Buy Fresh Buy Local of the Greater Lehigh Valley (BFBLGLV) has been awarded $100,000 through the USDA Farmers’ Market Promotion Program (FMPP) for the promotion of direct producer-to-consumer markets in the Lehigh Valley. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on Friday that the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service is awarding $13.3 million in FMPP grants to 164... Read More -
In April 2015, Nurture Nature Center released the final report for its study, They Had the Facts, Why Didn’t They Act?: Understanding and Improving Public Response to NWS Coastal Flood Forecasts. Findings suggest that emergency briefings are an important communication tool for the public, and the report makes other suggestions for improving communicating during coastal... Read More -
Before it was NNC's home, 518 Northampton Street was home to important organizations in Easton's community, including the Independent Order of the Odd Fellows, the Veterans of Foreign Wars in 1963, and one of Easton's first movie theaters. Read More -
A partnering artist in NNC’s 2016 Perspectives Project, Lisette Morel is a Dominican-American born in Manhattan. Morel has participated in numerous projects and exhibitions. In 2013, she was invited by artist, Gregory Coates of Fuse Art Infrastructure to participate in experimental exhibitions, Allentown, PA. Morel was awarded the Artist in Resident at Soho20 Chelsea Gallery,... Read More -
New York artist Scott McIntire’s brilliantly colored enamel paintings are inspired by his observations of the natural world, but contain both the seen and unseen, heard and unheard environment. The paintings vibrate and crackle with radio waves, cellular transmissions, ultra-violet waves, neighborhood noises and fragrances. “For me the subject is more than just its physical... Read More -
This week, NNC Director Rachel Hogan Carr has been sharing the findings of our recent social science study about National Weather Service’s flood forecast and warning tools with directors from NOAA, NWS and Congressional representatives. These findings will help improve the tools and methods NWS uses for sharing information with the public … Read More -
For the past several years, NNC has been developing and refining a process for leading community conversations about important environmental topics. That model, “From Risk to Resiliency,” has been shared across the country with other science centers and institutions. Today, NNC hosted a dialogue forum with the Easton Hunger Coalition, and … Read More -
McIntire's brilliantly colored enamel paintings are inspired by his observations of the natural world, but contain both the seen and unseen, heard and unheard environment. The paintings vibrate and crackle with radio waves, cellular transmissions, ultra-violet waves, neighborhood noises and fragrances. Read More -
On June 8, 2011, more than 70 people gathered in a ceremony to light the first exhibit in the new Nurture Nature Center at 518 Northampton Street and collectively gasped in awe as a six-foot suspended globe turned on and shone a beautiful image of Earth as seen from an astronaut's point of view. Ahnert... Read More -