Great trip!
C
Courtney Bickel Lamberth, PhD
Lecturer on the Study of Religion
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Committee on the Study of Religion
Harvard University
Link to Fall Term Office
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12 Quincy Street, 3rd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-2085
From: Hart, Clarisse <hart3(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Date: Monday, April 18, 2022 at 3:47 PM
To: Hart, Clarisse <hart3(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Subject: student invitation to Spring Reading Period bus trip to Harvard Forest
Dear Harvard colleagues,
I write to invite your undergraduates and graduate students to sign up for a bus trip to
Harvard
Forest<https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/>u/>, Harvard’s 4,000-acre outdoor
lab and classroom, on Thursday, April 28 – the first day of the Spring Reading Period.
Thank you for sharing this message with them!
Transportation to/from Harvard Square (70 miles, via bus), a guided field and museum tour,
and lunch on-site will be provided. There is no cost to students.
The bus departs Harvard Square at 10:00am on the 28th and will return to campus by
6:00pm.
Here is the general itinerary:
* 10:00-11:30 – Chartered bus travel to Harvard Forest
* 11:30-12:30 – Welcome and overview in the Fisher Museum (building is fully
accessible<https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/accessibility-harvard-f…)
* 12:30-1:30 – Lunch provided
* 1:30-3:45 – Guided field tour of the woods, including natural history and plant ID,
a conversation about our land-focused social justice work, and of course exploration of
our signature climate change research experiments. The trail will cover ~3 miles,
including uneven terrain and small hills. Unfortunately the trail is not physically
accessible to all, but during that timeframe, we can offer comfortable and well-connected
study areas in the main building, as well as a Zoom link to participate in real-time with
the field tour as it progresses through several wifi hotspots in the woods.
* 4:00-5:45 – Bus travel back to Harvard Square
Here is the registration application form:
https://harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aXgWmeoLTKlNniC
Some notes:
* This trip always fills extremely quickly (there are 55 spots), and we will be
keeping a waiting list. Registration is first-come, first-served. If you find the
registration form closed, that means the trip and waiting list are full. Students: out of
courtesy to your peers, before signing up, please check your calendar carefully, and note
that Harvard’s Arts First
program<https://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/arts> begins that same
day, which may present conflicts for many of you.
* Here at Harvard Forest, we follow the same COVID safety protocols as on campus.
* We welcome individuals with disabilities to participate in our programs and
activities. I have a disability myself, so I bring a personal conviction to ensuring
access for all. If you register for the trip and anticipate needing any type of
accommodation not mentioned here (including questions about transportation logistics), or
if you have any questions before registering, please let me know this week.
* Starting in September, Harvard Forest will be running a monthly trip of this kind,
open to the Harvard FAS/GSAS student community. Please reach out via email if you would
like to be included on monthly email reminders about these trips.
One way or another, we hope to see many of you at the Forest very soon! I’m here for
questions!
Cheers from the woods,
Clarisse
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Clarisse Hart, Director of Outreach & Education
Harvard Forest
Harvard University
324 North Main Street
Petersham, MA 01366
(978) 756-6157 phone
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Harvard Forest on the web:
http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu<http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.ed…
http://www.facebook.com/theharvardforest
http://www.twitter.com/harvardforest and
http://www.twitter.com/awitnesstree
The land Harvard Forest occupies is the unceded home territory of the Nipmuc Nation. I
honor the millennia of stewardship that shaped the ecosystems surrounding us today, and
the ongoing, vital role of Indigenous community members in shaping the ecosystems of
tomorrow. I am personally committed to continuing to build a relationship with the Nipmuc
community that ensures that this land and its life-giving benefits are mutually
accessible, affirming, and sustaining.