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Halloween, Clearwater-style

November 4th, 2013|Comments Off on Halloween, Clearwater-style

By Jacinta Early, Onboard Educator Jack-o-lanterns on deck As an Australian, Halloween isn't really a “thing” for us;  it’s not our holiday. Sure, in more recent years we have picked up the idea [...]

Students set sail as part of Clearwater and Yonkers Partners in Education collaboration

November 4th, 2013|Comments Off on Students set sail as part of Clearwater and Yonkers Partners in Education collaboration

American Sugar Refining Supports Yonkers Youth Onboard Education BEACON, NY — Students from Yonkers will take part in Hudson River Sloop Clearwater’s award-winning “Sailing Classroom” and dockside environmental programs this October, thanks to support from [...]

Transitioning to a Green Energy Economy: How Municipalities Can Benefit

November 3rd, 2013|Comments Off on Transitioning to a Green Energy Economy: How Municipalities Can Benefit

November 20; 9:00AM - 1:30PM Kaplan Hall, One Washington Center, SUNY/Orange Newburgh Campus (MAP)         Learn how New York can ensure energy reliability and economic sustainability for its future.  Join us at [...]

Call to Action: Nuclear Waste Confidence Hearing

October 28th, 2013|Comments Off on Call to Action: Nuclear Waste Confidence Hearing

NRC Nuclear Waste Confidence Hearing Wednesday, October 30, 2013 Open House 6PM / Meeting 7-10PM Westchester Marriott, 670 White Plains Road Tarrytown, NY 10591 (map) For decades the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has said that it [...]

Loss, Regeneration and the Tradition of Nature Poetry

October 9th, 2013|Comments Off on Loss, Regeneration and the Tradition of Nature Poetry

By Isaac Santner, Onboard Educator Today I want to bring you two recent stories from the last week -- one from the science, and one from the humanities: Every week, before students come, as a [...]

Common Currents Program Connects Youth to the Fall Kill

October 7th, 2013|Comments Off on Common Currents Program Connects Youth to the Fall Kill

Hands-On Art Projects and On-Location Trainings Promote Watershed Stewardship Aaron Knochel and Carolyn Klocker, Environmental Resource Educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension conducting macro-invertebrate study on the Fall Kill River with students. BEACON, NY-- As [...]

Clearwater Confirms New Leadership at Annual Meeting

October 3rd, 2013|Comments Off on Clearwater Confirms New Leadership at Annual Meeting

Frank Landsberger is elected president; Ezra Swerdlow and Jim Hanson join Clearwater Board BEACON, NY–The membership of Hudson River Sloop Clearwater held its Annual Meeting on Sunday, September 22 at the University Settlement Campus in [...]

Catching Eels for the “Sailing Classroom”

October 2nd, 2013|Comments Off on Catching Eels for the “Sailing Classroom”

  Transit from Beacon to West Point This week onboard the sloop Clearwater was filled with lots of education programs, so I was pretty excited to have some groups join us onboard the [...]

Clearwater Now Scheduling for 2014 Spring Sailing Season

September 26th, 2013|Comments Off on Clearwater Now Scheduling for 2014 Spring Sailing Season

Now Accepting Group Applications Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, America’s flagship environmental organization is now taking applications for the spring 2014 sailing season. Applications are now being accepted to sail onboard the sloop Clearwater or the [...]