This summer, we partnered with the Holyoke Boys & Girls Club (HBGC) for the third year to offer hands-on outdoor programs to their middle school club members. Groups visited our Berkshires site twice for Learn About Forests™ programming and participated...

Gab is a junior studying Natural Resource Conservation with a focus on Wildlife Conservation at UMass Amherst. They first heard about Eagle Eye from a peer advisor at UMass, Gabby Gracia, who interned with Eagle Eye in 2019. Gab is...

Julia Boral recently graduated from Skidmore College with a degree in American Studies, where she focused on intersections of race, class, gender, tourism, and memory studies. Julia first learned about Eagle Eye through social media while she was researching her...

Lindsey Robison is a junior at UMass Amherst studying Natural Resource Conservation and Education. She first got connected to Eagle Eye through an Environmental Leadership class at UMass, where she helped develop and lead a lesson on sustainability for our...

Sabiha Miahjee has been part of the Eagle Eye community since she was six years old and a participant in our Learn About and Eagle Club programs in Boston. This year, she graduated Somerville High School and started attending Boston...

This winter, we led a four-week virtual enrichment program for 3rd grade students at the Kelly School in Holyoke with the Boys & Girls Club. We engaged 40 youth over Zoom and collaborated with four returning guest instructors from the...

Jenna Shea is a recent graduate of UMass Amherst who double majored in Environmental Science and Natural Resource Conservation. Jenna came to Eagle Eye wanting to explore both community engagement and field work to get a better idea of her...

Alexander Voisine is a rising sophomore at Holyoke Community College studying Environmental Science. Growing up in Belchertown, he was connected to nature from a young age, exploring the forests and natural areas around his home. Later, he passed on his...

Argenis Herrera is a rising junior at Williams College studying Political Economy. He is a passionate nature lover and social justice advocate. Argenis came to the internship with extensive leadership experience in organizations including Greening Forward, a socially conscious youth-led...

Lisa Shore is a rising senior majoring in Math at Smith College. They came to our summer internship with experience working at a nature camp in Germany last summer. In addition to speaking German and Italian, Lisa is a writer...

Charlie Mark is a part-time student at alternative school LightHouse Holyoke. She loves being in nature and dreams of being a writer one day. Charlie participated in Eagle Eye's hands-on learning and stewardship programs with her school the past two...

From the Eagle Eye Institute Board and Staff June 5th, 2020 Eagle Eye Institute was founded in 1991 by Hampshire College alum Anthony Sanchez to connect youth from underserved urban communities to the beauty of nature. Thirty years on, people...

Dave, right, instructs on an Eagle Eye Learn About Forests program in the early 90's. By Bill Labich, Eagle Eye Foundation Team On March 13th, David Brayton Kittredge, Jr., a wonderful friend of Eagle Eye Institute and the youth he...

Eagle Eye's Residential Summer Internship is a unique experience for college students to live and work outdoors for six weeks, practice sustainable living, and connect with themselves, others, and nature in a beautiful forest environment. The internship offers a dual...

It's a new year, there's snow on the ground, and it's time to start thinking about our 2020 summer internship. Below is a recent reflection from 2019 Residential Intern Gabby Gracia of UMass Amherst. Gabby is a junior majoring in...

I can't help but feel grateful after our Hike-a-thon at Mount Tom this past Saturday, October 26th, 2019. Eagle Eye has been holding this event for 17 years, an idea first hatched by two volunteer instructors as a way to...

By Kristina Ferrara, Summer 2015 Intern The way we perceive our world, ourselves, and each other affects our thoughts, behaviors, and interactions with this world we all share. Living in the city provides its residents with a perspective on the...

By Michelle Mu, Tisch Active Citizen Summer Fellow As a freshman in college, I was on a desperate hunt for a summer job that wouldn’t consist of solely administrative work, as almost all of my previous summer jobs have been....

Help Eagle Eye Institute in our mission to transform urban youth, and save money in the process. Any time you shop at one of Goodshop’s 5,000+ online retailers, up to 20% of what you spend can be automatically donated to...

Eagle Eye is proud to be partnering with Giving Tuesday – a global movement to encourage and celebrate giving back - for the second year in a row. Many feel that the Holiday Season is weighed down by senseless consumerism...

By Vaidehi Pidaparti, 2014 Tisch Active Citizen Summer Fellow Working at Eagle Eye Institute this summer, I was welcomed into a caring community of people that have an unshakable belief that nature is truly for everyone. Being part of an...

By Jose Sanchez, 2014 Spring Intern For the past six months, I have been privileged to work with Eagle Eye Institute as an intern through Northeastern University’s Co-op program. Working in the office and leading youth programs I have witnessed...

This spring EAGLE Club youth from Mystic Learning Center in Somerville will be growing vegetables for the second year in the Mystic Community Garden with funds received from Katie's Krops. With assistance from Eagle Eye and Mystic Learning Center staff,...

By Samantha Bloom, 2013 Summer Intern Many of the conversations I have had with my grandmother have involved her telling me stories being told to go play outside. These stories come from her childhood as well as my dad’s. My...

“Successes and Challenges from a Governance Perspective” We take so much for granted today. I remember in one of our first Learn About ForestsTM programs, John Green, a naturalist, was beginning his lesson on watersheds and asked the youth where...

Welcome to our new digital home for the Eagle Eye community! We’ve been sprucing up the place just for you. We hope you take a moment (more than a moment) to make yourself comfortable. Welcome, new friends. Thanks for visiting...