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  • Wednesday, March 20, 7:00 pm – Dumpster Diving with greenGoat

    The Millis Garden Club and the Norfolk Garden Club will present Dumpster Diving with greenGoat on Wednesday, March 20, beginning at 7 pm at the Norfolk Public Library, 139 Main Street in Norfolk. Leading the trend in green building, one local company rescues building materials and landscaping in residential renovation projects, often giving materials away. Enter greenGoat, a green demolition charity that has redistributed reusable building materials, including garden plants, that would otherwise get dumped. To date, the organization has channeled over 700 tons of material back into reuse and shows no signs of slowing. Donor homes get a tax deduction, and adopting homes get a very good deal, making this matchmaking exercise a winner.

    Amy Bauman, greenGoat’s founder and director, will share stories and strategies at the joint March meeting of Millis Garden Club and Norfolk Garden Club.  Bauman’s presentation, will cover decisions that homeowners can make to minimize the environmental impact of home renovations. The talk is free and open to the public.

  • September 19 Deadline for Voting: Chase Community Giving

    greenGoat in Somerville, Massachusetts, helps the building industry conserve natural resources. Their primary goal is to stem the tide of material waste in the construction process. They REROUTE unwanted building materials into productive (re)use, saving natural resources, landfill space, embodied energy, AND providing quality materials at lower prices. greenGoat offers education and logistical help in getting materials from where they’re being donated to their next “gig”. Its “Home to Home” program has spared over 700 tons from landfills to date. “Office to Office” has rescued over 1500 tons. The challenges are: scheduling, markets, labor and storage costs, and changing perceptions of unneeded materials as worthless (they’re not!). They coach receiving projects on stretching the life of the material we get them even farther. In a lean economy – greenGoat’s frugality hits not only a green building chord, but also helps everyday folks who simply cannot AFFORD to waste what they have. Learn more at www.greengoat.org, and cast a vote for it at www.facebook.com/greengoat.leedap, or at www.twitter.com/@greengoat.

    Chase Community Giving is donating $5 million dollars to local charities across the country, and the 196 charities with the most votes will share in the grants. For a complete list of charities, visit www.facebook.com/ChaseCommunityGiving.