April 2009 - Posts

• The Unplugged Learning Project encourages Avon students to bike to school, following these guidelines:

  - Understand your school rules for biking to school - using a map, plan the safest route to school (least busy roads) - invite your neighborhood friends, and those whose homes you pass on the way, to join you. Do not bike alone. - Before heading out, Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 29, 2009 3:07 PM from The Avon Land Trust | 0 Comments Filed under: Unplugged Learning Project

• The Unplugged Learning Project encourages all Avon kids to walk to school, following these guidelines:

  - First, understand the school rules for walking to school - invite neighbors and kids in nearby neighborhoods, or those along your walking route, to join you. Do not walk alone. - if you must cross a busy road, have a grown-up be your leader - using Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 29, 2009 3:04 PM from The Avon Land Trust | 0 Comments Filed under: Unplugged Learning Project

• Unplugged Learning Project in Seasons Magazine

  Please read our recent article in the latest issue of Seasons of the Farmington Valley Magazine. Thanks to Beth Messina for the reprint. Read More... Posted Saturday, April 25, 2009 3:00 PM from The Avon Land Trust | 0 Comments Filed under: Unplugged Learning Project

• Unplugged Learning projects begin!

  Thanks to the many folks who attended our March 26th Volunteers meeting and have stepped up to help lead the five initiatives undertaken by the Unplugged Learning Project. Following is the first installment of progress reports from each group: Nature-based Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 22, 2009 7:50 AM from The Avon Land Trust | 0 Comments Filed under: Unplugged Learning Project

• THIS SATURDAY (4/18) IS THE DAY WE BEGIN THE GREAT COMMUNITY LAND STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN

  (from the The Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic Rivers Study) Thank you all! We have truly been encouraged by the level of interest and enthusiasm from so many groups here in the Farmington Valley for the invasive plant control day Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 14, 2009 2:14 PM from The Avon Land Trust | 0 Comments Filed under: News, Events