Art
Tagging Vineyard Osprey:
Expert Explains Research
Rob Bierregaard, who has been studying the osprey population on the Vineyard for more than 35 years, will speak about the raptors in a lecture at the Wakeman Center off Lambert’s Cove Road in Vineyard Haven on Saturday, April 12 at 7 p.m.
Mr. Bierregaard is speaking in conjunction with the annual osprey festival sponsored by Mass Audubon’s Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary in Edgartown.
Ecological Eating: New
Discussion Group Begins
Menu for the Future is the title of a new discussion group at the Vineyard Haven Library. The group workshop is designed by the North West Earth Institute, the source of the previously successful library programs Choices for Sustainability and Voluntary Simplicity.
Noted permaculture designer and teacher Dick Pierce will present a slide show and talk called An Introduction to Permaculture: Practical Sustainability on Thursday, April 17, at 5 p.m. at the Chilmark Public Library.
Permaculture, a movement begun in the 1970s, initially focused on soil management to promote agricultural sustainability. It has segued into a holistic approach to sustainable living.
The idea is this: develop ecologically suitable design systems for sustainable living in all parts of your existence.
Collaborative Schedules
Workshop for Nonprofits
The Martha’s Vineyard Donors Collaborative has scheduled its spring workshop for Vineyard nonprofits, Strong Boards For Effective Governance and Good Fundraising, on Wednesday, April 16 at Outerland, 17 Airport Road, Edgartown.
The workshop is designed for organizations that have a challenge recruiting and retaining good board members or need to restructure their board to improve their governance and fundraising in an increasingly competitive environment.
Webster’s Dictionary defines the term harbinger as “a person or thing that comes before to announce or give indication of what is to follow.” If someone had either the time or inclination to search the various newspapers of this country, they would be hard-pressed to find any publication that uses the term harbinger more than the Vineyard Gazette in late winter and early spring — referring, of course, to the magical harbingers of spring.
Surfcasters Film
The Martha’s Vineyard Surfcasters will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 15 at the Chilmark Public Library. They will view the film The Lonely Dorymen, a 16-millimeter-format documentary.