by Friends of the Blue Hills | Jul 23, 2020 | Blog, FaceBook Live
What do the candidates of the 8th Congressional District say about the environmental issues you care about? Hear directly from candidates, Dr. Robbie Goldstein and U.S. Congressman Stephen Lynch, and learn how they will address the challenges facing our communities....
by Friends of the Blue Hills | May 23, 2020 | Blog, FaceBook Live
There is so much wildlife in the Blue Hills that you don’t see on your hikes! Dr. Mike Graziano will introduce you to some of those hidden creatures — and reveal their unique characteristics. Let us know if you’ve seen these critters in the Blue...
by Friends of the Blue Hills | Oct 12, 2018 | FaceBook Live
On A-Live, join Director Judy Lehrer Jacobs and Al Bina on a small tour through time, uncovering the industrious history of the quarrying business in the Blue Hills. Learn about the transition that rock made from raw material into ready-to-build solid rock, to be...
by Friends of the Blue Hills | Sep 6, 2018 | Blog, FaceBook Live
Imagine having continuous, homogeneous weather data from over 100 years. What trends and changes could we notice? What amazing storms would we be able to track? What innovations in weather measurement and data analysis would we witness? The Blue Hills Observatory has...
by Friends of the Blue Hills | Sep 6, 2018 | Blog, FaceBook Live
Trees play an important role in our ecosystems. They provide shelter and food for many species, they dull noise from industry and traffic, and they convert carbon dioxide to oxygen! Learn in this episode of Blue Hills A-Live how trees act as important buffers in the...
by Friends of the Blue Hills | Jul 19, 2018 | FaceBook Live
Although it may seem like there are a lot of trees (especially in the Blue Hills!), we’re actually losing trees… and as Laura Beebe describes, that is a problem that is rather difficult to solve. Learn about the important and surprising roles that trees...
