Plog with us after the Newport Rhode Race on April 13! There are three signup times to pick from; 10:00AM-12:00PM, 12:30PM-2:00PM, or 2:00-3:00. Participants will walk or jog a two-mile segment of the race route and pick up trash. You will be provided with bags, gloves, a map, shirt, and other goodies! The first 50 participants to sign up will receive a free long sleeve dri fit shirt, courtesy of Orsted. This is a volunteer event associated with Newport Rhode Races. This does not include running in the race event, only plogging after the event.

For more info and to sign up, visit: www.easternriconservation.org/news/plog-with-us-this-earth-month

Help Portsmouth High School’s Green Team achieve their goal of offsetting their school’s paper use by purchasing and planting a tree from their sapling sale. Support an initiative that plants hundreds of trees around Portsmouth. Info on the program and a donor link can be found at the Tree-Plenish website.

FREE - No registration required. Meet in the parking lot.

Count up as many bird species as you can, from soaring red-tailed hawks to tiny hovering hummingbirds. You'll learn how to identify common year-round residents and seasonal migrants.

All birding levels welcome. Binoculars are helpful but not required.

Celebrate Earth Week at the Norman Bird Sanctuary with a celebration of migratory birds. Learn about migration and why our bird boxes are such an important part of that cycle. Enjoy a presentation and guided hike out to the fields with our Ornithology Coordinator to learn the results of last year’s bird box program and get a sneak peek into this year’s plans!

Enjoy the beauty of Paradise Valley Park while learning about local Town Committees and enjoying a variety of free activities!

• Meet volunteers from the Middletown Historical Society, Tree Commission, Conservation Commission, and Open Space & Fields Committee to learn about their work and how you can help preserve Middletown’s historical and natural heritage.

• Bring your old sneakers to be recycled and help raise money for Middletown Cub Scouts!

• Get answers to your gardening and recycling questions from URI Master Gardeners and RI Resource Recovery.

• Activities include tours of the historic windmill and schoolhouse, tree walks, bird walks, tree planting, scavenger hunts, and crafts for kids.

• Raffle prizes include a Middletown resident’s beach pass and a family pass to the Norman Bird Sanctuary.

  Parking is limited so please walk, bike, or rideshare if you can. Free and open to all! https://www.middletownhistoricalsociety.org/

Take a guided walk through Valley Park on Arbor Day! 

 Learn a bit about the history of the park and the tree planting that has been done.  Become informed about the special environmental conditions that exist in the park and what has been done to address them.  But most of all, take some time to walk and enjoy this beautiful spot which is one of the many places that make Aquidneck Island such a special place.

WILD LIFE is a sweeping portrait of a conservationist who never stopped evolving and of those who shaped her on a journey to become a global leader of conservation and wildlife preservation. From the epic climbing trips of Doug, Yvon Chouinard and the pioneers of a new kind of outdoor lifestyle to the heated controversy brewing in South America as two Americans purchased local land to a love story as wild as the terrain it unfolded on, the film prompts audiences to ask themselves – what makes life worth living?

Photographs will be taken at this event. Images may be used by newportFILM for promotional purposes.

6:00 PM: Venue Opens

7:00 PM: Film Starts

Run time:93 min

Directors: Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin Producer: Anna Barnes

Tickets available at: https://newportfilm.com/films/wild-life/

Jog a 5K while picking up trash with local running group, Newport Run & Chug. Then join afterwards for a drink at the Fastnet Pub. Gloves, trash bags and littler picker-upper-thingys will be supplied. Hosted in partnership with Newport Run & Chug. Plogging is a combination of jogging with picking up litter (merging the Swedish verbs plocka upp (pick up) and jogga (jog) gives the new Swedish verb plogga, from which the word plogging derives).

https://www.easternriconservation.org/events/newport-plog-and-chug 

Join us for an evening of nature exploration. Take a walk with our educators while learning all about the natural history of amphibians and which species can be found in Rhode Island. We will explore our wonderful wetlands while looking for salamanders, listening for frog calls and searching for egg masses!

Step outside with NBS educators to learn more about the natural landscape and watch the breathtaking sunset.  We will hike out to the staircase where the forest gives way to the rise of Hanging Rock Ridge. 

Once seated on the famous “puddingstone” that makes up the ridge, we will learn about the geology of the region, the most recent glacial activity in southern New England, and the formation of Hanging Rock and Red Fox Ridges.

Please note, this hike can be tough for some, the terrain of Hanging Rock is uneven and can be steep at times. Please be sure to call the front desk if you are unsure of your ability to complete the hike.

Celebrate Earth Week with your choice of one of three themed Wednesday Walks:

Sensory Walk:

   Engage with nature through your senses and thoughtfully take in the beautiful world around you.

Poetry Walk:

   Traverse our trails and enhance your appreciation of nature with a collection of poetry readings along the way.

Birding Walk:

   What better way to celebrate Earth Week at the Norman Bird Sanctuary than to go birding? Enjoy a naturalist-led hike through diverse habitats and seek out the birds that make their homes there.

In celebration of Aquidneck Island Earth Week, we invite you to join us for a Sustainability Tour led by our Cultivate Team Leader, Christina Guarin, followed by a wine tasting. While wine, food, and beer are our passion, at our core we are an agricultural farm with a rich history in farming, sustainability, and preservation practices. Immerse yourself in all that goes into our 100-acre operation, from growing, culinary philosophy, composting, solar energy, and more. Then enjoy the ‘fruits of our labor’ with a wine tasting of our estate-grown wines.

Tuesday, April 25: 12pm Tour | 1pm Wine Tasting
Wednesday, April 26: 12pm Tour | 1pm Wine Tasting

Tour: FREE
(Optional) Wine Tasting: $19 per person (to be paid at the tasting, tax & gratuity additional)

Reservations at: https://www.newportvineyards.com/event/sustainability-tours-for-earth-week/

What was that sound!?  Find out about the creatures who wake up as the sun sets and create a symphony of night-time clicks, croaks, trills, howls, and more.  After learning how to differentiate between the nocturnal sounds of frogs and birds, insects, and bats, we will head out on the trails for a light-free evening hike. Bring your backyard questions!

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/natures-night-sounds-tickets-520767348157

Join us and our friends from Clean Ocean Access and Aquidneck Community Table at the Bike Barn to celebrate Aquidneck Island Earth Week with a big clean up of the Bike Barn campus and Pump Track. Let’s show up and make the most of our time and beautiful surroundings. It takes a village!

If you have the time or simply want to know more about how you can help now or in the future, please email clare@bikenewportri.org

Thank you!!!

In celebration of Aquidneck Island Earth Week, we invite you to join us for a Sustainability Tour led by our Cultivate Team Leader, Christina Guarin, followed by a wine tasting. While wine, food, and beer are our passion, at our core we are an agricultural farm with a rich history in farming, sustainability, and preservation practices. Immerse yourself in all that goes into our 100-acre operation, from growing, culinary philosophy, composting, solar energy, and more. Then enjoy the ‘fruits of our labor’ with a wine tasting of our estate-grown wines.

Tuesday, April 25: 12pm Tour | 1pm Wine Tasting
Wednesday, April 26: 12pm Tour | 1pm Wine Tasting

Tour: FREE
(Optional) Wine Tasting: $19 per person (to be paid at the tasting, tax & gratuity additional)

Reservations at: https://www.newportvineyards.com/event/sustainability-tours-for-earth-week/

Celebrate Aquidneck Island Earth Week by “garden-teering” with ACT! Volunteering in the garden is a great way to give back to your community. Explore the food forest, community garden, and pollinator garden at Island Community Farm in Middletown as we work together to clean up the gardens.

Register at: https://aquidneckcommunitytable.org/volunteer-events/2022/12/23/volunteer-day-at-island-community-farm

Every little hand can help!  Come with your children and listen to a portion of  The Wisdom of Trees by Lita Judge.  Learn about how trees help us and how we can help trees.  Then, plant a  sugar maple seedling in a pot and take it home to plant.  We can all help to make the world a better place, no matter how young or old we are!

Join us to plog (jog and pick up trash) in Tiverton! This event is free and all are welcome to attend. Plogging is picking up trash during any activity. Walkers and runners welcome. Walkers to cover the beach and runners to cover surrounding roads. Clean up supplies will be provided.

https://www.easternriconservation.org/events/plog-tiverton 

We invite you to the Norman Bird Sanctuary for an Earth Week Extravaganza for an afternoon of celebration, storytelling, and science!

Bring your family, friends, and a comfy spot to sit, and join us at the Norman Bird Sanctuary for a special performance on the green with two-time Grammy-winning storyteller and musician, Bill Harley. We welcome adults and children to celebrate the earth with staff and educators at the sanctuary alongside Bill’s enchanting energy and engaging musical performance, nature crafts, and guided discovery hikes around the trails.

Enjoy the Extravaganza with a Native Seeding Celebration to plant your own vegetable seeds, create colorful seed bombs, paint pots, and learn about what makes the seeding of native plants so exciting and important.

Visit the Fish Print Museum to see over 3 rooms of original fish prints by Tony Chatowsky.  This wide variety includes Striped Bass, Cod, Barracuda, Snook, Snappers and Tarpon, to name a few!  View over 3 rooms of species spanning from Florida to New England.

Tours will be held from 12-5 and reproductions of the original fish prints will be for sale in the gallery.  D. Chatowsky Gallery is located across from Clements Market in Portsmouth.  Ample parking is available behind the building.  Contact David Chatowsky for questions at 401-835-4623.

Mary Jameson will have an open studio on Saturday, April 22 from 11-3pm.   Mary uses seaweed and organic materials collected from the marine environment in her work.  Stop by her studio to see a seaweed pressing demonstration and learn more about how it contributes to the health of the ocean.  Mary will be exhibiting one of her Tide Pool Series prints at the New Bedford Whaling Museum this summer for their exhibit on seaweed.

The studio is located at the corner of Vernon Avenue and Freeborn Street in Newport, across from the public tennis courts.  Visit her website at https://www.saltwaterstudionewport.com.

Green Energy Consumers Alliance and Innovate Newport are hosting another Electric Cars & Coffee for Earth Day!

Join industry representatives and car owners in the north parking lot of Innovate Newport for this special Aquidneck Island Earth Week event. EVs will include cars like the Rivian, Nissan Leaf, Tesla Model Y, and Chevy Bolt. Learn about Rhode Island's DRIVE EV rebate and E-Bike programs, and chat with staff from SouthCoast wind about how renewables are powering the shift to greener transportation.

Recharge with FREE coffee courtesy of Simple Merchant Coffee.

Celebrate Earth Day by helping Newport Tree Conservancy plant a young tree in Morton Park.

Did you know that each tree that we add to Newport’s urban forest helps take carbon out of the atmosphere to help fight climate change? Trees also help mitigate stormwater runoff, cool the city, and provide habitat for wildlife. Help us make a difference by signing up to lend a hand. No experience is necessary. Please dress for the weather and bring work gloves if you have them.

Register at: https://www.newporttreeconservancy.org/volunteer

Join Clean Ocean Access and Sail Newport to clean up Fort Adams State Park ahead of The Ocean Race. Volunteers will help remove debris from the two-plus miles of sandy and rocky shoreline where the Ocean Race Newport will take place. Meet at Sail Newport. Gloves, trash pickers, and bags will be provided for volunteers.

Volunteers may sign up here: https://waiver.smartwaiver.com/e/7s6rSTA8U2RazDTurWhKTh/

Come by the Jamestown Recreation Center to check out exhibits and activities hosted by local organizations, including Save the Bay, Jamestown Pollinator Gardens, the Native Plant Society, Rights of Way, Jamestown Conservation Commission, Jamestown Land Trust, Jamestown Community Farm, Bike Path, ecoRI, RI Resource & Recovery, the Audubon Society, Clean Ocean Access, and more. We’ll have lots of fun ways to get involved and information for all ages!

Take home a ready to install rain barrel which will collect and store stormwater for your garden. You will receive a prepped barrel and installation kit that will connect to your downspout. Containers generously provided by Coca-Cola. Made possible with support from the River Network. For conservation and for pollution prevention, installing a rain barrel to collect and store rainwater for use on your lawn and gardens is a simple but powerful way to make a difference for the Aquidneck Island and Narragansett Bay.

https://www.easternriconservation.org/events/rain-barrel-take-make-workshop 

Join Friends of the Waterfront and Friends of King Park for the annual Earth Day cleanup of King Park on Wellington Ave, in Newport.

Free coffee will be provided compliments of our local Ash Mart and free seeds will be available from URI Master Gardeners Program. Gloves, trash bags, and tally sheets will be provided by Clean Ocean AccessGloves. Bring a bucket!

https://newportwaterfront.org/

Come by the Aquidneck Growers Market and take home free flower and veggie seeds!

Aquidneck Community Table’s Growers Markets provide easy access to seasonal, regionally-grown food and greater awareness of the benefits of eating fresh local foods for our health, the strength of our local economy, the viability of agricultural life, and the future of our earth.

Our marketplaces feature both organic and conventionally-grown products that include fresh vegetables, cut flowers, herbs, fruit, plants, eggs, breads, baked goods, meats, seafood, cheese, salsa and prepared foods such as soups, vegan foods, Mediterranean and Middle-Eastern cuisine. All markets feature a changing roster of local artisans and food businesses. Visit our Winter Vendors page to browse the lists of vendors attending each market.

Native and non-invasive plants are available for pre-order and pickup on April 22! Plants not only remove carbon dioxide from the air, but they also provide habitat for native wildlife, prevent erosion, and absorb excess stormwater.

How the Sale Works: Online sales are considered pre-orders. Order seedlings here: https://ericd-seedling-sale.myshopify.com/ You must come to pick up your order in-person at the ERICD Seedling Sale on April 22.