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1. Dec. 1 - "A Network of Greenways for Boston" with Peter Furth
2. Dec. 6 - �What�s in the Charles River?� Students for a Greener World
3. December Environment Show: "Recreational Opportunities in Cold Spring Park�, Newton Conservators
4. Committee Meetings: December
5. Upcoming Events: 2009 Environmental Speaker Series
6. Join GDC Now for 2009!
7. Other Environmental Events: Mass Energy Annual Meeting & Awards; Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow Annual Meeting; Poisoned Profits author talk; Newton Christmas Bird Count
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1. �A NETWORK OF GREENWAYS FOR BOSTON� WITH PETER FURTH , NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
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Monday, Dec. 1, 7:00 pm
Newton Free Library, Druker Auditorium
330 Homer Street, Newton, MA 02459
Free to the public
Co-sponsored by GDC�s Bike Newton, Bicycle Pedestrian Task Force and the Newton Free Library
Guest speaker Peter G. Furth, Ph.D., is a Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University, and a member of the Brookline Transportation Board and its Bicycle Advisory Committee. This program
The city of Newton is fortunate to have a beautiful greenway extension along the Charles River on which cyclists can ride to points in Boston or Cambridge. While Boston has some lovely greenways along rivers, sea and rail corridors, they are not connected. Many people would like to bicycle more for work and for pleasure, but are hindered by the lack of safe, traffic-free routes to ride along. Boston has some lovely greenways along rivers, the sea, and rail corridors, and with the addition of some key links, Boston�s greenways will form a network that will connect six times as many origin-destination pairs as the current set of greenways. This would multiply the potential for utilitarian cycling and making Boston a world-class hub for recreational cycling. Connections to be highlighted include �HarborRide� linking the Charlestown Bridge to Fort Point Channel; several missing links along the Emerald Necklace, including paths along the Arborway, crosstown links between the Fens and the South Boston and Dorchester beaches, and other areas.
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2. " WHAT�S IN THE CHARLES RIVER?� STUDENTS FOR A GREENER WORLD
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Clean-up Project/Students for a Greener World
Saturday, December 6, 9:00 am
Cutler Park (North Entrance), Needham
Join our group of volunteers to find out �What�s in the Charles River?� as part of an independent AP biology project by GDC�s Students for a Greener World, led by project leader Trevor Romich of Newton North. We will meet at Cutler Park�s North Entrance in Needham (map and directions) at 9:00 am. Volunteers will be collecting trash from the river, sorting and classifying it for the project � not unlike CSI investigators!
Project leaders will provide gloves, trash and recyclables bags, first aid and other disposal supplies.
Volunteers should wear boots and weather�appropriate clothes, and bring a snack and drink. If you have a long pole with net (like a pool skimmer), please bring it. If anyone has a pickup truck or car which can transport recyclables, that would be helpful.
To volunteer or for more information on the project, please contact Trevor Romich at trevorromich@comcast.net. Additional details may be provided closer to project date, including weather contingency plans. Additional clean-up event(s) will be scheduled for spring 2009. |
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| 3. DECEMBER ENVIRONMENT SHOW: �RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN COLD SPRING PARK� (REPRISE from DECEMBER 2004) |
Through December
Host: Cris Criscitiello, Newton Conservators
"Recreational Opportunities in Cold Spring Park" explores one of Newton's most attractive open areas, with its combination of playing fields, exercise trail, walking paths, wetlands, woodsy spots, and scenic views. It is also home, in the summer, for the weekly Farmers' Market which draws hundreds of Newton shoppers in search of fresh, locally grown produce. The show features interviews and action shots of people enjoying all that the park has to offer, from the "Three Explorers," a group of youngsters who take their nature study seriously, to joggers and exercise buffs who count on the park facilities for physical fitness. You will also be treated to an intimate view of Cold Spring Park, given a bit of its history, and offered a chance to join in a walk around its trails.
The Newton Conservators are seeking video interested folks (young and old) to assist with producing, editing, promoting, and maintaining their NewTV and online Environmental Show (which will be changing its hosting service this coming month).
The Environment Show is broadcast on the NewTV Blue channel (Comcast Chan. 10, RCN Chan. 15, Verizon Chan. 34):
Mondays 3:00 p.m.
Tuesdays 1:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m.
Wednesdays: 11:30 a.m.
Thursdays: 12:00, 4:00 and 7:30 p.m.
Saturdays: 10:00 a.m.
Videos
of previous Environment Show programs are now available for viewing
online at the GDC website. This monthly show is produced alternatively
by the Green Decade and the Newton Conservators. |
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| 4. COMMITTEE MEETINGS: DECEMBER |
High Performance Buildings Coalition: Thursday, Dec. 4, 8:00 am, City Hall, Room 222.
Energy Committee: Tuesday, Dec. 2, 7:30 pm. Contact Katherine Gekas.
Faith & the Environment: Monday, Dec. 8, 7:30 pm. Contact Robbie Durschlag.
Organic Gardening & Landscaping Committee: Monday, Dec. 1, 7 pm. Contact Sunwoo Kahng at 617-332-1882 or organicgarden@greendecade.org. Students for a Greener World: Monday, Dec. 1, 5:30-6:30 pm. For middle school and high school students -- contact Margaret Ford at 617-964-0606 or mford@greendecade.org. |
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5. UPCOMING EVENTS: 2009 ENVIRONMENTAL SPEAKER SERIES
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January 12 �Green and Blue: Fixing Our Cities and Towns to Work with the Environment� with Robert Zimmerman, Executive Director, Charles River Watershed Association
Save these dates for more Environmental Speaker Series events: February 23, March 16, April 27, May 25 and June 22! |
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| 6. JOIN THE GREEN DECADE NOW FOR 2009 |
Join the Green Decade now for 2009 and help save paper and postage in our January Annual Membership Appeal mailing. Become a GDC member for as little as $25 for an individual/family membership, $50 for a business membership or for students, only $10 for the year!
Not sure when your subscription expires? Just look at the mailing label of your Green News if you receive the printed version by mail -- the expiration date is in the top right corner!
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 outto GDC/N, to PO Box 590242, Newton, MA 02466. Membership forms arealso available in each issue of the Green News. For more information, contact 617-965-1995 or e-mail membership@greendecade.org.
As always, members receive discounts at GDC events and sponsoring businesses, plus the Green News newsletter, published 6 times each year and mailed to our members. If you prefer to receive the Green News 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. |
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| 7. OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS |
MASS ENERGY CONSUMERS ALLIANCE 26TH ANNUAL MEETING AND AWARDS
Wednesday, December 3 , 6:00-8:00 pm
Omni Parker House
Downtown Boston
This year's featured speaker is Ian Bowles, Secretary of Energy & Environmental Affairs for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Please join us as we celebrate another year working for affordable and environmentally sustainable energy. R.S.V.P. by November 20 to massenergy@classic-communication.com.
THE ALLIANCE FOR A HEALTHY TOMORROW ANNUAL MEETING
Thursday, December 4, 7:00 pm
City Year Headquarters
287 Columbus Avenue. Boston
This year�s program includes a fun, and serious �Mock Debate� between us and the �Polluter Industrial Complex� with audience participation�come help and listen! RSVPs are preferred but not required. Please bring friends!
For more information, or to RSVP please call 617-338-8131 x203 or e-mail info@healthytomorrow.org. POISONED PROFITS, Author Talk by Alice and Phillip Shabecoff
Thursday, December 11, 7:30 pm
Newton Free Library, Druker Auditorium
Free to the public
Join journalists Alice and Phillip Shabecoff, authors of Poisoned Profits, for a shocking look at how their landmark investigation has linked industrial toxins to the current rise in childhood disease and death. Their eye-opening findings and indisputable data show how our country values profits over children�s health and reveal that baby boomers� children, the first to be raised in a �toxified� world, have higher rates of birth defects, asthma, cancer, autism and other serious illnesses than previous generations.
For more information, call 617-796-1360 or visit www.newtonfreelibrary.net.
NEWTON CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT
Sunday, December 14, 7:00 am
Meet at 2 Raeburn Terrace, Newton Highlands
Join other birders in the 109th annual Christmas Bird Count sponsored by the National Audubon Society and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. In Newton, the Newton Conservators help organize the count and send out teams - all levels of birders welcome. Newcomers will be paired with an experienced group. There is a participation fee of $5 which goes to National Audubon to help tabulate the data. Participants receive a comprehensive report from them on the national count results. Contact Cris Criscitiello at mgcrisci@massmed.org if you are interested in participating. |
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