UPCOMING EVENTS

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Newton Eco-Team Project

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The Newton Eco-Team Project
Eco-Teams, groups of 5-8 people from different households, meet three or four times to work through a fun, easy-to-use workbook called The Low Carbon Diet, which shows, step-by-step, how to dramatically reduce CO2 output in just a month's time. You learn to:

  • Calculate your CO2 footprint with an easy-to-use online carbon calculator.
  • Create cool household systems that save the earth while saving you money.
  • Take on cool lifestyle practices to reduce CO2 emissions.

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%.

Invitation
Come to an Eco-Team Project Information Meeting for a 30 minute presentation that explains what the project is all about. E-mail us to reserve a spot on a Wednesday morning at 7:30: Jay Walter at Entasis@RCN.com or Bonnie Glickman at bglickman@mindspring.com.

Visit the Newton Eco-Team Project website for more information on the project, to see the list of participating partners/organizations and more!

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Newton Student Environmental Art Contest 2010

Submission deadline: Friday, March 15
Open to all students in grades K - 5 who either live or attend school in Newton

Awards Ceremony: Thursday, April 8
6:30 – 8:30 pm
War Memorial Auditorium, Newton City Hall

List and photos of last year's winners


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

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2010 Environmental Speaker Series
Winter Moth: A New Invasion of New England
with Joseph S. Elkinton, Professor of Entomology, UMass Amherst

Monday, March 15, 7:00 pm
Newton Free Library, Druker Auditorium
Co-sponsored by the Newton Free Library

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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!

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20th Anniversary Celebration
Green Decade/Newton

Tuesday, June 8, 7:00 pm
Lasell College
Auburndale

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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.

More Information

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Newton Unplugged & Connected 2010

Friday, March 12, 3:30 pm
Thursday, March 18, 3:30 pm
Thursday, March 18, 4:00 pm
Sunday, March 21, 3:30 pm
Various locations

Co-sponsored by the Green Decade, Newton Free Library, the Newton Community Service Center, Newton Civic Pride Committee and the Newton/Angino Community Farm

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March 12
Friday

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“Spring in My Backyard” Workshop 3:30 pm

Celebrate Spring with us in the Art Room by planting seedlings, making a bird feeder from pinecones and discovering how to compost with wriggling red earthworms and may even have bunny rabbits as our special guests!. Ages 5 and up.
-- Newton Cultural Center, 225 Nevada Street, Newtonville

Co-sponsored by the Green Decade, Newton Community Farm and the Newton Pride Committee

March 18
Thursday

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“Green Story Time” 3:30 pm

Come listen to fun stories about caring for our planet! Ages 4 — 5. Students for A Greener World will be there.
-- Children's Room, Newton Free Library

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Magic Recycled Box Workshop 4 - 5 pm

What can you make from a box? A fort, a train, a robot? Bring your imagination and your friends and see what you can create from recycled materials. Ages 4 and up.
-- Druker Auditorium, Newton Free Library

Pre-registration required. To register: Stop by the Children's Room at the Library or call (617) 796-1370).

Both events co-sponsored by the Green Decade and the Newton Free Library

March 28
Sunday

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Get Your Bike Ready for Spring 10 am-2 pm

Bike Newton will provide free bike tune-ups to kids, while teaching them how to do their own tune-ups.
-- War Memorial Triangle, Newton City Hall

Co-sponsored by Bike Newton and the Green Decade.

Check out these and other Newton Unplugged Events at www.ncscweb.org.
Download the brochure (pdf)

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2010 Environmental Speaker Series
Celebrating the Earth with the Next Generation
Showcasing environmental projects: students from Newton elementary and middle schools and Newton North High School

Monday, April 12, 7:00 pm
Newton Free Library, Druker Auditorium
Co-sponsored by the Newton Free Library

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Eliana Gevelber shows Supt. James Marini & Gina Healy, F.A. Day principal the Green Decade “Magic Energy Bike.

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!

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"Round-up Day" at Whole Foods Markets
On Earth Day, April 22, both Whole Foods Markets in Newton will be offering a Round-Up Day when customers will be asked if they would like to round up their sale to the next dollar or higher as a donation to Green Decade. Customers who shop there on April 22 will also be given the chance to be entered to win a Whole Foods “green” gift basket if they make at least a $2 donation to Green Decade.

Monday, April 22, all day
Whole Foods Markets
647 Washington Street-Newtonville
916 Walnut St- Newton Four Corners

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Electronics Recycling

Sunday, April 25
Location to be announced

Sponsored by the Green Decade/Newton and NewtonServes

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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.

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