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  • Thursday, November 21, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Green Landscape Equipment and Green Zones

    Join the Ecological Landscaping Association and Quiet Communities on Thursday, November 21, from 3 – 5 at the Holiday Inn, Boxborough, to learn about sustainable landscape equipment and outdoor maintenance practices from a seasoned contractor, Dan Mabe, President of The GreenStation.  A growing number of towns and cities across the US are concerned with loud noise and air pollution from gasoline powered equipment.  Green, emissions-free equipment represents one alternative solution.  The ELA, in partnership with Quiet Communities, a 501(c)(3) organization focused on sustainable maintenance practices, is hosting this free event.  Refreshments will be served.  Register online at https://www.eventville.com/catalog/eventregistration1.asp?eventid=1010791.

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  • Saturday, May 12, 2:00 pm – Shellshocked: Saving Oysters to Save Ourselves

    In conjunction with the new exhibition, Mollusks, the Harvard Museum of Natural History, 24 Oxford Street in Cambridge,  will screen Shellshocked, a new documentary by Emily Driscoll, on Saturday, May 12 beginning at 2 pm. The film follows efforts to prevent the extinction of wild oyster reefs, which keep oceans healthy by filtering water and engineering ecosystems. Due to overfishing and pollution, much of the world’s wild oyster reefs have been declared “functionally extinct.” Followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker and George Buckley, of the Sustainability and Environmental Management Program at Harvard Extension School.  Regular admission rates apply.  For more information, visit www.hmnh.harvard.edu.

     

     

  • Saturday, November 6 – Sunday, November 7, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm – GCFMA Environmental Studies School 2010

    Get ready for another exciting and informative weekend, this year in Hull, Massachusetts.  Welcome back some instructors you may have enjoyed before, and meet new ones.  Learn about weather and discuss global warming with a local meteorologist.  Trade in your toxic household products for healthy, non-toxic alternatives.  Explore pollution and develop a value system which respects the interdependence of all nature.  Explore the rain forest and discover new ways to protect endangered plants and wildlife.  Last, but not least, visit Hull’s wind turbines and learn about their development, construction, and how Hull benefits from clean, free energy.  This National Garden Clubs, Inc. program November 6 – 7 is entitled The Living Earth – Air and Related Issues.  The event will be held at the Nantasket Beach Hotel and Conference Center, 45 Hull Shore Drive in Hull, and the course fee is $110. Marc Fournier, Debbie Cook, Marie Stella, Rob Gilman, and Patrick Cannon will speak.  Required text: Living in the Environment by G. Tyler Miller, Jr., 7th Edition or later – Reference only.  For complete information, call Judy Dorner at 781-367-0626, or email her at Kayakflower@verizon.net.

  • Saturday, October 2, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Clean Water Action’s 16th Annual Benefit Party

    Please join Clean Water Action on Saturday, October 2, from 3 – 5 at Garden in the Woods, 180 Hemenway Road, Framingham, for its 16th Annual Benefit Party.  Help Clean Water Action lead the way to a healthy environment and support its work to elect pro-environmental candidates to office, as well as lobby on behalf of policies to protect our water cycle, keep diesel pollution out of our air, make producers responsible for the end disposal of the products they make, such as computers and mercury thermostats, and replace toxic hazards in our homes, workplaces and communities with safer alternatives.  Call 617-338-8131, x 210, for more information.

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