Science & Environment

Hitchcock Center for the Environment

The Hitchcock Center for the Environment was founded in 1962 by Ethel Dubois (1906–1987), a retired guidance counselor. With a handful of dedicated volunteers, she provided summer camp and nature programs for low-income children, primarily from Holyoke and...

Dinosaur Discovery

David Stier, Director of the Springfield Science Museum, discusses the recent research there leading to the classification of a new Tyrannosaur species of dinosaur. The Springfield...

Storm Ready

Bob Prince of “Storm Ready” in Chicopee discusses the products that are available and the advance safeguards people can take to be ready for man-made and natural disasters—including how we can prepare for and protect against something like the Ebola virus....

Mt. Everest Avalanche

Mike Matty—who successfully summited Mt. Everest—discusses the recent avalanche that killed many of the Sherpas who assist Everest climbers and the impact that event has had ending this year’s planned ascents of the world’s highest...

Climate Report

Professor Michael Rawlins, Manager of the Climate System Research Center at the University of Massachusetts, discusses the recently-released Federal National Climate Assessment Report, which foresees major changes in the weather—especially here in the Northeast—if...

Green Home Boom

Chris Mason, Energy & Sustainability Officer at the City of Northampton; John Majercak, Executive Director of the Center for Eco Technology (CET); and Jonathan Wright, founder & co-owner of Wright Builders, talk about the green home boom in Northampton and how...