10:00 a.m. Sunday, July 24, 2022 Nutrient enrichment is impacting the health of our embayments and ponds and will be the focus of Andrew Gottlieb’s presentation. What can towns, property owners and residents do to improve water quality? There will be time for discussion about all things water as well as other issues of environmental concern. All are welcome! Live at the Chapel and on Zoom. Andrew Gottlieb is the Executive Director at the Association to Preserve Cape Cod and, … Continue reading 24 Jul 2022: “The Waters of Cape Cod” with Andrew Gottlieb

10:00 a.m. Sunday, July 17, 2022  Live at the Chapel and on Zoom. For some people, a green burial is their culminating environmentally sensitive act. While many cemeteries do not yet allow it, green burials are legal in Massachusetts. Join Sophia Sayigh, Director of Green Burial Massachusetts, to learn about options available here on the Cape. She will talk about your rights, the laws, logistics, and provide practical information to accomplish natural death care, a component of Green Burial disposition. … Continue reading 17 Jul 2022: “Green Burial: Reclaiming a Dying Tradition” with Sophia Sayigh

Sunday, May 29 at 10:00 a.m. Live at Chapel in the Pines – 220 Samoset Road, Eastham All are welcome Are you doing all you can to cut down on the amount of waste going into landfills? Are you ever confused about your choices and about which choices really matter? We live here because we care for the natural environment that surrounds us, yet we can’t seem to get even close to zero waste. Kari Parcell, Barnstable County’s Regional Waste … Continue reading 29 May 2022: “Be a Better Recycler” with Kari Parcell

Program for Sunday, April 10, 2022 David Abel will discuss his adventures as a reporter and documentary filmmaker. Abel’s films include “Gladesmen: The Last of the Sawgrass Cowboys,” about the government’s $16 billion effort to restore the Everglades, one of the planet’s most damaged ecosystems; “Sacred Cod,” about the historic collapse of the iconic cod fishery in New England; and, most recently, Entangled which chronicles the efforts to protect North Atlantic right whales from extinction. He is the host of … Continue reading 10 Apr 2022: Reporting from the Frontiers of Climate Change and Conservation: A Journalist’s Perspective by David Abel

Program for Sunday, March 13, 2022 Join us as Madhavi Venkatesan, economist and founder of Sustainable Practices, discusses the individual challenge and the collective potential of living within the environment. Our present economic system has promoted an implicit perspective that we control the environment but the speed of climate change is sufficient evidence that the environment, natural forces, the Earth have a balance of their own. The discussion will address the inconsistency between our present economic worldview and the attainment … Continue reading 13 Mar 2022: “Green Eternal Growth” with Madhavi Venkatesan

Program for Sunday, January 30, 2022 David Abel will discuss his adventures as a reporter and documentary filmmaker. Abel’s films include “Gladesmen: The Last of the Sawgrass Cowboys,” about the government’s $16 billion effort to restore the Everglades, one of the planet’s most damaged ecosystems; “Sacred Cod,” about the historic collapse of the iconic cod fishery in New England; and, most recently, Entangled which chronicles the efforts to protect North Atlantic right whales from extinction. He is the host of … Continue reading 30 Jan 2022: Reporting from the Frontiers of Climate Change and Conservation: A Journalist’s Perspective by David Abel

Program for Sunday, January 16, 2022 Vast flocks of robins, waterfowl galore, several species of hawks and owls and the occasional appearance of unusual vagrants make for plentiful birding opportunities on the Cape in the winter. Join the delightful Mark Faherty as he shares details of the most recent notable sightings and results from the Christmas Bird Count. There will be plenty of time set aside for Mark to answer your birding questions. Mark Faherty has been the Science Coordinator at … Continue reading 16 Jan 2022: “Winter Birds of Cape Cod” with Mark Faherty

Program for Sunday, October 17, 2021 Eastham Conservation Foundation (ECF) board member Joanna Buffington will highlight some of the foundation’s current and ongoing projects, including protecting diamondback terrapins, managing invasive species and collaborations with other land trusts.  ECF is an all-volunteer non-profit membership organization started in 1978 by a group of residents concerned about protecting Eastham’s environment and natural habitats from development. Now more than 300 acres of land are protected through deeded gifts, land purchases, and conservation restrictions on … Continue reading 17 Oct 2021: “Your Local Land Trust in Action” with Joanna Buffington