Upcoming Events
Community Workday in the Emerson Brook Forest
Sunday, August 9th, 9 am – 12 pm
57 Emerson Brook Drive, Gilsum
Our monthly workdays on the land have an educational component and provide a great opportunity for meeting new friends and making connections. Long pants, sturdy shoes, work gloves, and plenty of water are recommended. Expect to be sharing the forest with ticks. If you are unable to do the physical aspects of the work, we’d love your input to help make our Center a place for everyone!
Pizza Night at Orchard Hill Breadworks
Tuesday, August 18th
121 Old Settlers Rd, East Alstead
Join us for an evening of live music, wood fired pizza and socializing, all while supporting The Sustainability Project. Orchard Hill provide crusts (GF available) tomato sauce and cheese. Also available for sale are housemade salads made from local farm ingredients, freshly baked desserts from our ovens, and drinks. Reservations are strongly suggested and can be made here starting on Saturday, August 15th at 9:00am.
Please text or call 603-354-9454 if you are interested in volunteering.
Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, August 19th, 6:30 pm
Gilsum Public Library, 650 Route 10, Gilsum
The Sustainability Project exists as a community resource to support efforts in line with our mission. Please email lenoir@emersonbrookforest.org if you need an invitation to the virtual meeting.
The Board typically meets every other month on the third Wednesday.
Learn Something Wild: Resilient Ravens, The Story of Remi
Friday, August 28th, 6 – 7 pm
57 Emerson Brook Drive, Gilsum
Learn about Remi — a Common Raven with an extraordinary story of resilience, friendship, and survival. Learn what makes ravens one of nature’s most intelligent creatures, then get hands-on building an enrichment piece that goes straight to Remi, to support her life in captivity. All ages welcome. Come curious and leave inspired!
Presented by The Sustainability Project in collaboration with the Vermont Museum of Natural History. For more information email mackenzie@emersonbrookforest.org.
Learn Something Wild! is a monthly program series running July 2026 through May 2027, hosted by The Sustainability Project. Free to attend. Donations to The Sustainability Project help keep Learn Something Wild! alive for our community.
Art Exhibits in the Emerson Brook Forest
Hilliare Wilder, Retrospective Show August 1st – 14th
Reception Sunday 8/9 from 2-5 pm
Works include:
Drawings of people on the NYC subway.
Brief look at conceptual environmental ideas.
Large puppet-like constructions, political satire.
Hilliare has a MFA from Rutgers and taught art in Keene from NH, 1975-1995.
Katie Schwerin, August 15-31
Katie Schwerin is a lifelong educator, learner, and community builder. The co-founder, along with her husband Bill Whyte, of W.S. Badger & Co., she graduated with her master’s in fine arts and interdisciplinary arts from Goddard College in July 2019
September Collaborative Art Exhibit
The Sustainability Project hosts its annual Collaborative Art Exhibit during the month of September! Please let us know if you would like us to reserve a space to display a sample of your work. We have ample wall space for paint, print, collage and other 2 dimensional media. We also welcome displays of creative expression other than wall art. Works promoting a love for the planet, or social liberation inspired material appropriate for all ages are more than welcome.
The exhibit culminates at our Music and Art in the Forest event on Sunday, September 27th from 10am-3 pm. At the event we also invite musicians and spoken word performers to share their creativity at the Center, rain or shine.
To see the exhibits, along with our permanent collection of Clay Heads by Susan O’Hara, call or text 603-354-9554 or email valerie@emersonbrookforest.org to schedule a tour of the Center or to receive the current door combination.