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Nurture Nature Center selected as an American Geophysical Union Thriving Earth Exchange Community Science Hub to help connect flood vulnerable communities to scientists and resources

February 12, 2024 by Kate Semmens

The Nurture Nature Center is honored to have been recently selected to serve as an American Geophysical Union Thriving Earth Exchange Community Science Hub! Over the next two years we will be working with AGU Thriving Earth Exchange to help communities affected by flooding. AGU Thriving Earth Exchange is a non-profit program that helps communities... Read More -

NNC- BFBL Coordinator Featured in “The Lafayette” Alumni Spotlight

February 2, 2024 by Keri Maxfield

Squarcia is the project lead for Buy Fresh Buy Local Greater Lehigh Valley, a non-profit run by the Nurture Nature Center in downtown Easton that aims to connect Lehigh Valley residents with local farmers. Read More -

CREATE Connections – a new grant project linking a vision of resilience to action

October 4, 2023 by Kate Semmens

Nurture Nature Center is excited to continue and expand our CREATE Resilience efforts with the announcement of a new grant from NOAA’s Office of Education Environmental Literacy Program. This funding supports a four year project called CREATE Connections: Linking a Vision of Resilience to Action which starts October 2023. This next phase of CREATE focuses... Read More -

Water Resources Association (WRA) of the Delaware River Basin holds conference at Nurture Nature Center

May 2, 2023 by Keri Maxfield

The day long conference titled, "Take Action: Using Science & Collaboration to Manage Flooding and Climate Change Risks” featured 10 speakers including Glenn Schwartz, who retired last year as chief meteorologist for WCAU-TV in Philadelphia after a lengthy career. Read More -

Watershed-Friendly PA Program Expands; Launches New Website

May 1, 2023 by Kate Semmens

Watershed-Friendly PA Program Expands to Large Properties and Urban/Small Lots and Apartments; Launches New Website Watershedfriendlypa.org Watershed-Friendly PA is a project of the Nurture Nature Center and Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program. Seeking to increase the amount of areas throughout Pennsylvania that positively contribute to watershed health, the Watershed-Friendly PA program provides education... Read More -

Nurture Nature Center’s Community Resilience Project Murals to be Permanently Displayed at St. Luke’s Hospital – Easton Campus

April 17, 2023 by Keri Maxfield

Two large-scale artworks created by artists Jackie Lima and Don Wilson and commissioned by the Nurture Nature Center (NNC) will find a home at St. Lukes Hospital – Easton Campus this week. Read More -

Exhibit at NNC Explores the Aesthetics of Nature in our Changing World

April 13, 2023 by Keri Maxfield

A new exhibit features the artwork of seven Philadelphia area artists who work to engage audiences about the impacts of climate change. “Risky Beauty: Aesthetics and Climate Change” is curated by Dr. Cynthia Haveson Veloric, an art historian, writer, lecturer, and environmentalist, also from the Philadelphia area. Artists showcased in the exhibit are: Diane Burko,... Read More -

Nurture Nature Center to host “Indigenous Perspectives” programming in collaboration with March 2023 Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference

February 2, 2023 by Keri Maxfield

Nurture Nature Center has collaborated with the Watershed Coalition of the Lehigh Valley to host several free public programs focused on Native American connections to land and water resources in the Delaware and Lehigh River watersheds. Read More -