Connecting People + Place
Get in on the #ClimateAction: Hands-On Volunteering Opps
All that bad news is really partly good news … but it still feels bad sometimes. The news coverage of human-caused climate change has definitively increased over the past decade. That’s a positive in that it’s beginning to spur real...
Seed Saving: How the Valley Has Helped Lead the Nation in Preserving Heirloom Plants
When you hold a seed in your hand, “once upon a time” might not be the first words that pop to mind. But seed keepers and seed savers will tell you that a seed is not just a plant waiting...
#HudsonInspired: Textile Artist Victoria van der Laan Follows Threads to Zero-Waste Art
In the world of visual arts, painting, sculpture, video, and photography often dominate the narrative. Yet there are other forms of art that are getting increased recognition, such as quilting. Albany-based Victoria van der Laan began working with fiber and...
#HudsonInspired: An Artist-Scientist Observes a Changing Climate
Artist and scientist Hara Woltz believes that art is key to bearing witness to climate change in the Hudson Valley and beyond. Science and art may seem like two career fields that are vastly different from each other; for example,...
Get Inspired: What I Saw While Powering 300 Miles Along the Hudson
This spring I completed what I believe to be the first human-powered 300-mile exploration of Hudson River estuary by running, hiking, cycling, kayaking, and paddleboarding. I dreamed up this challenge last summer to inspire urban youth to get outside and...
Seeding Poughkeepsie’s Healthy Future at Pershing Neighborhood Farm
“I used to walk by this park all the time and never thought there would be a farm here.” That’s Nick Jackson talking about the Pershing Neighborhood Farm and Garden, located in Poughkeepsie’s Northside neighborhood, a historically redlined part of the...
Celebrate Good Times! Sojourner Truth State Park Opens with Community Earth Day Event
A Community Earth Day get-together was a fitting way to celebrate the opening of Sojourner Truth State Park, located on land where nature is healing itself with a little TLC from New York State Parks, the Palisades Interstate Park Commission,...
Valley Arab American Restaurants Connect Community and Culture Through Food
A range of restaurants source from local farms, and work to bring the local Arab community together through food and advance broader cultural understanding through cuisine. Each April, Arab American Heritage Month provides an opportunity to celebrate some of the...