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UPCOMING EVENTS Environmental Speaker Series-March Student Environmental Art Contest Green Decade/Newton 20th Anniversary Newton Unplugged & Connected 2010 
Form an Eco-Team with friends, neighbors, colleagues, or your faith community! With simple changes to actions you take every day, you’ll learn how to reduce your annual household CO2 output by 25%.
Visit the Newton Eco-Team Project website for more information on the project, to see the list of participating partners/organizations and more!
The global warming crisis is upon us. Our community must continue to conserve and respect our environmental resources in all aspects of our lives. This year's art contest expands the scope beyond the energy conservation focus of previous contests to the environment in general and how students are helping their schools and Newton "go green." This year's contest is open to individual students in grades K - 3 and to teams of students in grades K - 5. All winners will be recognized at an awards ceremony and students who enter will receive a certificate of participation. More information and contest guidelines
Dr. Joe Elkinton of the UMASS (Amerst) Entomology Department will describe state efforts to control Winter Moth, a new invasive pest of New England trees. Prof. Elkinton has been working on non-toxic control measures of this forest pest since 2005. He will describe time, and this coming spring is predicted to be a severe defoliation year, so he will also describe ways to protect our ornamental trees in the meanwhile. As always, tea will be served at this event. Please bring your own mug!
Green Decade/Newton will be celebrating 20 years of environmental leadership at a celebration honoring Peter Smith on June 8, 2010, at Lasell College in Auburndale. We invite you to join our 20th Anniversary Celebration Host Committee, sign up as a Sponsor and/or donate an item to our silent auction to help Green Decade reach its goal to raise $25,000 and provide sufficient funds to continue all our important environmental work well into the next decade. The celebration will include light hors d'oeuvres, wine, desserts, live entertainment and a silent auction. There will be a presentation to honor Peter Smith, one of the founding members of Green Decade, past Co-President, longtime Co-Editor of the Green News, Liaison to the Newton/Needham Chamber of Commerce and a most dedicated environmental steward for our community.
Check out these and other Newton Unplugged Events at www.ncscweb.org.
Celebrate the upcoming Earth Day 2010 with the next generation of environmentalists, right here in Newton! Green Decade/Newton’s April program will feature Greengineer students ” from Newton North High School and students from elementary and middle schools, showcasing their environmental projects which have been school and community focused. Join us for this delightful look at conserving our natural environment through the eyes of 4th and 5th graders, the student-coordinated projects of Students for a Greener World all over Newton, and more. Teach your children well -- and see how they are teaching their friends and classmates to care about the earth! As always, tea will be served at this event. Please bring your own mug!
Bonus Recycling in Newton - Green Decade is sponsoring an electronics waste collection on NewtonServes Day, April 25th, 2010. Newton residents will be able to bring their “junk” electronic products—an inclusive selection of items such as computers, CDs, plugs, and telephones of all kinds—to a collection point where CRT Recycling of Brockton will pick up the materials and haul them away for recycling. April 25 can be the first of a regular series of collections of this “hard core” waste. Details, including location for the collection will be available soon. Stay tuned for a final list of what will be accepted for collection. Please volunteer to help with this exciting project. We will need help with publicity and coordination on the day of the event. Contact project leader Naomi Myrvaagnes, nsm59m@verizon.net or at 617 332-2954. |
