In the 150 Forward strategic plan, one goal for the Institution was laid out simply: “Drive the implementation of a comprehensive, science-based approach to improving
Environment
As Chautauqua’s summer season closes, the Climate Change Initiative still beats on, working year-round to find solutions to global warming and relieve environmental pressures on
New Orleans is a place most people associate with leisure time amid a rich, vibrant, joyful and diverse culture. It is those things — and
During the weekend of Sept. 16, Chautauqua Institution will become a hub of two-wheeled activity, as the Chautauqua Climate Change Initiative hosts its first-ever Green
Over its nearly 150-year existence, Chautauqua has celebrated the environment and is working to become a leading model in sustainability. With the recent addition of
Last Thursday, Aug. 11, Chautauquans gathered for a boat tour of The Jefferson Project’s sensors on Chautauqua Lake, followed by a reception featuring a Q-and-A
Home is where one can take refuge from the world’s threats, one of the most pervasive being climate change. As the environment produces more extreme
As climate change persists and biodiversity fades, entomologist Doug Tallamy calls for everyone to step up and take on the individual responsibility of sustaining the
Author Marta McDowell still remembers the thrill of reading about Mary Lennox turning the key to the locked garden in The Secret Garden. As an
Famed entomologist and naturalist E.O. Wilson once said that “only by committing half of the planet’s surface to nature can we hope to save the
On a cloudless night, one can retreat to the shores of Chautauqua Lake and look up at an inky sky aglow with illuminant white specks
During the day, the grounds are replete with rich wildlife and vegetation for all to enjoy; yet, some of Chautauqua’s wildlife only comes out at
A week-and-a-half ago, a small, yellow boat departed the shores off of Prendergast Point to deposit two new sensors in the north and south basins of
As the sun slopes below the horizon of Chautauqua Lake, residents on the grounds will soon head inside their homes, leaving the streets of the
As daughter of a painter and an architect, Sandra Youssef Clinton’s upbringing was colored by the creative minds of her parents and their artistic friends.
A quintessential Chautauqua summer promises a plethora of lectures to attend, performances to see and discussions to be had, all within the Institution’s gates. However,