Celebrate National Book Month and Sandwich native Thornton Burgess's 150 Anniversary with local author, Christie Palmer Lowrance, who will present a talk on “Nature’s Ambassador: The Life and Legacy of Sandwich’s Native Son, Thornton W. Burgess.” Discover more about the life of Thornton W. Burgess and his impact and lasting legacy. The 320-page beautifully illustrated biography lavishly details Burgess’ Sandwich childhood and his work as a respected naturalist, wildlife advocate, children’s author, and pioneer in environmental education and radio programming. This program is part of BLT's eARTh Connections series and is partially supported by grants from the Mid-Cape Cultural Council and Massachusetts Cultural Council.

BLT’s Rising Waters Fish Flag project can be viewed at Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative’s Net Zero 2024 Conference.

In September 2024, Barnstable Land Trust celebrated “Environmental Awareness Month” with a month-long series of Climate Conversations featuring 15+ events and 19 community collaborators.  The Rising Waters Fish Flags that will be displayed were created by people of all ages and backgrounds, and reflect the rising waters projected for Aselton Park on Hyannis Harbor.  The flags illustrate that the mean high high tide (storm surge + sea level rise) on Hyannis Harbor will rise above ground level by 18” in 2030, 30” in 2050, and 36” in 2070 based on data collected from Climate Central using NOAA research.

Come join us for a woodturning demonstration at BLT's Fuller Farm by members of Cape Cod Woodturners as we continue to celebrate Arts and Humanities Month. Learn about wood selection, methods of holding the wood blank, process, and form. A show and tell exhibit will allow you to see and touch a variety of kinds of wooden turned objects, both functional and more artistic. An actual piece will be "turned" - so don't miss this chance to see the process from beginning to end which then be a door prize for one of the attendees. Come and join in on the fun! (Pre-registration required.)

When we are out for a leisurely walk, are there some artistic tools and supplies that we should be carrying with us? In this art/science walk you will learn about ways to prepare and use small art kits including supplies and carrying cases. You will also learn about things you can do with your cellphone as well how to capture these quick and fleeting moments. Come explore Eagle Pond with The daVinci Pursuit during Barnstable's annual Fall Walking Weekend and help us celebrate National Arts and Humanities month. The walk is intended to introduce participants to the science concepts through the arts and are designed for non-artists and artists, photographers, and families of all ages and ability levels.

As part of BLT's eARTh Connections series, the Art Bus from Cotuit Center for the Arts, is stopping at Fuller Farm for an afternoon of nature-inspired artmaking! This family-friendly program is the perfect opportunity to creatively engage the next generation of nature-lovers. Each 45-minute session includes art-making and a short meadow hike on the trails behind the barn.

Please pre-register for this free program. NOTE: Children must be accompanied by a parent or adult.

Fuller Farm is an ideal location to study and paint the Cape Cod agricultural landscape. Betsy will talk about her painting process, while demonstrating how she combines technical skills with her expressive approach to color and design. As a lifelong educator, she welcomes the community to come and watch her paint and find out about the art of pastel and plein air painting.

Betsy Payne Cook is an avid plein air pastel painter and attributes her time painting outdoors as a key factor in developing her skills and identifying her personal vision as an artist.

Betsy is a graduate of the College of St Rose in Albany NY, having received degrees in Art Education & Special Education. After a 30-year career in education, she retired and is now a full time artist and art educator.

Please pre-register for this free program.

Join BLT, Climate Creatives, and a host of other community partners at the Hyannis HyArts Artist Shanties at Harbor Overlook for an art installation where the public can participate in creating a "Rising Waters/Fish Flags" temporary art project across the street from Hyannis' waterfront park showing rising sea levels. While this unique event has been featured in Panama, Hong Kong, and over 40 other locations, this marks the first time it is being installed on Cape Cod. Please join the Cape community in this fun and educational event as part of BLT's Climate Conversations programming.

This art installation was originally scheduled for Saturday, September 21 at Aselton Park, Hyannis and was postponed due to weather. Join us across the street at the Artist Shanties at the Harbor Overlook in Hyannis on Sunday, September 29 from 11 am to 2 pm.

Join Barnstable Land Trust and Barnstable Clean Water Coalition (BCWC) staff on a tour of BCWC's historic 1800's cranberry bogs at the headwaters of the Marstons Mills River. Learn about BCWC's ongoing wetlands restoration work to remove nitrogen flowing downriver through 64 acres of bogs and how this bog system provides an opportunity to improve water quality and create a climate resilient landscape in the Three Bays estuary. Pre-registration is required.

Taking a little time now to prepare your soil can pay off tremendously next spring in your garden. Join Resilient Roots at Fuller Farm to learn all the tasks you can tackle this fall to save time in the next growing season and to set yourself up for a more abundant harvest.

We'll discuss cleaning up after this year's crops, growing winter cover crops to improve your soil, sheet mulching, soil testing, and adding nutrients now so they have time to be absorbed and ready for uptake by your spring seedlings. This workshop will also walk you through the process of composting with worms, an easy and effective way to create a nutrient source for your garden.

This workshop takes place at Fuller Farm, a Barnstable Land Trust property located at 995 Route 149, Marstons Mills.

Join Centerville Public Library's Becky and Cahoon Museum's Leslie Goldman to create alongside fellow craft lovers, as part of Barnstable Land Trust's Climate Conversations! In this FREE multigenerational event, learn to use recycled books and other materials to make your very own nature journal! All materials will be provided. This event is in collaboration with Barnstable Land Trust and Cahoon Museum of American Art. This event will be held in the Lower Level Community Rooms at the Centerville Public Library.

Join us at Centerville Public Library for a journey through space that teaches us the importance of taking care of our home planet!

Wall-E (2008) is a Disney/Pixar animated sci-fi movie about a robot named WALL-E, who is responsible for cleaning a waste-covered Earth. When he meets another robot and falls in love with her, they set out on a journey together that will alter the fate of mankind.

This event will be held in Centerville Public Library's Coyle Community Rooms on the lower level. Popcorn will be served.

“A town without nature: not one living tree. So what happened to them? Cue the music, let’s see.” Join Cotuit Library for a movie watch party and climate craft as part of BLT's Climate Conversations Month. The Lorax film expands on Dr. Seuss’ picturebook The Lorax (1971) by adding three additional subplots to the original story: the rise and fall of Thneedville, a teen romance that leads to regeneration of a devastated landscape, and the return of the Lorax that signals a new, sustainable future. This program is part of BLT's Climate Awareness Month series.

Join award-winning climate journalist, Meera Subramanian as she recounts stories from Americans who are experiencing the effects of climate change against the backdrop of a contentious political divide.

This event at Sturgis Library is provided in collaboration with The Barnstable Land Trust as part of their Climate Conversations Month.

Sponsored by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management and coordinated by the Urban Harbors Institute, thousands of COASTSWEEP volunteers remove debris that would otherwise pollute our oceans, beaches, lakes, and rivers. Participants collect bag after bag of trash and debris, and record their findings onto data cards. The data is sent to the Ocean Conservancy and entered into a massive marine debris database. This information is then analyzed and used to identify the sources of marine debris, which helps to prevent the problem in the future. If you’re interested in volunteering, contact Donna Bragg at Sandy Neck Gatehouse at 508-362-8300 or by email. This program is part of BLT's Climate Awareness Month series.

“A town without nature: not one living tree. So what happened to them? Cue the music, let’s see.” The Lorax film expands on Dr. Seuss’ picturebook The Lorax (1971) by adding three additional subplots to the original story: the rise and fall of Thneedville, a teen romance that leads to regeneration of a devastated landscape, and the return of the Lorax that signals a new, sustainable future. This program is part of BLT's Climate Awareness Month series.

Massachusetts needs to build more solar energy to clean up our dirty power grid. But that energy shouldn't come at the expense of forests, farmlands, and biodiverse habitats -- natural and working lands absorb one tenth of Massachusetts' greenhouse gas emissions each year.

To protect nature and expand solar energy, Mass Audubon teamed up with researchers at Harvard Forest to conduct a statewide study that proves we can build most of the solar we need on rooftops, parking lots, and already developed lands-with the right policy changes: massaudubon.org/growingsolar. Barnstable Land Trust is pleased to partner on this program where Mass Audubon's Vice President for Policy and Advocacy, Michelle Manion, will discuss this important research with recommendations for how Massachusetts can responsibly meet its solar energy goals. Free! Pre-registration is required.

This program is happily full.

Sandy Neck is a popular resting place for many migratory species on their way south along the east coast. The forested areas along the trails are made of a mix of deciduous and evergreen trees packed with high-energy food for the traveling birds.  Additionally, many migrating birds linger on Sandy Neck shores, delaying their flights south for as long as possible. These birds tend to concentrate near their favorite food source before continuing on their journey. Join us for a migration hike as we welcome fall and the migratory birds that are leaving, returning, or just passing through.  For more information call the Gatehouse: 508-362-8300. This hike is free. NOTE: All Sandy Neck hikes are considered strenuous in difficulty because this includes walking on loose sand.

Make a bee-line for Lowell Park Woodlands Trail entrance at Lowell Park for a special Storytime with a fun activity that will leave you bug-eyed! Miss Julie from the Cotuit Library will read poems about insects, and kids can search for bugs on the trail afterwards. Miss Leslie from the Cahoon Museum will pass out books to draw insects found along the trail. You won't want to be a fly on the wall for this program!

The Lowell Park Woodlands trail entrance is located at 10 Lowell Ave, Cotuit, MA 02635.

No registration necessary. This special program is a partnership between the Cotuit Library, Cahoon Museum of American Art, and Barnstable Land Trust.

This program is happily full.

Join Resilient Woods Hole (RWH) for this special guided walk of their new 12-stop Climate Walking Trail which educates the public about the climate impacts on well-known areas of Woods Hole Village as well as about existing climate resilience initiatives. Relative sea level increased by approximately 10 inches in Woods Hole between 1932 and 2020, according to NOAA. This trend is predicted to accelerate as the ocean expands due to global warming and glacial ice melt. Sign-up now to learn more about how Woods Hole is developing solutions for these climate-based challenges while exploring part of this 2.2 mile walk. Preview Resilient Woods Hole’s virtual version of the walk here.

Join BLT and its community partner, Osterville Village Library for this climate inspired storytime. Celebrate young climate change activists in this charming story by Andrew Joyner about an empowered girl who shows up, listens up, and ultimately, speaks up to inspire her community to take action against climate change. Here is an uplifting picture book that is an important reminder that no change is too small--and no person is too young--to make a difference. This program is part of BLT's Climate Awareness Month series.

Join Ellen Snoeyenbos, founder of the Walking Readers Group, and let the words of some of the finest Native American poets echo in your mind as we walk together through a landscape rich in wildlife and an ancient connection between humans and nature. Exploring nature poems by nationally acclaimed Native writers, N. Scott Momaday, Joy Harrjo, Maurice Kenny and Sherman Alexie, will bring a fresh perspective on how we are part of the natural world. This is part of BLT's Climate Conversations programming and our eARTh Connections series which is supported in part by a grant from the Mid-Cape Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. FREE.

Barnstable Land Trust and Sturgis Library are coming together for this extra special Storytime where participants can become members of The Acorn Club! Acorn Club members will partake in a read aloud story, nature-based craft, and a little bit of nature education, too! Kiddos can take the Acorn Club Pledge for Planet Earth and receive an acorn button badge, with the promise that they'll try their best to be a friend to our beautiful planet! Appropriate for ages 2-5, but all are welcome! Drop in! No registration necessary.

Join Dr. Peter Crosson from Osterville Primary Care for a guided bird watching walk at Sandy Neck Beach on Tuesday, August 27 from 6:00 – 7:00pm! Dr. Crosson is an experienced and enthusiastic bird watcher who has travelled near and far in search of sightings. Enjoy getting some steps in at sunset, while learning from this local expert!

Please note: registration is required and a maximum of 20 slots are available on a first come, first serve basis.

Experience the magic of Egrets coming 'home" to roost at Popolo Pond. Join Barnstable Land Trust with walk leader and ornithology educator, Tommy Burgess, to see and hear these elegant birds during this summer spectacle. Don't forget your binoculars (and bug spray!) to fully enjoy this awe-inspiring special program!

Please join Cape Cod Healthcare physical therapist Kristen Siminski from VNA Public Health and Wellness, and Carla Fogaren from Cape Cod Nordic Walking for an informative talk about the many benefits of Nordic walking, including a Nordic walking demonstration and resource information about the Cape Cod Nordic Walking (CCNW) group! Kristen has been a PT with Cape Cod Healthcare with almost 20 years and is passionate about making lifestyle changes at any age and ability. Carla is the creator of Cape Cod Nordic walking group (CCNW) and is excited to chat about this group which already has more than 2000 members on the Cape. Afterwards, join Kristen and Carla for a short trail walk at Fuller Farm.

Gear up for the Olympics in Paris by participating in Cotuit Library's Olympic Hunger Games at Ropes Field! Centers will be set up with field games for all ages. There will be nature crafts, friendly competition, and fun activities with the Cotuit Fire Department and Barnstable Land Trust. May the odds be ever in your favor!

Plan to park at the library or nearby and walk to Ropes Field.

Join Barnstable Land Trust and Osterville Village Library in welcoming author, artist, and trauma therapist Pamela Lowell for a discussion and presentation of her new book “My Summer with Ospreys: a therapist’s journey towards hope, community and healing our planet.”

Pamela will take people on her journey as a Mass Audubon and SouthCoast Osprey Nest Project volunteer where she monitored over 100 nesting pairs of Osprey on the Westport River (MA) at Allen’s Pond. Through photographs, videos, and stunning watercolor paintings, you will learn about the process of checking nests, counting eggs, watching day-old baby Ospreys (rarely documented), banding chicks, and the translocation of chicks (for the Illinois translocation project). Explore the importance of human connection, and how we can all work together to help heal our environment through experiences like this. Signed copies of the book and notecards will also be available for sale. Pre-registration is suggested.