 STEM Club was formed in 2020 as a STEM enrichment provider for K – 12 students in the Capital District. The term “Be5” represents the company’s philosophy which is to empower students to […]
Join Dr. Emilly Obuya for our weekly Be5 STEM Club, which takes place in People's Health Sanctuary (NATURE Lab, 2nd Fl)! Be5 STEM Club was formed in 2020 as a STEM enrichment provider for K – 12 students in the Capital District. The term “Be5” represents the company’s philosophy which is to empower students to […]
Join Dr. Emilly Obuya for our weekly Be5 STEM Club, which takes place in People's Health Sanctuary (NATURE Lab, 2nd Fl)! Be5 STEM Club was formed in 2020 as a STEM enrichment provider for K – 12 students in the Capital District. The term “Be5” represents the company’s philosophy which is to empower students to […]
Join Dr. Emilly Obuya for our weekly Be5 STEM Club, which takes place in People's Health Sanctuary (NATURE Lab, 2nd Fl)! Be5 STEM Club was formed in 2020 as a STEM enrichment provider for K – 12 students in the Capital District. The term “Be5” represents the company’s philosophy which is to empower students to […]
Join media artist Theo Jean Cuthand for a Be The Media! participatory radio workshop, to focus on Indigiqueer and ecological issues. Using improvisational documentary techniques, the Be The Media! workshop participants will create a short radio play with Theo Jean Cuthand, loosely inspired by Orson Welles' War of the Worlds broadcast but based on the […]
Join Dr. Emilly Obuya for our weekly Be5 STEM Club, which takes place in People's Health Sanctuary (NATURE Lab, 2nd Fl)! Be5 STEM Club was formed in 2020 as a STEM enrichment provider for K – 12 students in the Capital District. The term “Be5” represents the company’s philosophy which is to empower students to […]
Join us at NATURE Lab for DE-FENCE Part 2: The Line Becomes a Territory with Margaretha Haughwout, who will lead participants in the creation of DE-FENCE, a living participatory art installation at NATURE Lab under the umbrella of the Sanctuary’s growing Eco-Art Trail. For part 2 of DE-FENCE, participants will help install deconstructed fence posts (specially carved with designs […]
Join Dr. Emilly Obuya for our weekly Be5 STEM Club, which takes place in People's Health Sanctuary (NATURE Lab, 2nd Fl)! Be5 STEM Club was formed in 2020 as a STEM enrichment provider for K – 12 students in the Capital District. The term “Be5” represents the company’s philosophy which is to empower students to […]
Join us for our 2024 Plant Swap at the Collard City Growers garden! Where: 3337 6th Ave, Troy, NY 12180 This is a free event for the community to get together and exchange plants for the spring season. Stop by to pick up some plants, drop off any extras that you don’t have room for, […]
Join Dr. Emilly Obuya for our weekly Be5 STEM Club, which takes place in People's Health Sanctuary (NATURE Lab, 2nd Fl)! Be5 STEM Club was formed in 2020 as a STEM enrichment provider for K – 12 students in the Capital District. The term “Be5” represents the company’s philosophy which is to empower students to […]
Join Dr. Emilly Obuya for our weekly Be5 STEM Club, which takes place in People's Health Sanctuary (NATURE Lab, 2nd Fl)! Be5 STEM Club was formed in 2020 as a STEM enrichment provider for K – 12 students in the Capital District. The term “Be5” represents the company’s philosophy which is to empower students to […]
Join Dr. Emilly Obuya for our weekly Be5 STEM Club, which takes place in People's Health Sanctuary (NATURE Lab, 2nd Fl)! Be5 STEM Club was formed in 2020 as a STEM enrichment provider for K – 12 students in the Capital District. The term “Be5” represents the company’s philosophy which is to empower students to […]
“Spaces of Exception” is a film profiling American Indian reservations alongside Palestinian refugee camps. Join us for a Be The Media! workshop with co-director Matt Peterson prior to the screening of “Spaces of Exception,” to learn about the process of creating a long-term media project. "Spaces of Exception" was filmed from 2014 to 2017 in […]
CANCELLED!! Join the tree lovers of the More Trees Arborist Collective for a workshop in the urban forest at Freedom Square! Learn to identify common opportunist species of urban trees, discuss the different techniques and objectives of pruning, when to remove trees, when to plant trees, and help the crew manage the Sanctuary’s fledgling reforestation […]
What does North Troy sound like to you? Join artist and musician Lisa Schonberg in a workshop about field recording, and contribute to a soundwalk exhibit! Participants will go out into the neighborhood surrounding the Sanctuary with microphones to record the cityscape. Participants' recordings will later become part of a soundscape composition. Those recordings will […]
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