May 10 | Hazardous Waste Collection | Please Share!

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HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DAY

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2014    8 AM TO 1 PM

GREENWICH HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT - HILLSIDE ROAD

For Residents of Greenwich and participating towns

NO COMMERCIAL LOADS ACCEPTED

INFORMATION:        GREENWICH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AT 203-622-7838

ITEMS THAT WILL BE ACCEPTED

HOME GARDEN & YARD

Bug spray Fungicide

Floor care products Herbicide or weed killer

Furniture polish Insecticide

Metal polish in solvent Rat poison

Lighter fluid Swimming pool acid

Mothballs

Mercury Thermometers/Thermostats

GARAGE WORKSHOP

Automatic transmission fluid Cutting oil

Car wax in solvent Glue - solvent based

Diesel fuel Paint - oil based

Fuel oil Paint cleaner in solvent

Gasoline Paint primer, thinner, stripper

Kerosene Turpentine and varnish

Other oils Wood preservative

Antifreeze and brake fluid Photographic chemicals

ITEMS THAT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

Asbestos PCBs and derivatives

Kepone and derivatives Infectious waste

Highly reactive materials Unknowns

Bulk containers of herbicides, pesticides

Gas cylinders RECYCLE THESE AT TRANSFER STATION

Radioactive materials Latex paint - let dry, recycle can

Explosives Motor vehicle batteries and motor oil

Residential alkaline & rechargeable batteries

Fluorescent bulbs & CFLs

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

Wear rubber gloves Pack like materials carefully in boxes       

Read warning labels lined with newspaper or kitty litter

Identify unlabeled containers Place containers on a flat surface in

Use containers no larger than 5 gallons each vehicle to transport

click here for link to poster:  

forwarded from 

Sally Davies
Chair, Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board
203-629-2876
(c) 203-921-5334
daviesally@aol.com

April 30 | New poster deadline and DON'T MISS May 3 | 53rd Annual May Gardeners Market!

Thanks to everyone who brought in posters for the Green Schools poster contest.  The Garden Education Center has a giant colorful stack of very inspiring student submissions, that we can't wait to share!  Our awards/recognition ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 8th, and posters will be displayed in the gallery from May 3rd - May 31st.  We will post pictures, and hope you get a chance to stop by.  For anyone who missed the date, we are extending the deadline, and you can drop off your posters until Wed the 30th at 4pm at the GEC.  

Since there was so much enthusiasm for this program, we'll be launching a new student contest at the May Gardeners Market, details coming soon.  It's butterfly related, because the Market is featuring Monarch Butterfly Garden Plants!  Hope to see you there.  Parking is at the Cos Cob school, and a free shuttle is provided to the GEC. 

Visit our website at www.gecgreenwich.org or call us at 203-869-9242

Garden Education Center of Greenwich | 130 Bible Street | P.O. Box 1600 | Cos Cob | CT | 06807

Going Green The Greenwich Academy Way - Going Green - Greenwich, CT Patch

Great News Greenwich Academy!

http://greenwich.patch.com/groups/going-green/p/going-green-the-greenwich-academy-way

Photos from April 8 | Green Leaf Night

The Garden Education Center's Build a plant part tree and veggie match game

Sally Davies of the Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board matching up materials and recycled products

Animal Embassy

The link to the flyer for the event is here:  Green Leaf Night

The kids had a great time -- Congratulations, Parkway!

Native Plant Sales | Save the Monarchs

Happy Earth Month

 SAVE THE MONARCHS!

Local groups are all joining together this year to help the Monarchs and are selling native Milkweed plants, for eggs and caterpillar food, and nectar plants, for butterfly food.  

Three ways to Donate Plants to a school Pollinator Garden

These local partners have agreed to help us choose the appropriate plants for a native plant and pollinator garden.  Order early, some supplies are limited.

1.  Audubon Greenwich | Native Plant Sale...

for the birds, butterflies, and bees | Order deadline April 28th

Greenwich.Audubon.org (203) 869-5272

2.  Garden Education Center of Greenwich | Monarch Themed Plant Sale |

Order deadline April 10, Monarch Themed Plant Sale at May Gardeners Market

Saturday, May 3rd, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm, Rain or Shine, Free Shuttle from Cos Cob Elementary School to GEC.  NO PARKING ON SITE. 203-869-9242  www.gecgreenwich.org

3.  Or donate directly to the PTA for the pollinator garden.

PTA Pollinator Levels

$2    Egg on a Milkweed Leaf

$5    Caterpillar (larvae)

$10  Chrysalis (pupa)

$25  Butterfly

$50  Nectar Flower

$100 Migrator Free Butterfly Release Kit!

You can also buy a cupcake on Earth Day, April 22nd

at our Save the Monarch Butterfly Bake Sale!

THREE MORE WAYS YOU CAN HELP MONARCHS

• Use Pesticides with care, remember that about 95 percent of the insects you see in your garden are either helpful or harmless.
• Be a citizen scientist:  The Monarch Larva Monitoring Project helps scientists better understand how monarch populations vary. Journey North citizen scientists track monarch migration and report their observations to real-time maps.  Join the International Bring Back the Monarchs campaign.
• Attract butterflies to your own garden, by planting a "butterfly friendly" plants required by butterfly larvae. Butterfly friendly plants usually produce clusters of brightly colored sweet-smelling flowers.2

FUN FACTS:  DID YOU KNOW?

• Butterflies are pollinators!   "While the best-known pollinators may be honeybees and bumblebees, there are a myriad of other insects and birds that contribute to pollination. Some of the most beautiful and graceful are butterflies, and instead of noisily buzzing from flower to flower, butterflies artfully flit.2"

• Monarchs need Milkweed to survive!  We know that adult butterflies feed on the nectar of flowers, but did you know they ONLY lay their eggs on a very limited number of native plants?  That’s why everyone is planting Milkweed!  The Greenwich Land Trust and Greenwich Community Garden

• Butterflies taste with their feet!  which is where their taste sensors are located and by standing on their food, they can taste it to see if their caterpillars are able to eat it.2"

• Butterflies need our help!  "Butterfly populations are on the decline due to humans reducing numbers of pollinators by destroying habitats and migratory nectar corridors, emitting pollution and the misuse of pesticides.2"

• Do you know how to tell a male from a female monarch butterfly? “The male monarchs have a black spot on each of the hind wings over a vein. The female monarch butterfly does not have this spot.1"

• Monarchs are INCREDIBLE! “That's the word that comes to mind when I think about the monarch butterfly. An insect with a body the size and weight of a paper clip can migrate 1,500 miles or more. Not once, but twice in its lifetime. First in autumn, when it flies to a specific overwintering site in Mexico — a trip it has never taken before. And again in spring, when it returns north to reproduce. Just incredible".3

OUR RESOURCES

1www.monarch-butterfly.com

2aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu

3Saving the Monarch Butterfly:  What gardeners can do to help by Suzanne DeJohn
Excellent ACTIVITIES!  http://www.flightofthebutterflies.com/in-the-classroom/

Have Questions or want to volunteer?  contact Green Schools, ptacgreenschools@gmail.com

Don't Forget the Pollinator Norms!  

Pollinators give us a strong connection to global ecosystems and bio-diversity:  

Bee here, Bee now, Bee Honest, Care for Plants and Water, Let Go and Move On!

Welcome Home Monarchs!  Happy Earth Day!  

This info and cafeteria billboard is from the JC Student Council and Senior Science Enrichment.  Green Schools is helping them start a pollinator garden to help Monarch Butterflies.  They are trying to create a certified Monarch Waystation habitat.  The Greenwich Land Trust helped provide seeds and they have seedlings started at the Garden Education Center of Greenwich.  Parents can purchase plants and donate directly to the school.

April 26 | Cole Auditorium Family Documentary Screening

Please help spread the word! Recommended for age 10+

LINK TO FLYER

April 26 | Beach Cleanup Flyer and May 10 Outdoor Run

31st ANNUAL RIVERSIDE RUN - REGISTER NOW!!    Spring is here so it's time to put your snow boots away and pull out your running shoes to start your training for our 31st annual Riverside Run! Race day is Saturday, May 10th at 8:30am for the 3 mile run and 9:30am for the Kids Fun Run. You can start registering now. The online registration cost is $20.  Paper forms will be available in April, but the registration price will be $25. We encourage you to save paper and money and register online. If you register before Wednesday, April 23rdyou will have your name printed on your race bib. A perfect keepsake!   Here is the registration link for the Riverside Run:   http://www.greenwichschools.org/page.cfm?p=5748   Annual Byram Beach Cleanup   Please click on the link to see the Byram Beach Cleanup Flyer. The event will be taking place Saturday, April 26th.  Beach Cleanup  Be Here l Be honest l  Be Safe l  Care for self and others l Let go and move on

April 22 | Earth Day 2 pm Tuesday with Congressman Jim Himes - CEFIA and CT Green Bldgs at Audubon

LINK TO FLYER

You Are Invited!


Connecticut Green Building Council


Energy and Environment Series




Celebrate Earth Day with Congressman Jim Himes





Co-sponsored by


Audubon Connecticut


Tuesday, April 22nd at 2pm


Audubon Greenwich Kimberlin Center


613 Riversville Road, Greenwich, CT





Looking for solutions to the climate crisis?  Join us for an exciting
discussion of the issues and solutions to carbon pollution that save money
and help save the planet, including one of the most important breakthroughs
in green building design and operation—a new approach to financing clean
energy investments through state and federal green banks.





Congressman Jim Himes


CT Fourth District





Bert Hunter


Chief Financial Officer


Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority (CEFIA)





Mark Robbins


Energy Committee Chair and Board Member


Connecticut Green Building Council (CTGBC)





Stewart J. Hudson


Executive Director


Audubon Connecticut





Celebrate Earth Day with a Guided Trail Walk after the event!


Refreshments Will Be Served





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Jeff Cordulack


Events & Communications Manager


jcordulack@audubon.org


203-869-5272 x239


203-613-8813 (cell)





Audubon Greenwich


613 Riversville Road


Greenwich, CT 06831





The Audubon Greenwich mission is to engage and educate people to conserve,
restore, and enjoy nature, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their
habitats. The Audubon Center in Greenwich is also home to Audubon
Connecticut, the state office of the National Audubon Society.  LEARN ABOUT
OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS, EVENTS & CAMPS ONLINE @
http://greenwich.audubon.org





The Audubon Connecticut mission is to further the protection of birds,
other wildlife and their habitats through science, education, advocacy and
conservation, for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological
diversity. We envision a Connecticut with a rich and diverse natural
heritage, where there is ample habitat for birds and other wildlife, where
a majority of its people appreciate and participate in their natural
environment, and whose children are educated and motivated to become the
conservation leaders of tomorrow.  LEARN ABOUT BIRD CONSERVATION IN
CONNECTICUT @ www.audubonct.org





Now in its second century, Audubon connects people with birds, nature and
the environment that supports us all. Our national network of
community-based nature centers, chapters, scientific, education, and
advocacy programs engages millions of people from all walks of life in
conservation action to protect and restore the natural world. VISIT THE
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY ONLINE AT www.audubon.org  AND FOLLOW
@audubonsociety.

April 24| Resilient Buildings & Operations

The public is invited to SoundWaters 2013-2014 Speaker Series

Sound Adaptations: Regional Responses to a Post-Sandy World

 

TOPIC:  April 24: Effects of Global Climate Change: Adapting Buildings & Operations

                Reservations required and accepted through Monday, April 21.

 

SPEAKER

                Richard Schroeder, Executive Director

                Regional Critical Systems, UBS

               

DATE/TIME

                Thursday, April 24, 2014, 5:30 – 7:30 pm

                Reception: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

                Presentation: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

 

PLACE       

UBS Stamford

                677 Washington Blvd. Free Parking in Visitors Lot

 

RESERVATIONS:

                To register online, visit www.soundwaters.org; call 406-3336; or email soundbusiness@soundwaters.org.

                Reservations will be accepted through Monday, April 21. Please note: Photo I.D. required; no walk-ins permitted; no cameras on premises.

               

SPONSOR:

                UBS Stamford

 

Dianne Selditch

Coastal Center Director

203-406-3302

www.soundwaters.org

dianne@soundwaters.org

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Video | Earth Day Celebration Month Kick Off

Here is the link to the story from Sunday's event. 

http://greenwich.itsrelevant.com/content/18112/Sun-Sand--Stewardship

Thank you to everyone who came out to volunteer and brought their families to celebrate.  It was an excellent day!

If you made it out, or have photos to share, please send them along or comment below, thanks!

Upcoming Free Webinars: Nature pre-schools AND Ecoliteracy through Active Citizenship

 

Use this area to offer a short preview of your email's content. View this email in your browser   I hope you can join us for one or more of these free sessions.  If by chance you do not yet subscribe to Green Teacher magazine, consider doing so.  Subscribers gain full access to our archive of 40+ webinars and the last 26 issues of our quarterly magazine.  After participating in a webinar, subscribers can also obtain educational certificates at no cost.  Ecoliteracy through Active Citizenship Tuesday April 29th, 2014 7:30-8:30pm EST Presented by Pam Miller    Register for free Empower your students to become true leaders while deepening their understanding of nature. Learn how to integrate active citizenship in your educational programs as we explore approaches, techniques and inspiring examples.      Facebook   Twitter   Website Nature and Forest Schools: Changing the Way We Connect to Place, Play and Inquiry-Based Education Thursday May 1st, 2014 7:30-8:30pm EST Presented by Marlene Power Register for Free In a forest preschool there is no bad weather; children play outside rain or shine. Early childhood education specialist Marlene Power--who founded the Carp Ridge Nature Preschool in Ottawa, Ontario--will explore why nature preschools are a good idea, the kinds of opportunities they provide for educators, learners and communities, and the new developments in this emerging field of environmental education. Upcoming webinars:   Media Literacy and Sustainability Education with Sox Sperry Thursday October 2nd, 2014 7:30-8:30pm EST How to use media decoding to invite students into safe collective reflection on the strong emotions that often rise in response to the challenges of sustainability.   Transformative Education with Susan Santone Tuesday October 21st, 2014 7:30-8:30 EST Description coming soon     Copyright © 2014, Green Teacher All rights reserved. unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

 

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