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1. January 12: Environmental Speaker Series: "Green & Blue: Fixing Our Cities and Towns to Work with the Environment" with Bob Zimmerman, CRWA
2. January 18: Community Service Project on Energy Use Reduction
3. January Environment Show: "Extension of the Green Line to Needham" with Dr. Srdjan Nedeljkovic and James O'Connell (GDC)
4. Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce Environment Committee
5. GDC Committee Meetings
6. Join GDC now for 2009
7. Coming in February: "Insulating Your Older Home" Workshop; Environmental Speaker Series; Urban Ark Seminar & Tour
8. Other: "Hope and Change: Socially Responsible Investing and Financial Planning"
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1. ENVIRONMENTAL SPEAKER SERIES: " GREEN & BLUE: FIXING OUR CITIES AND TOWNS TO WORK WITH THE ENVIRONMENT"
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Robert Zimmerman, Executive Director � Charles River Watershed Association
Monday, January 12, 7:00 pm
Newton Free Library, Druker Auditorium
330 Homer Street, Newton Centre
617-796-1360
Co-sponsored by the Green Decade Coalition/Newton and the Newton Free Library
CRWA�s Bob Zimmerman will kick off the 2009 Environmental Speaker Series with a talk on EPA and DEP�s new stormwater rules for the Charles watershed, which were recently in the Globe and on WBUR. With Zimmerman as Executive Director for 18 years, the CRWA been central to virtually every major environmental decision, not just on the Charles, but statewide and regionally. He has been a member of the MA Water Resources Commission for 17 years, and serves on a number of other regional environmental boards.
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. COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT ON ENERGY USE REDUCTION
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Sunday, January 18 at 7:00 p.m.
Scandinavian Living Center
206 Waltham St, W. Newton
Inspired by president-elect Obama�s message of community service, the Green Decade is partnering with other local groups on an important community-wide service project to bring Newton residents together to reduce home energy usage and help residents save on energy bills. Come learn about the EcoTeam program to be launched on or around Earth Day 2009!
Groups of friends and neighbors will meet four times in small teams to work together on a step-by-step plan to reduce household energy use and place our city at the forefront of energy efficiency. Learn more about the EcoTeam concept and our two new programs, Green Living Handbook and the Low Carbon Diet on our website.
Questions: Contact GDC President Marcia Cooper at 617-964-8567 or marciac@aol.com. |
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3. JANUARY ENVIRONMENT SHOW: "EXTENSION OF THE GREEN LINE THROUGH UPPER FALLS TO NEEDHAM"
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Through January 31
Host: Beverly Droz, Green Decade
Guests: Dr. Sradjan Nedeljkovic, James O'Connell
This month�s program is an encore presentation of the September 2007 show, which features interviews with Dr. Srdjan Nedeljkovic, physician and author of a comprehensive report on the extension of the Green Line through Newton Upper Falls into Needham, and with James O'Connell of the National Parks Service, a historian with an interest in street railways in Newton. Both guests are Newton residents and they will discuss the benefits of this extension for Newton residents and the environment. Compared to other communities, this is the most economic extension of the T anywhere, with a win-win situation for all. Among other benefits, carbon monoxide will be cut by 100 tons and carbon dioxide will be reduced by 2500 tons.
More information about the January program will be available at greendecade.org/environmentTV. 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 alternativelyby the Green Decade and the Newton Conservators. |
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| 4. NEWTON-NEEDHAM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE |
Thursday, January 15, 8:00 am
Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce
281 Needham Street, Upper Level
Newton Upper Falls The Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce's Environment Committee educates businesses with seminars, tours, luncheons and expos about how to save money on your bottom line, help the environment and get positive PR for your business! Everyone is invited for coffee and tea and innovative ideas for involving the business community to save money and protect the environment. Last year's Green Business Expo was the committee's first major event and this year's Expo is now being planned.
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. |
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| 5. GDC COMMITTEE MEETINGS: JANUARY |
Ad Hoc Committee on the Mayoral Election: Monday, Jan 5. 7:30. Contact Brooke Lipsitt at 617-965-0107. High Performance Buildings Coalition: Thursday, Jan. 8, 8:00 am, City Hall, Room 222.
Energy Committee: Tuesday, Jan. 6, 7:30 pm. Contact Katherine Gekas.
Organic Gardening & Landscaping Committee: (TBD) Saturday 14, 21 or 28, 4:30-6:30 pm. Contact Sunwoo Kahng at 617-332-1882 or organicgarden@greendecade.org. Schools Outreach: Thursday, January 8 to speak at the Newton City-wide PTO council meeting, 7:30-9:00 pm. Contact Bob Warren at attwarren@aol.com or 617-795-0028.
Students for a Greener World: Monday, Jan. 12, 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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| 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. COMING IN FEBRUARY |
Insulating Your Older Home Workshop
Saturday, February 7 -- 1:00-4:00 pm
Newton History Museum at the Jackson Homestead
Register online: $30 general public; $15 for Green Decade or Newton History Museum members
February Environmental Speaker Series
Clean Tech: An Agenda for a Healthy Economy
Amy Perlmutter, Clean Tech Project of the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production
Monday, January 12, 7:00 pm
Newton Free Library, Druker Auditorium
Urban Ark Seminar & Tour
Saturday, February 14 -- 10:00 am-12:00 noon
Sunday, February 15 -- 1:00-3:00 pm
Visit Urban Ark on our website to find out more or to sign up. |
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8. OTHER EVENT OF INTEREST
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Hope and Change: Socially Responsible Investing and Financial Planning Under the Obama Administration
Tuesday, January 20 at 7:30 pm
Newton Free Library, Druker Auditorium
330 Homer St., Newton Center 02459
(617) 796-1360
The seminar is for people who are interested in learning about the social, environmental and financial benefits of socially responsible investing (SRI). It will include a brief history of the field of SRI, followed by a review of current sustainable investing trends and opportunities, and impacts; including how SRI has weathered the current financial crisis. Looking at the future, and how the Obama presidency might affect SRI, participants will learn how this broad context relates to those who want their investments to reflect their values, and how they might accomplish that within the framework of a financial plan. There will be a Q & A session.
Speakers will be Christopher McIntyre, Ph.D., founder of Green Harbor Financial, Joshua Humphreys, Ph.D., founding director of the Center for Social Philanthropy and David Wood, Ph.D., Director of the Institute for Responsible Investment at the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship.
More information: http://newtonfreelibrary.net |
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