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1. June 9 Annual Plant & Garden Sale
2. June 10 Newton Highlands Village Day
3. Annual Environmental Leadership Awards
4. June 25 Environmental Speaker Series, Annual Environmental Leadership Awards & Annual Meeting
5. June Environment Show: Invasive Alien Plant Update (Part 2) with Peter Alden
6. Eco-Teams: Summer and Fall 2007
7. Fundraising Raffle: Environmentally Friendly Prizes
8. Green Decade Committee Meetings: Energy, High Performance Buildings
9. Other Environmental Events: Environmentally Friendly Car Wash; Rachel Carson Centennial; Rachel Carson Film & Discussion; Newton Community Service Center’s 100th Birthday Celebration; Newton Conservators Nature Walks
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1. GDC’S ANNUAL PLANT & GARDEN SALE.
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Sale: Saturday, June 9, 10 am- 1 pm
Plant donations: By Wednesday, June 6, please
87 Derby Street, W. Newton
Home of landscape designer and organic gardener Betsy Leavitt
Spring is here and our Annual Plant & Garden Sale is coming up -- with great prices and free garden/ landscape consulting! Please donate your plants for this annual event -- annuals, perennials, ground cover, vines, seeds, tree & shrub seedlings, and decorative items such as flower pots or baskets.
Please drop off donations by Wednesday, June 6 at 87 Derby Street, W. Newton (corner of Cherry and Derby Streets). Place plants on the left side of the driveway (it is a shared drive). Tables will be set up to receive your donations. All plant donations must be labeled but do not have be in containers. Volunteers are also needed. Call Margaret Ford at 617-964-0606 for more information.
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2. NEWTON HIGHLANDS VILLAGE DAY: Sunday, June 10, 12-5 pm
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| This annual festival features activities such as a bicycle parade, foot race, bake contest, live music, plus street vendors selling crafts and food. The Green Decade is always part of this event and we’ll have our raffle tickets for sale -- join our volunteers at the GDC information and resource table! For more information about volunteering, contact 617-965-1995 or contact@greendecade.org.
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3. ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP AWARDS
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Each year, the Green Decade presents these awards go to an individual for his/her outstanding contribution to making an environmental difference and to a group who has done much to foster environmental awareness/activism. In 2005, a business award was added to recognize those whose actions positively impact the health of our planet and local communities. The 2006 awards were presented to NNHS science teachers Ann Dannenberg and Zach Snow, the Newton Conservators and Wainwright Bank.
Please submit your nominations for this year’s awards by June 10 to Peter Smith at psmith@icg.org. Nominees should live or work in Newton and have made a significant contribution to the environment and the Newton community. Please provide specific information about the nominee and the environmental contribution. More information and photos of the 2006, 2005 and 2004 award winners are on our website.
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4. ANNUAL MEETING AND AWARDS: “NEWTON’S STUDENTS SHOW US HOW”
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Monday, June 25, 7-9 PM
Newton Free Library, Druker Auditorium. Free to the public.
Co-Sponsored by the Green Decade Coalition/Newton and the Newton Free Library
The Green Decade will present their Annual Environmental Leadership Awards to a Newton individual, an organization and a business who have made an outstanding contribution to the environment. The event will also include presentations by Newton school students on what they are learning and doing to become environmentally aware global citizens. The Annual Meeting will also be held, including elections of GDC officers and board members. GDC members are invited to submit nominations for officers or board members by June 15 to contact@greendecade.org. 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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| 5. JUNE ENVIRONMENT SHOW: INVASIVE ALIEN PLANT UPDATE (Part 2) with Peter Alden. |
June 9-30 (First week of June will be a re-broadcast of Part 1)
Host: Cris Criscitiello, Newton Conservators
Guest: Peter Alden, author and naturalist
June’s Environmental Show features Part 2 of "Newton's Alien Plant Invasion", and is based on last November's lecture at the Newton Free Library by well-known author and naturalist Peter Alden of Concord, MA. (Part 1 was shown in April 2007.) His presentation gives a stunning display of the twenty worst invasive alien plants in the Newton area. You will come away from the presentation with the knowledge of how to recognize these plants and what some of the control options are. In addition you will learn what is happening at the state level and in the legislature in how to deal with severe menace to our city's biodiversity.
More information about the June program is 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.
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| 6. ECO TEAMS FORMING FOR SUMMER & FALL 2007 |
| The Green Decade is forming EcoTeams to begin this summer and fall. Household EcoTeams help help participants to reduce their energy use, garbage , water use, and toxic products. In the process, team members save money on their utility bills. Teams of 5 to 8 meet seven times, about every three weeks, and are guided by a Global Action Plan workbook and a coach. Join online or contact Margaret Ford at margford@yahoo.com or 617-527-7950 for more information. Also see our website www.greendecade.org/ecoteams.html. |
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| 7. FUNDRAISING RAFFLE: BICYCLE AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PRIZES! |
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The Green Decade is holding a raffle to raise funds for our expanding programs. Top prizes include a bicycle from Harris Cycles, a $300 gift certificate from Whole Foods and a month of free lawn mowing from Clean Air Lawn Care. Tickets are $10 or 3 for $20. Purchase tickets and find the complete list of environmentally friendly prizes on-line and at GDC booths at upcoming citywide events this summer, including the GDC Plant Sale on June 9 and Newton Highlands Village Day on June 10. For more information or to donate an item contact raffle@greendecade.org or 617-965-1995. Drawing to be held September 1. |
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9. OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS.
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ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY CAR WASH
Saturday, June 2, 2007 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Mason Rice School
Pleasant Street
Newton Centre
Come to the 5th Grade Car Wash at the Mason Rice School. $6 per car. Refreshments will be sold. Rain date is Sunday June 3rd. The goal is to have the car wash have a Green flovor, so the soap has been donated by Sun and Earth, www.sunandearth.com. They are donating $100 to the Green Decade Coalition and $1 of every $4 to the New England Wind Fund.
RACHEL CARSON'S CENTENNIAL KENNEDY LIBRARY FORUM
Saturday, June 2, 2007 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Columbia Point
Boston, MA 02125
2007 is Rachel Carson's centennial (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964). Her book, Silent Spring, transformed our nation and its understanding of the dangers of pesticide use. Register online or call 617.514.1643.
RACHEL CARSON'S SILENT SPRING - FILM AND DISCUSSION
Tuesday, June 5, 2007, 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Newton Senior Center,
345 Walnut St., Newtonville, MA.
This is a film about Rachel Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) and her 1962 book, Silent Spring, that began the modern environmental movement. Originally telecast on the award-winning PBS series The American Experience, this is the story of how one scientist's courage changed the way we think about our world. With Meryl Streep as the voice of Rachel Carson.
NEWTON COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER’S 100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Sunday, June 10 1:00-5:30 pm
492 Waltham Street, West Newton
Join us with parade, music, dancing, cake and lots of fun family activities. The Green Decade will be there, too! For more information, download the poster from the NCSC website or call 617-969-5906, x119.
NEWTON CONSERVATORS NATURE WALKS
Sunday, June 3, 2007 2-4 PM Walking Tour of the Aqueduct Trail
Saturday, June 9, 2007 Noon to 2 PM Ferns in Cold Spring Park
Sunday, June 10, 2007 2-4 PM Charles River Lakes District Canoe Trip
Sunday, June 17, 2007-Fathers Day 2-4 PM Crystal Lake Walk
Join the Conservators for spring walks! For more information: newtonconservators.org/walks.htm.
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