Green Decade Coalition/Newton
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1. Jan. 22 Environmental Speaker Series: "Climate Change in Our Back Yard"
2. Jan. 30 Healthy Cosmetics Spa
3. January Environmental Show: "Healthy Household Cleaning Products for Your Home"
4. Join GDC now for 2007: New Multi-Year Membership Option!
5. Feb. 3 "An Inconvenient Truth"
6. Feb. 3 & 4 "Urban Ark" Seminar & Tour
7. Other Environmental Events: Watertown's Environment and Energy Efficiency Committee
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1. ENVIRONMENTAL SPEAKER SERIES"Climate
Change in Our Back Yard"
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Monday, Jan. 22, 7 pm
Newton Free Library, Druker Auditorium
Co-sponsored with the Newton Free Library
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11th Environmental Speakers Series begins on Jan. 22 with "Climate
Change in Our Back Yard." Our
kick-off speaker will be Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig, of the NASA Goddard Institute
for Space Studies, where she is the leader of the Climate Impacts Group. The mission of the group is to investigate the interactions of climate with systems and sectors important to ecological and
human well-being.
View the Environmental Speaker Series Calendar on the GDC website for upcoming dates and speakers. All ESS events are held at the Newton Free Library, Druker Auditorium, at 7 pm, 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.
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| 2. HEALTHY COSMETICS SPA |
Tuesday, Jan. 30, 7:30-9:00 pm
Location provided at registration
$25 Erika Keller Rogoff & Leise Jones, Instructors
Stay beautiful and healthy. In this fun-filled evening, you'll learn to select (and create) cosmetics that are safe for both you and the environment. Erika Keller Rogoff of Bethel Botanicals will teach you how to develop your own cosmetics made from nature's bounty, while
Leise Jones of Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow shows you how to find safe alternatives to products with dangerous ingredients. You'll also learn about a Web-based tool that helps consumers make conscientious decisions. This is indulgence with a difference, pampering that you can feel good about.
Register on-line or mail a check with your name, phone number and email address to GDC/N, PO Box 590242, Newton, MA 02459-0003. For more information call 617-965-1995 or e-mail contact@greendecade.org.
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3. JANUARY ENVIRONMENTAL SHOW: Healthy Household Cleaning Products for Your Home
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Throughout the month of January
Host : Beverly Droz, Green Decade
Guest: Leise Jones, Clean Water Action
This month, host Beverly Droz welcomes back Leise Jones of Clean Water Action to discuss household cleaning products. Surprisingly, no government regulatory agency is charged with monitoring these chemicals, nor are manufacturers required to list their ingredients. Recent scientific studies have revealed health problems associated with
their use, especially for children and asthma sufferers, and traces of their component chemicals are found in house dust. Clean Water Action and the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow are introducing legislation to curb the use of some of these toxic chemicals. Ms. Jones will also give information about widely available safe cleaning products , which are also price-competitive with their conventional counterparts.
More information
about the January program is available at greendecade.org/environmentTV.
The Environment Show is broadcast on the NewTV Blue channel (Comcast Chan. 10, RCN Chan. 15):
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.
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4. JOIN THE GREEN DECADE NOW FOR 2007: NEW MULTI-YEAR MEMBERSHIP OPTION!
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Now is the time to join the Green Decade, for as little as $20 for an individual/family membership and $50 for a business membership. This year we also have a new multi-year membership with options for one, two or three years. This option will only be offered until March 15, 2007. Both new members and early renewals are welcome. By renewing before Jan. 15, you will help us conserve paper and postage during the January 2007 Annual Membership Appeal.
Join or renew on-line at greendecade.org/membership, and pay by credit card or download the membership form and mail with your check made out to GDC/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 e-mail membership@greendecade.org.
Volunteers are also needed to help with the Annual Appeal mailing, which will be on the following dates:
Thursday, Jan. 18 6:30-9:00 pm
Friday, Jan. 19 10:00 am-6:00 pm
Saturday, Jan. 20 10:00 am-6:00 pm
If you have an hour or two to help, please
contact Membership Chair Marcia Cooper at 617-964-8567 or membership@greendecade.org.
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5. "AN
INCONVENIENT TRUTH" Showing & Discussion
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Saturday, Feb. 3, 1 pm
Newton Free Library, Druker Library
FREE
Even if you´ve already seen Al Gore´s film — and especially if you haven´t — join us for this showing! GDC Energy Chair Prof. Eric Olson (Brandeis University) will lead the discussion afterwards. In Eric's view, shared by many, Gore's film does a good job describing the science and the politics surrounding this issue, but is less effective at describing solutions. Eric will briefly describe ways of tackling global warming that can form a basis for your individual and political next-step actions, and he will encourage audience
commentary on both the film and possible solutions.
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6. "URBAN ARK" SEMINAR & TOUR
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Saturday, Feb. 3, 10:00 am-12 noon
Sunday, Feb. 4, 1:00-3:00 pm
$20; $15 for Students & Green Decade members
David & Elva Del Porto, Instructors
Join David and Elva DelPorto, to learn how they have transformed their Newton Centre home into a model of sustainable design. Tour their "Urban
Ark," and discover how they've integrated space heat, food production, air purification, and wastewater treatment within an amazing two-story solar greenhouse. They'll share their successes and failures, and show you how to invest your time and money
to get the most benefit from the least effort. With rising fuel and water prices and dwindling resources, there's no time like the present to learn methods that can provide environmental and economic security
for you and your family. Directions to the meeting point will be provided to registrants; proceeds will go to The Green Decade Coalition.
Registration/information: contact Urban Ark coordinator Fran Seasholes at 617-969-5927. More information about the Urban Ark is also available at greendecade.org/UrbanArk.
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7. OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS
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Watertown's Environment and Energy Efficiency Committee: "An Inconvenient Truth&
Thursday, Feb. 1 at 7 pm
Watertown Library on Main Street, Watertown Square.
Co-sponsored by the Watertown Environment and Energy Efficiency Committee (WE3C) AND Watertown Citizens for Environmental Safety (WCES) are co-sponsoring this presentation. Any questions, please contact Lisa Alexander at lalexaim@aol.com or Sue Tamber at dpw@ci.watertown.ma.us.
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