Tuesday, April 7, 7:00 pm
Newton Free Library, Druker Auditorium
330 Homer Street, Newton, MA 02459
Free to the public
Presented by the League of Women Voters of Newton

This follow-up forum will look at how the automated trash pick-up and single stream recycling trial has worked in Newton, along with the Citizen Advisory Group�s proposal to move the City beyond automated trash collection to a Pay As You Throw trash program.

 Speakers include:
�    Tom Daley, Newton�s new Commissioner of the Department of Public Works.  He will describe results from Newton�s pilot program for single-stream recycling and automated trash pick-up. He will also discuss future plans for the city�s trash program.
�    Kevin Dutt from Newton�s Citizen Advisory Group.  He will discuss the fiscal benefits associated with the CAG�s proposal for a Pay as You Throw Trash program in Newton.
�    Brooke Lipsitt, former president of the Board of Aldermen, who will moderate the Q & A period at the end of the evening.

Organized by the Environmental Issues Committee of the League of Women Voters of Newton, this forum is also sponsored by the Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce, Green Decade/Newton, Newton Conservators, Newton TAB, Newton Solid Waste Commission, Newton For Fiscal ResponsibilityNewton For Fiscal Responsibility (NFFR) and the Newton Free Library.

Monday, April 27, 7:00 pm
Newton Free Library, Druker Auditorium
Co-sponsored by the Green Decade/Newton, Newton Department of Public Works and the Newton Free Library

Three professional landscapers will be our guest panelists, sharing information on organic gardening practices, providing step-by-step guidelines for the home gardener, and more!

�    Ted Chapman, certified landscape designer and organic land care professional with over 35 years of experience, will talk about what healthy, living soil means.
�    Risa Edelstein, landscape designer, will address how water can be harvested and used in a sustainable landscape and demonstrate ways to conserve water using smart irrigation methods. She is a certified MA Arborist and accredited with NOFA as an organic land care professional.
�    Henrietta Light will speak on pest management in the home garden using organic methods. A former horticulturist at the Lyman Estate in Waltham, she is now a garden consultant and designer.

Moderator for the Q & A session at the end of the evening will be Margaret Ford of GD/N�s Organic Gardening & Landscape Committee.

All ESS events are held at the Newton Free Library, Druker Auditorium, at 7pm, usually on the 3rd Monday of the month, January through June.  For more information about the series, contact 617-965-1995 or Environmental Speakers Series on our website.

Come celebrate all of the contestants in the 3rd Annual Energy Conservation Art & Essay Contest, open to all Newton students grades 3-12,living orattending school in Newton.  Mayor David Cohen and our sponsors will be on hand to present awards and to recognize nearly 150 students who entered essays and artwork in this year�s contest.

Artwork from the contest will be displayed in the rotunda of City Hall from May 1-15.  Details of the 3rd Annual Energy Conservation Contest are available on our website, along with photos of last year's awards and winning art and essays.

This year's contest is co-sponsored by the Green Decade, Newton Schools Foundation, Green Energy Newton, NSTAR, Chapman Construction/Design, SUEZ Energy Resources , Boston Green Building, Byggmeister Design Build, Swartz True Value Hardware and other organizations. Our thanks go to them for their generosity and support of this and other Green Decade/Newton programs and activities.

April 1-30
Whole Foods Market:  647 Washington St., Newtonville
Whole Foods Market:  916 Walnut St., Newton (Four Corners)

During April, customers who shop at Whole Foods Markets in Newton and Newtonville can contribute to Green Decade/Newton by purchasing  $2 and $5  donation coupons at the check-out. These contributions will help the Green Decade continue programs including the Newton Schools Energy Art & Essay Contest, Environmental Speaker Series, New TV's Environment Show, the TAB's Environment Page, and Green Homes and Garden Tours. For more info visit www.GreenDecade.org.

The committee meets the third Thursday of each month. Questions/information contact Peter Smith at psmith@igc.org or 617-233-6071.  Information about this committee will be added to the Green Decade website soon.