1. Green Decade's 20th Anniversary & Silent Auction: Save the Date June 8!
2. April 12 - Environmental Speaker Series: "Celebrating the Earth with the Next Generation"
3. April 22 - Earth Day - Whole Foods "Round Up Day"
4. April 25 - 10th Annual NewtonSERVES - Green Decade Projects!
5. Newton Student Environmental Art Contest 2010: Winners!
6. Newton Eco-Team Project: Online Survey
7. Upcoming Events: May Environmental Speaker Series
8. Join the Green Decade for 2010
9. Other Events: Environmental Action 2010; Film Screenings and Discussion; Mass Save Great Appliance Exchange; Earth Day Clean-up at Hemlock Gorge; Invasive Plant Pulls; "Walk Newton" |
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1. GREEN DECADE'S 20th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION & SILENT AUCTION: JUNE 8! |
Save Tuesday, June 8 for this gala event and support Green Decade's 20th Anniversary Celebration with a donation to our silent auction! Suggestions include:
� A week or weekend in your vacation home
� Tickets to theatre or sporting events
� Sports memorabilia
� Child or pet sitting services
� Professional services/lessons
� Meals to go (e.g. brunch for 4,6...)
� Your other ideas are welcome
It's easy to donate an item -- click Auction Donation and fill out the form! Questions/more information, contact Myron Rosenberg at 617-244-0509 or email 20thAnniv@greendecade.org. And remember to save the date!
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2. ENVIRONMENTAL SPEAKER SERIES: "Celebrating the Earth with the Next Generation: How Our Students Help Newton Go Green" |
Monday, April 12, 7:00 pm
Newton Free Library, Druker Auditorium
Co-sponsored by the Newton Free Library
Celebrate Earth Day with the next generation of environmentalists: our Newton students! Our April program will showcase students' environmental projects, all of which have been school and community-focused. Take a delightful look at conserving our natural environment through the eyes of the artists in grades K-5 from this year's Environmental Art Contest, whose artwork will be on display.
Enjoy the special presentations by our guest speakers:
- The 5th Grade "Green Team" iMovie crew (Burr Elementary)
- Green Day Team (F.A. Day Middle School)
- GreenKidzz (Newton South High School)
- Greengineers (Newton North High School)
- Students for a Greener World (Green Decade)
Teach your children well, and see how they are teaching their friends, families and classmates to care about the Earth -- bring your family, too! Refreshments will be served at this event -- please bring your own mug. Info: 617-965-1995 or info@greendecade.org
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3. EARTH DAY: WHOLE FOODS "ROUND UP DAY" |
Monday, April 22 - All day at both Whole Foods Markets in Newton
647 Washington Street-Newtonville
916 Walnut St- Newton Four Corners
On Earth Day, April 22, both Whole Foods Markets in Newton will offer a "Round Up Day" when customers may round up their sale to the next dollar or higher as a donation to Green Decade. Customers will also be given the chance to be entered to win a Whole Foods "green" gift basket if they make at least a $2 donation to Green Decade. |
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4. NewtonSERVES 10th ANNUAL DAY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE: Green Decade Projects! |
Sunday, April 25
9 am - 3pm
(Sundaes on Sunday at 3:30!)
Join volunteers all over Newton for the 10th Annual NewtonSERVES Day of Community Service! Green Decade will have two recycling projects and mailing project -- find out more about each and register on-line at the NewtonSERVES website. Yes -- those are our red-shirted Students for a Greener World in the top photo on the NewtonSERVES page -- with Dana Berry of the New Art Center, at last year's Business Recycling Project in Newtonville!
1. Business Recycling Project: West Newton & Auburndale (Students for a Greener World)
Volunteers will pick up recyclable paper & cardboard from participating businesses in both villages, to be deposited in specially designated collection bins, coordinated with the City of Newton's Environmental Affairs Department. This is the 3rd year for this project, coordinated by the Students for a Greener World -- come join us for a great project!
West Newton: 9:30 am-12 noon (register on-line)
Auburndale: 12:30 - 3 pm (register on-line)
2. Mailing Project: Help fold & label mailing pieces for Green Decade's 20th Anniversary Celebration (indoor project -- register on-line).
3. NewtonSERVES photographers needed! Register on-line or contact Margaret Ford at 617-964-0606 or mford@greendecade.org.
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5. NEWTON STUDENT ENVIRONMENTAL ART CONTEST 2010: WINNERS! |
On April 8, Mayor Setti D. Warren presented awards and certificates to over 120 students who participated in this year's Environmental Art Contest, to a packed house at City Hall's War Memorial Auditorium. This year's contest included students from 10 schools: Burr, Cabot, Countryside, Lincoln-Eliot, Mason-Rice, Memorial-Spaulding, Peirce and Zervas elementary schools, plus the Newton Community Service Center and the Suzuki School of Newton. See the list of all winners and photos of the first place art now on our website.
Individual Art: First Place (Grades 3-5 only):
3rd Grade: Caroline Whalen, Zervas
4th Grade: Declan Pigeaud, Suzuki School of Newton
5th Grade: Adela Miller, Mason-Rice
Team Art: First Place (Grades K-5):
Kindergarten: Red Barons, Newton Community Service Center
1st Grade: Declan Pigeaud, Suzuki School of Newton
2nd Grade: Green Dudes, Memorial-Spaulding
3rd Grade: Greeniors, Newton Community Service Center4th Grade: Burr Recycles Team, Burr
5th Grade: CounTREEside GrEEnGirls, Countryside
Special Recognition
Daniel Abercrombie, Memorial-Spaulding
Olivia Gibbs, Peirce
Alexandros Vamvakas, Countryside
The Green Team, Burr Elementary School 5th Grade iMovie Team
The list of all team members and photos of all artwork will be posted on our website soon. Thanks also go to our 2010 sponsors who provided funding for the contest: NSTAR, The Village Bank and Terrene Sustainable Building Supply. We also thank our supporters: Green Energy Newton, the Mayor's Office for Cultural Affairs, New Art Center, Newton Community Service Center, Newton PTO Council, Newton Schools Foundation and the Newton Public Schools. |
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6. NEWTON ECO-TEAM PROJECT: ONLINE SURVEY with WPI |
During the month of April, Green Decade is collaborating with Worcester Polytechnic Institute students with a focus on the Eco-team Project. Please help us by participating in a short online survey to help the Eco-Team Project learn how to improve its carbon calculator and make the website more user-friendly. More information: NewtonEcoTeams.org.
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7. UPCOMING: MAY ENVIRONMENTAL SPEAKER SERIES
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Appreciating the Earth's Biological Legacy: A visual introduction to our planet's biodiversity, including Newton!
Monday, May 17, 7:00 pm
Newton Free Library, Druker Auditorium
Co-sponsored by the Newton Free Library
Free to the public
Join Dr. Dan Perlman of Brandeis University as he illustrates this interactive discussion with 360� panoramas, photographs, and sounds that he has recorded in his travels around the US and to locations such as Madagascar, Costa Rica, Tanzania, India, the Galapagos Islands, the Amazon - and Cold Spring Park in Newton. More information: visit our website and Dr. Perlman's at EcoLibrary.org.
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8. JOIN THE GREEN DECADE FOR 2010!
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Join the Green Decade now for 2010! Become a Green Decade/Newton member for as little as $25 for an individual/family membership, $50 for a business membership or for students, only $10 for the year! Join or renew on-line and pay by credit card or visit our Membership page to download the membership form and mail with your check made out to GD/N, to PO Box 590242, Newton, MA 02459. Membership forms are also available in each issue of the Green News. For more information, contact 617-965-1995 or membership@greendecade.org.
As always, members receive discounts at GD/N events and sponsoring businesses, plus the Green News newsletter, published 6 times each year and mailed to our members. If you prefer to receive it on-line, you will help save paper and postage costs. E-mail us at contact@greendecade.org and be sure to include your name and e-mail, along with Green News Online in the subject line. Remember, ONLY Green Decade members get the Green News sent to them!
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9. OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS
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ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION 2010 THIS SUNDAY!
Sunday, April 11, 10 am -5:30 pm
Bentley University, Waltham
Join over 250 citizens, activists and experts at one of the premier grassroots events in Southern New England! Environmental Action 2010 is a day for residents across New England to come network, strategize about the hottest environmental issues. Registration: www.toxicsaction.org.
FILM SCREENINGS & DISCUSSION: The Filmmakers Collaborative
Contaminated Without Consent and The Bhopal Chemical Disaster: 20 Years Without Justice
Thursday, April 15, 7 pm
Watertown Free Library, 123 Watertown St.
Race to Save the Planet and Other Global Environmental Issues
Sunday, April 25, 2 pm
Watertown Free Library,123 Watertown St.
Both events are free to the public and will include the screenings and discussions. More info: Filmmakers Collaborative at 781-647-1102 or filmmakerscollab.org.
MASS SAVE GREAT APPLIANCE EXCHANGE
Monday, April 22, 2010 - May 5, 2010
The Mass Save Great Appliance Exchange is offering incentives on highly efficient clothes washers, dishwashers, refrigerators, and freezers when you replace an existing appliance. These rebates are available for a limited time only, starting Earth Day, April 22 through May 5, 2010. Reservations must be placed and appliances must be purchased during this time. All Massachusetts households, including those of municipal electric utility customers, are eligible for these rebates. More information: MassSave.
11th ANNUAL EARTH DAY CLEAN-UP AT HEMLOCK GORGE
Saturday, April 24, 10am-Noon
Join the MA Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Friends of the Hemlock Gorge Reservation and more than 3.000 other volunteers along all 80 miles of the Charles River in the 11th Annual Earth Day Cleanup. Materials and tools supplied. Lunch provided after the clean-up for the Hemlock Gorge Reservation volunteers. Please dress appropriately for the work and the weather (rain or shine). Meet up at 10 am at the parking lot at Hamilton Place, off Elliott Street. Additional parking available at the Mills Falls complex.
Map/directions and further information: www.hemlockgorge.org.
NEWTON CONSERVATORS: NewtonSERVES PROJECTS
Garlic Mustard Pull & Japanese Knotweed Pull
Sunday, April 25 - 10 am
Join the Conservators in either or both of these invasive plant pulls for NewtonSERVES! Garlic Mustard Pull will be at Cold Spring Park, Duncklee Street entrance: leader is Katherine Howard 617-527-1796. Japanese Knotweed Pull will be at Auburndale Playground ("The Cove"): leader is Jane Sender (617-462-8425). More info: www.newtonconservators.org.
WALK NEWTON! How to Improve Pedestrian Mobility in Our City
Monday, May 3 -- 7:30-9:00 pm
Newton Free Library, Druker Auditorium
Co-sponsored by the Newton League of Women Voters, City of Newton Planning and Development Department and Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Boston Project Center
Interested in easier and safer walking in Newton Center, West Newton, Chestnut Hill/Route 9 and Newton Corner? WPI's student research team has spent the semester assessing current pedestrian conditions, interviewing residents on walking and reviewing best practices in pedestrian design. Don't miss this presentation of recommended improvementswith maps highlighting these suggestions will be followed by a questionand answer session with the audience.
The Walk Newton study will be available on-line after the May 3 presentation at www.lwvnewton.org or upon request to 617 964-0014.
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