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 path after college. While she was at Eagle Eye, she accepted a position with TerraCorps […]

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 love for nature to younger students in the Ecomentors program at Belchertown High School. Alec […]

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 nonprofit focused on sustainability, the Minority Coalition at Williams College, the Committee on Diversity and […]

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 and poet. While here, they developed and taught a Nature Writing workshop with fellow intern […]

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 years and this year, completed our week-long Teen Internship. Our Teen Internship program gives teens […]

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 of color still experience deep-seated and systemic barriers in the outdoor and environmental sphere. There […]

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 championed, passed away. We, and so many others who had the distinct pleasure to be and learn with him—countless students, faculty, and staff at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and […]

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 experience to develop hands-on land management and outdoor skills and gain outdoor education and mentoring […]

It’s a new year, there’s snow on the ground, and it’s time to start thinking about our 2020 summer internship. We typically start to promote the internship and recruit college students in January for a July start. Below is a recent reflection from 2019 Residential Intern Gabby Gracia of UMass Amherst. Gabby is a junior […]

By Cass Pastorelle, Program Director I can’t help but feel grateful after our Hike-a-thon at Mount Tom this past Saturday, October 26. Eagle Eye has been holding this event for 17 years, an idea first hatched by two volunteer instructors as a way to bring the Eagle Eye community together and raise money to support […]

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 world that is quite different from that provided by living on a farm or a […]

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. I wanted to do something different; I wanted a job that I would truly be […]

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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 spurred on by Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Led by the 92nd Street Y, Giving […]

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 environmental organization dedicated to diversity led me to reflect deeply about what place the environment […]

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 the incredible passion it takes to make partnerships come to life. In particular, I am […]

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, youth between the ages of 7 and 13 will prepare, seed, nurture and harvest vegetables, […]

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 mom has explained to me the importance of the bell that now hangs outside our […]

“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 their water came from. One young boy said “from the faucet.” We knew that urban […]

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 and getting to know us. The young people of Somerville, Medford, Cambridge and Boston who […]