Each year, Sakonnet Preservation hosts several types of education outreach programs, whether in person or via zoom. Please see the links below, and scroll down to learn more.
Upcoming Events
Environmental Movie Series
Speakers Series
Engagement at Wilbur-McMahon Schools
Earth Day Event – Little Compton Community Center – Saturday April 13, 2024.
On Saturday, April 13, 2024, we joined other local environmental groups at the Little Compton Community Center to celebrate and promote Earth Day, which this years fall on Monday, April 22, 2024. We brought a large assortment of natural materials that had been collected so that the children attending (and adults) could make a mandala. A small selection of the photos are below, but to view them all, please CLICK THIS LINK.
Upcoming Events
2024 Annual Meeting – July 23, 2024 | Little Compton Community Center. More information soon.
Past Events
2023 Annual Meeting
July 19, 2023 | 7pm | Little Compton Community Center
The featured presenter will be Heather Holm, a nationally recognized expert on bees and wasps. Holm will address the fascinating world of these beneficial pollinators and the native plant communities that support them. She is active on Facebook and Twitter, and her website has a wealth of information. Start learning from Heather here.
Photograph by David Joles, Star Tribune (MN).
Environmental Film Screenings
Each winter, we sponsor a series of environmental film screenings at the Little Compton Community Center, free for all ages. The doors open at 6:30 PM and the films begin at 7 PM.
2023 films included:
- The Messenger (where to watch online)
- Seed: The Untold Story (where to watch online)
- Microcosmos (watch online through The Internet Archive with very brief French-language narration)
Speakers Series
Sakonnet Preservation has hosted many interesting speakers over the past few years, and recordings of these can be found HERE. Our most recent speakers were Greg & Weatherly Bates. To view a recording of the presentation, please click the picture below.
Greg & Weatherly Bates – Little Compton Raised to Raising Alaskan Mariculture
March 17, 2023
Engagement at Wilbur-McMahon Schools
2019 Field Trip to Simmons Mill Pond with Wilbur-McMahon students.
In collaboration with science and math teachers, 5th & 6th grade students visited the Simmons Mill Pond Preserve for their annual half-day visit for exposure to its public trails, local birds, plants, trees and habitat as part of their curriculum. Leadership was provided by Stewardship Director Adam Yorks, retired science teacher Sue Theriault, and birding expert Bob Emerson. Previous local guides have included conservation landscape architect John Gwynne.
This year’s 7th graders visited the PT Marvell Preserve. When they reach 8th grade, they will help us develop interpretive information for the Preserve that the public can enjoy.
