Thanks to our summer Sarah Lawrence student interns George, Delphine, and Lucy for all of their work in clearing invasive weeds from the front of our building and replacing them with native plants! #gardening #nativeplants #perrenials #greenthumb #interns #sarahlawrencecollege
The Center and Sarah Lawrence College
Launched June 2013, the Center for the Urban River at Beczak (CURB) is an alliance of Sarah Lawrence College and the Beczak Environmental Education Center. The mission of CURB is to advance environmental knowledge and stewardship by providing high quality K-12 environmental education for the local community, establishing a regional hub for research and monitoring focused on Hudson River estuary and urban watershed issues, and serving as a welcoming open community space for a variety of civic and cultural activities.
The Center occupies the former Beczak Environmental Education Center, a well-loved river exploration and interpretative center that has been offering programs for adults and children for over twenty years. Its name honors Joe Beczak, one of the Hudson River enthusiasts who taught children about the Hudson in the 1970s.Instagram slccurb
Our Director of Education Eli had the pleasure of attending an East-of-Hudson watershed forestry bus tour for non formal educators. This tour was organized by the NYC DEP to help us learn about our drinking water and the systems that help keep it safe and clean. #water #watersheds #tour #cleanwaters #hudsonvalley #nycdep
Flowers are in full bloom after a very rainy spring. How rainy was it? For April and May, 43 out of 61 total days saw at least a trace of rain. #CURB #sarahlawrence #flowers #spring #pink #yonkers #beautiful #weather
Thanks to Hudson River Community Sailing for joining us for a seining program! #sailing #hudsonriver #yonkers #seining #fishing #sailboat #funontheriver
#Repost @slc_childdevelopmentinstitute (@get_repost) ・・・ A few spots left for “Sustainability in the Classroom” at the Center for the Urban River at Bezcak this Saturday June 8, 10am - 4pm It’s going to be a beautiful day on the Yonkers waterfront! 🐟 link in bio to register for all of our summer programs! @slccurb #sustainability #curb #yonkers #professionaldevelopment #teachers #workshop #ctle #ctlehours #teachersofwestchester
So many waders! Thanks to our high school interns for painting the sizes on them which makes it easier for us to get the children in and out of them during seining programs. #waders #seining #painting #lotsofwork #numbers #internfun
Thanks to the staff from Ask Applications for doing a volunteer project in our park as part of their Impact Day! The group collected driftwood, pulled invasive plants, and trimmed back our marsh trail. #volunteering #impactday #AskApplications #Yonkers #sarahlawrence #hudsonriver
Thanks to @ytiyonkers for their performance of "A Tribute to Langston Hughes" as part of Yonkers Arts Weekend! @yonkersarts #sarahlawrence #slccurb #yonkers #yonkersartsweekend #arts #poetry #langstonhughes
CURB will be talking compost from 6:00 - 8:00pm tonight at the Albert Leonard Middle School Science Fair! #science #compost #worms #sarahlawrence #communityoutreach #newrochelle #westchester
#Repost @jayheritagecenter (@get_repost) ・・・ No rain, #nofilter Just blue skies and green ideas at today’s Environmental Workshop and collaboration between the #africanamericanmenofwestchester, #theodoreyoungcenter @jayheritagecenter @slccurb and @carvercenterpc Kids and the parents learned about marine wildlife in #LongIslandSound then heard about conservation efforts to keep the #Hudson River clean followed by an #invasivespecies identification lesson and walk down to Milton Harbor! Activities included putting together a puzzle of the Hudson River in the Jay Mansion veranda and potting marigolds for Mother’s Day! There’s no better gift for Mother Earth than education! #environmentaleducation #sustainability
Gave a Hudson River presentation this morning and now enjoying a nature walk at the @jayheritagecenter. #longislandsound #marsh #scenery #nature