NNC Hosts CREATE Resilience: Building the Vision
Thank you to those who participated in our CREATE Resilience: Building the Vision community forum on Tuesday, September 29! Read More -
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Registration Opens for CREATE Resilience: Building the Vision Community Discussion Forum
As part of the ongoing CREATE Resilience project, Nurture Nature Center will be hosting a virtual discussion forum on Tuesday September 29th from 6:30 to 8:30 (registration here). Strong communities with good planning can become more resilient in the face of natural hazards. What are the areas of need in our communities? What strategies will... Read More -
Nurture Nature Center receives PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Environmental Education Award in 2020
Nurture Nature Center (NNC)’s project, Watershed-Friendly Properties – an education and certification program, was one of 15 projects across the state to receive a grant of up to $20,000 for 2020. Read More -
Our CREATE Youth Ambassadors have been hard at work!
Even as an unconventional school year came to a close, our high school ambassadors remain committed to helping us research and share information about natural hazards and mitigation for our CREATE Resilience project. The ambassadors describe their efforts in this short video: As they mention in the video, the ambassadors have created a set of... Read More -
NNC Announces First Annual Youth Climate Summit
Nurture Nature Center is pleased to announce its first annual Youth Climate Summit! The summit will take place on July 8 and 9 from 3:30-6 pm on both days. Read More -
NNC Monarch Butterfly project makes the news!
On Friday, local television station WLVT (PBS-39) interviewed Executive Director Rachel Hogan Carr about the upcoming schedule of programs, focusing on a new community collaborative installation for the center, focused on monarch butterflies. Read More -
Presentation held on Flash Flood Susceptibility in the Delaware River Region
Dr. David Brandes shared research he and his students and colleagues have undertaken about the factors that influence flash flood susceptibility along the Delaware, including development but also factors such as geology, soils, wetlands and terrain. Read More -
NNC facilitates discussion at the Lehigh Dialogue Center’s 16th Annual Friendship Dinner
NNC’s Executive Director Rachel Hogan Carr facilitated a discussion among 200 participants from across the Lehigh Valley, who gathered at the Jewish Community Center in Allentown on Thursday, February 20 as part of the Lehigh Dialogue Center’s 16th Annual Friendship Dinner, titled: The Water We Share. The participants learned about flooding risk in the region... Read More -
NNC’s Art Director serves as National Art Juror for Scholastic Art & Writing Awards One Earth Award 2020
NNC’s Keri Maxfield recently served as one of three national jurors selected to adjudicate Scholastic’s One Earth Award in Art at the Scholastic Headquarters in NYC. She was joined on the panel by artists Sarah Sunde and Alexis Rockman. Read More -
NNC hosts webinar with President of American Society of Civil Engineers Lehigh Valley
What grade would you give the infrastructure around your home? Do you think it could withstand natural hazards such as flooding or extreme heat? When hazards occur, our infrastructure can be greatly impacted. David Wieller, President of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Lehigh Valley Section and the Water & Municipal Regional Leader for... Read More -