BCC to Hold Wellness Day

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) will hold Wellness Day on Earth Day, Saturday, April 22 from 10 am – 2 pm at the Paterson Field House on the main campus, located at 1350 West Street in Pittsfield.
 
The event is hosted by BCC's Physical Therapist Assistant program. 
 
Kicking off Wellness Day at 10 am are a 5K run, 1-mile walk and a kids' race, along with chair massages (for a nominal fee) and educational booths promoting self-care and care for your loved ones. To register through Berkshire Running Center for the run, walk or kids' race, visit www.berkshirecc.edu/wellness.
 
Registration for the 5K is $25 by April 20 or $30 on race day; registration for the 1-mile fitness walk or the kids' run is $10 by April 20 or $15 on race day.   
 
Race day registration and packet pick up will be open from 8:45-9:45 am at the Paterson Field House. Gift certificates will be awarded to the first male and female finishers of the 5K, and free long-sleeved T-shirts will be provided to the first 100 registrants. Kids' prizes will also be awarded. 
 
All proceeds of the event go to Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT), whose mission is to protect the environment for wildlife in support of the natural world that sustains us all. 
 

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Dalton Green Committee Selects Greenhouse Gas Inventory Platform

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The Green Committee has voted to use the Metropolitan Area Planning Council Greenhouse Gas Inventory Platform. 
 
At its August meeting, the board was presented with three options: ClearPath, an MAPC model, and an in-house Excel model. 
 
After reviewing each platform, the committee selected the MAPC model because of its consistency and comparability with the state, user-friendliness, and sources included.
 
The platform is completely free and was built by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council in Massachusetts, said Cisco Tomasino, BlueStrike climate and events manager.
 
Since it was built in Massachusetts for Massachusetts, it is the most popular model used by many towns in the state, he said. 
 
Committee Chair David Wasielewski said MAPC is his initial preference as it will allow the town to compare its data with other towns. 
 
The state can "more or less control that kind of information" and the town has to keep monitoring the, Wasielewski said. The committee unanimously agreed 
 
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