Environmental Center
Global Warming Bypasses Environmental Ed Center?
Friday, February 27th, 2009Not really, but in a winter with (as usual now) few snows to match the snows of yesteryear, one snow finally dumped on us and gave the center its insulating white “snow roof.” This lies atop the summer’s insulating “green roof” of soil and sedum plants. Inside, we keep finding, the building remains at a [...]
Eugene Young Environmental Ed Center Gains a Grant and Moves Ahead
Sunday, February 1st, 2009Good news. We have been promised a $5,000 grant to install the solar panels in the green-frame shade structure, the last building item we’ve been waiting for. The Edison Wetlands Association arranged that grant for us, along with a new $10,000 for the Meadows trail we are already developing downstream of Donaldson Park. These grants [...]
The Early Bird Gets the Nest
Friday, May 23rd, 2008The first bird to nest directly on Highland Park’s Eugene Young Environmental Education Center (NJ) chose a quite visible spot (see photo at left) on the raucous green solar roof structure. Actually, the structure is not yet truly solar: we need to find a grant to install the intended solar panels. But to the bird, [...]
Environmental Ed Center Gets its Furniture.
Sunday, February 10th, 2008Step by step the Eugene Young Environmental Education Center on River Road at the Native Plant Reserve is being outfitted. New furniture will allow new activities to serve youth groups and adults interested in the local Highland Park (NJ) natural environment, or in hearing talks on all manner of environmental subjects.
Furniture was unpacked and set [...]