Starflower Experiences
Long Island, New York
 
e-mail us at info@starflowerexperiences.org

Starflower Experiences, Inc. is a local not-for-profit educational organization that offers programs and experiences to help people understand, appreciate, and live more in harmony with the earth's life systems.

Our Earthkeepers Training Centre and Rangers Training Camp building is gone: Sweet Hollow Hall Fire. Help us replace what we need and prepare to move these programs to Manor Farm. Donations can be made by credit card through paypal. Scroll to the bottom for the link.
We have a new mailing address: 13 Birch St, Wyandanch NY 11798

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Starflower Experiences runs an Accredited EarthkeepersTM program

Recording the 'song of summer'
Recording the 'song of summer'

This summer: July 8-12, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, followed by an optional week of Earth Explorers

Download a registration flyer here for our summer experiences: Summer 2013

The Earthkeepers program is run at sites around the world!

 
Rangers of the EarthTM

Starflower Experiences was lucky to be a pilot site for The Institute for Earth Education's Rangers of the Earth program. This is the 10th year at the Martin Luther King Jr School in Wyandanch.

Munch Line Monitors
Filling a 'munch tray'

This powerful program takes a whole year to complete, yet requires only 2 full days at an outdoor site plus opportunities for youngsters to explore natural places in their own community.


Check out our upcoming events:
    Next Community Yard Sale is June 8, 2013. (scroll down for info)
    Long Island Naturally, our environmental fair is September 28, 2013.
    National Trails Day: June 1, 9:30 am

Volunteers welcomed!

Summer Eureka Expeditions

Learn the keys to the modern day high-tech scavenger hunt known as geocaching. Each day we will travel to a different natural wonder on Long Island where you can use our GPS units to find the hidden clues that will unlock a treasured surprise for all participants.

Download a registration flyer here: Eureka August 2013

Want a free energy audit of your home?
Click here: free energy audit. Making your home more energy efficient will dramatically reduce your contribution to global warming, make your house more comfortable and save you a lot of money all at the same time. You can expect to see at least a 25% reduction in your home's fuel and electricity use. Starflower Experiences is working with LI Green to help you improve the efficiency of your home.

Green Living Seminars
Starflower Experiences is holding Green Living Seminars the 2nd Thursday of every other month (except July and August) from 7-9 pm. We want to help people think about their life choices and their impact on the earth and learn about ways they can personally lessen their impact. Come and learn how to live a more environmentally-friendly lifestyle. These will be held at the Melville Branch of the Half Hollow Hills Library at 510 Sweet Hollow Road directly across from the Sunquam School. Click on the title above for details.

Community Yard Sale--June 8, 2013
We'll be holding a Community Yard Sale at Manor Farm on Saturday June 8 (raindate June 9) from 10 am to 4 pm. For a donation of $20 you can have a 10'x10' space to sell your unwanted stuff. If you love garage/yard sales, this is for you! If you want to reserve a space, click here: Yard Sale Reservation form

New program: Nature's Way

Youngsters who follow Nature's Way will begin their expedition each day at our headquarters at Manor Farm where they will be involved in games and challenges to better understand their natural neighbors. Then they'll set off along "Nature's Way" in the woodlands of the adjacent Berkeley Jackson County Park where they'll have the chance to practice and apply their new understandings as well as learn to appreciate the natural beauty of this area. Finally, participants will come to see how they can help the plants and animals that live together and depend on each other in natural communities.

Download a registration flyer here for our summer experiences: Summer 2013

Can you help?

We are looking for donations of:
      · clip boards
      · a DVD player
      · berets (adult sized)
      · pitchers (for drinks)
      · cloth napkins
      · solid color table cloths for 8' tables
      · covered cake/cookie trays
      · someone to make a model of Manor Farm
      · a dark glass bottle with cork (large enough to put a note in)
      · some old stockings
      · old Ranger Rick magazines
      · gloves/mittens for winter
      · tree branches approximately 3" in diameter
      · trowels, shovels (used is fine)
      · garden rakes (not leaf rakes)
      · garden gloves
      · garden hoses
      · clippers and loppers for trimming trails
      · a data projector
      · binoculars
      · a small digital camera
      · a 10 x 10 'festival' tent
      · a small flashlight (AA size, not D size)
      · a library-style step stool

Thanks for the very generous help!


in Jericho for food at LI Naturally

Keeper Springs Natural Spring Water
for being a sponsor for LI Naturally






We're seeking people to help keep trails trimmed in Berkeley Jackson County Park and Manor Road Park. If you are not susceptable to poison ivy, we especially need you! We also need someone who can do some minor carpentry/constructon for a few interior projects at Manor Farm. And we'd like someone or a group to take on the care of our new raised bed garden at Manor Farm. If you help care for it, you can try the veggies.


You can phone us at 516-938-6152 or email us at info@starflowerexperiences.org.


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Donations to Starflower Experiences are tax-deductible.
You can still send a check or donate needed items, but if you want to donate here online, now you can!


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