About the Martinsville-Henry County Community Nature Initiative

With the support of The Harvest Foundation of the Piedmont, Virginia Museum of Natural History and its partners, Dr. Denny Casey and Tamara Poles developed a new nature and outdoor initiative entitled the Martinsville Henry County Community Nature Initiative (MHC CNI). The CNI will serve as a clearinghouse for environmental information, use nature as a way to stimulate learning, develop opportunities for quality family time in the outdoors, and position VMNH as a leader in environmental education. CNI will serve as a means to provide hands-on, real-world opportunities for children, educators, and families to increase appreciation for nature and as an effective means to better understand and address community environmental issues.

Click the above CNI logo for official website and to access your Earth Week Passport!

Earth Week 2010 Highlights

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Screen on the Green!

August 28 CNI partnered with Martinsville Leisure Services to present a Screen on the Green.
Activities started at 7:00pm and the movie began at 8:00pm. We had about 20 people in attendance on this rainy Friday night! Movie Town donated about five pounds of popcorn! We also had animal crackers, drinks, face painting, bubble making, leaf rubbings, leaf identification, insect discovery and identification at this event as well. We watched the movie, “Bears,” from the National Wildlife Federation to support National Parks Awareness month. What a way to spend a Friday night!
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