Milne Library Hosts a Community Eco-Fair in Honor Climate Preparedness Week

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -—On Sunday, Sept. 21st from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. the Milne Public Library will host an outdoor, Community Eco-Fair, to raise awareness about changing climate in honor of Climate Preparedness Week and to celebrate the many Berkshire groups working towards social, economic, and environmental sustainability.

Because September is also National Preparedness Month, staff will provide guidance on making "Go Bags," to prepare attendees for weather-related disasters, with the help of the Williamstown Police and Fire Departments and the Central-Western Massachusetts Red Cross.

Attendees can also learn more about initiatives in Williamstown, including Energize Williamstown, the Town's Net Zero Plan, and the sustainable features of the new Fire Department building and The Williams College Museum of Art.

There will also Food, live music, lawn games, a bouncy house and a seed bomb craft table. 

Stop by and meet these local organizations:

  • Energize Williamstown/COOL Committee

  • Williamstown Garden Club

  • HooRWA

  • Rural Lands

  • Purple Valley Trails

  • Berkshire Grown

  • Second Chance Composting

  • Coral Crochet Project

  • The Plant Connector

  • Menstrual Justice Initiative

  • Williams College Zilkha Center

  • Williams College Museum of Art

  • Bee Friendly Williamstown

  • Remedy Hall

  • ABC Clothing Store

  • Buy Nothing Williamstown

  • Goodwill

  • The Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center

  • Williamstown Police and Fire Depts.

  • Central-Western Massachusetts Red Cross

  • Milne Public Library: "Go Bag" guidance

  • Milne Public Library: The Thingdom (Library of Things)

  • Milne Public Library: Seed bomb-making for kids

In case of bad weather, the event will take place inside the library.

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Mount Greylock School Committee Discusses Collaboration Project with North County Districts

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — News that the group looking at ways to increase cooperation among secondary schools in North County reached a milestone sparked yet another discussion about that group's objectives among members of the Mount Greylock Regional School Committee.
 
At Thursday's meeting, Carolyn Greene reported that the Northern Berkshire Secondary Sustainability task force, where she represents the Lanesborough-Williamstown district, had completed a request for proposals in its search for a consulting firm to help with the process that the task force will turn over to a steering committee comprised of four representatives from four districts: North Berkshire School Union, North Adams Public Schools, Hoosac Valley Regional School District and Mount Greylock Regional School District.
 
Greene said the consultant will be asked to, "work on things like data collection and community outreach in all of the districts that are participating, coming up with maybe some options on how to share resources."
 
"That wraps up the work of this particular working group," she added. "It was clear that everyone [on the group] had the same goals in mind, which is how do we do education even better for our students, given the limitations that we all face.
 
"It was a good process."
 
One of Greene's colleagues on the Mount Greylock School Committee used her report as a chance to challenge that process.
 
"I strongly support collaboration, I think it's a terrific idea," Steven Miller said. "But I will admit I get terrified when I see words like 'regionalization' in documents like this. I would feel much better if that was not one of the items we were discussing at this stage — that we were talking more about shared resources.
 
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