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1. EcoTeams: Cool Mass Campaign (MCAN)
2. Farmers Market
3. Committee Meetings
4. Upcoming Events
5. Other: CRWA Invasive Plant Pulls; Newton Community Farm Classes; Scouting for Asian Longhorned Beetle
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1. COOL MASS CAMPAIGN & NEWTON ECOTEAMS
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"Cool Mass" is a ground-breaking new program that brings the strength and determination of Massachusetts residents to the fight against global warming. It enables households across the Commonwealth to act boldly to reduce their carbon footprints, by forming EcoTeams in their communities. Newton is one of the first 11 communities to join the Cool Mass Campaign, along with Boston, Brookline, Dedham, Milton, Newton, Braintree, Cohasset, Hingham, Hull, Plymouth, and Winchester. MCAN (Massachusetts Climate Action Network) and Empowerment Institute will be working with representatives from all these communities over the next three years to enable them to reduce carbon footprints by 25% in up to 85% of households.
Find out more or join a Newton EcoTeam! Contact co-chairs Bonnie Glickman at bglickman@mindspring.com or Jay Walter at Entasis@rcn.com.
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| 2. NEWTON FARMERS MARKET & GREEN DECADE |
Tuesdays 1:30-6 pm at Cold Spring Park, Beacon St.
Fridays 1:30-6 pm at Post 440, California St., Nonantum
Sponsored by the Newton Parks & Recreation Department
Join us for another great season at the 30th Newton Farmers Market! The Green Decade will have our information and resource table under the red tent at both locations -- with volunteers of all ages plus the "Magic Energy Bike," the giant caterpillars and the Green Caterpillar Club activity for our young friends under 10!
The Newton Farmers Markets are held twice weekly from July through October. If you'd like to volunteer for a couple of hours at either location, please contact Margaret Ford, Community Outreach Coordinator, at 617-964-0606 or mford@greendecade.org.
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3. COMMITTEE MEETINGS
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GDC members and friends are welcome to join the following Green Decade committee meetings. For more information visit What We Do on our website, or click on the committee name below.
Yard Sale Committee: Monday, July 20, 3:00 pm. Contact Barbara Herson (617-964-7463) or Louise Bruyn (617-332-1764).
Energy Committee: Tuesday, July 14, 7:30 pm. Contact Katherine Gekas.
High Performance Buildings Coalition: Thursday, August 6, 8:00 am, City Hall, Room 222.
Organic Gardening & Landscaping Committee: Thursday, August 6, 7:30 pm. Contact Sunwoo Kahng at 617-332-1882 or organicgarden@greendecade.org. |
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| 4. UPCOMING GREEN DECADE EVENTS |
Boston GreenFEST
Thursday, August 20 - Opening Concert 5:00-10:00 pm
Friday, August 21 & Saturday August 22 - 10:00 am-10:00 pm
Boston City Hall Plaza, Government Center
More info: www.bostongreenfest.org Green Decade/Newton will be there!
2nd Annual Organic Garden Tour
Sunday, September 13, 2009 12-5 pm
Meet at Newton City Hall at 12 noon
$20 per person, $15 for Green Decade members
More info: Organic Garden Tour
Green Decade�s Reduce/Reuse/Recycle Yard Sale
Saturday, October 3 and Sunday, October 4
9:00 am-4:00 pm, rain or shine
We need you to make this major fundraiser a success! Not only will this event raise money for GD/N�s environmental work, your donated items will be reused or recycled and buyers will be getting a bargain: Win-win-win!!! Check out the details for items needed and where to take them in our �Upcoming Events� on the website.
Sign up to volunteer! Phone Barbara Herson (617-964-7463) or Louise Bruyn (617-332-1764) and visit our website to find out how you can help! |
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5. OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS
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CHARLES RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION (CRWA) INVASIVE PLANT PULLS
Saturday July 11 10:00 am-2:00 pm
Sunday, July 19 10:00 am-2:00 pm
CRWAis partnering with Charles River Canoe & Kayak Center to remove theinvasive water chestnut plant from the Newton and Waltham area of theCharles. Canoes are provided for volunteers to go out on the river andpull the water chestnuts, either with rakes or by hand. Volunteers mustsign up in advance: contact Brendan at Charles River WatershedAssociation, 781-788-0007 x243 or at waterchestnut@crwa.org. For more information, please visit www.crwa.org/events/waterchestnut.
NEWTON ANGINO COMMUNITY FARM
303 Nahanton Street, Newton, MA
617-916-9655 www.newtoncommunityfarm.org
Weeds on the Menu! (Edible Weeds)
Saturday, July 11 10:00-11:30 am
Instructor Karen Kieffer will lead you on a foraging tour of the Farm to find out which weeds to harvest and how to enjoy them. Take home samples to share with your family. See www.newtoncommunityfarm.org/NCFSummerCourses09.pdf for registration details.
Build a Bluebird House
Newton Community Farm Educational Series
Saturday, July 18 2:00-4:00 pm
Help bring back bluebirds to the farm! The bluebird is very beneficial to us, eating large quantities of insects, such as cutworms and grasshoppers, considered damaging to our crops and gardens. These beautiful birds were once very common in the United States. However, over the last century their numbers have diminished due to loss of natural habitat, overuse of pesticides and predators. Tom Libby, Newton Community Farm�s assistant farmer, will lead adult-child pairs to constructing birdhouses. The bluebirds will nest and raise their families in the houses returning to the farm for years to come. Your first creation will be installed at the Farm. You will go home with directions and all the materials needed to make a second bluebird house for your own yard!. Visit www.newtoncommunityfarm.org/NCFSummerCourses09.pdf for registration and fee details.
SCOUTING FOR THE ASIAN LONGHORNED BEETLE
Tuesday, July 14 6:30�8:00pm
Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum
125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Learn to scout for this devastating pest with ALB specialists Jennifer Forman-Orth and Nichole Campbell. FREE, but advanced registration is appreciated. Call to leave your name at 617-384-5277 or email adulted@arnarb.harvard.edu. Spread the word but not the pest! |
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