Audubon Summer Nature Day Camp 2017

Online Registration begins on December 20, 2016.

Select here to learn more and to register through our secure online registration.

Give your child the gift of nature and create memories that will last a lifetime. Our unique, weekly-themed camps enable children to build a deeper connection to the natural world through fun, experiential activities while exploring our 285-acre sanctuary. This site includes a beautiful teaching pond, the Byram River, Mead Lake, forests, meadows, and our new Nature Play Trail!   For more details, please contact Gigi Lombardi at 203-930-1351 or email.

Audubon Greenwich Summer Nature Day Camp 2017 Camp Dates: June 26 - August 18 Camp Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (except Twilight Investigations, Session 8: August 14-18 which will run from 3:30 - 9:30 p.m.)   Extended Care: Late Pick-up Available from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. ($50 per week)   Cost per Week Grades K-5: $400 members; $435 non-members Grades 6-9: $450 members; $485 non-members   Weekly Themes K-5 Session 1: Creepy Crawlies ǀ June 26 - 30 Session 2: Aquatic Adventures 1 ǀ July 3, July 5 - 7 Session 3: Tracks and Traces ǀ July 10 - 14 Session 4: Feathered Friends ǀ July 17 - 21 Session 5: Scales and Slime ǀ July 24 - 28 Session 6: Aquatic Adventures 2 ǀ July 31 - August 4 Session 7: Backwoods Explorers ǀ August 7 - 11 Session 8: Twilight Investigations ǀ August 14 - 18 (Hours: Mon-Wed: 3:30 - 9:30 p.m. / Thursday: 3 p.m. to 9:30 a.m. on Friday. Grades 2 - 9 only). Grades 6 - 9 Audubon Ecology Adventures: This exciting Audubon camp for teens combines exploration of the great outdoors with learning about the amazing biodiversity that is found in our local natural areas. Daily field trips to forests, rivers, and coastal areas will be led by experienced naturalists and will give campers an opportunity to learn about ecology and conservation while exploring and having fun.   More information regarding NEW specialty camps for grades 6 - 9 - coming soon! Select here to view the 2017 Summer Camp Brochure Questions? Contact Gigi Lombardi at 203-930-1351 or glombardi@audubon.org.

Volunteer Counselors-in-Training (CIT) Opportunities for Teens (14 years old & up) Each week, there are four to five camp groups, divided by age. Each camp group has one Head Summer Naturalist and one Assistant Summer Naturalist and Audubon trains and hosts 1 to 3 CIT working with each small group throughout the summer. For more details and to see if your child can join the CIT program, please contact James Flynn at 203-930-1354 or email.

ReclaimReprocess Art Exhibition - Finn Gallery / Greenwich Library

Art on View LINK reclaimreprocess December 8, 2016 - January 18, 2017 Opening Reception   Thursday, Dec. 8th, 6-8 pm Jaynie Crimmins - Alice Hope - Jonathan Mess - Constance Old - Joanne Ungar ReclaimReprocess features five contemporary artists who create imaginative works of art utilizing discarded by-products of today's consumer culture.  While employing very different approaches and materials, the work of these artists is complementary and demonstrates a range of possible ways to convert what would otherwise be the clutter and detritus of our society into meaningful, aesthetically pleasing works. Each, in their way, offers a respite from the environmental burden of accumulated waste, while elevating and illuminating the ordinary and overlooked aspects of our daily existence. The exhibition invites viewers to reflect upon the beauty and meaning found in the commonplace. The exhibition is curated by Sallie Baldwin and Ruth Sutcliffe Heagney. All artwork is for sale. On Fri. Dec. 9th, 5-8 pm, Flinn Gallery will offer special viewing hours leading up to the screening of Greenwich Library's Friday Film, documentary "Waste Land," at 8 pm in Cole Auditorium. Please join us for artist talks on Sat. Dec. 10 and Sat. Jan. 14, at 2 pm.  The Flinn Gallery is sponsored by the Friends of Greenwich Library. Visit Us Flinn Gallery 2nd floor, Greenwich Library   101 W. Putnam Ave.  Greenwich CT 06830 203.622.7947 www.flinngallery.com

Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Avenue, Second Floor, Greenwich, CT 06830

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America Recycles Day - November 15th

Recycling is the easiest thing we can all do to improve our community, conserve natural resources, and create green jobs.  Here are some simple tips about recycling to inspire students to participate. 

1.    Never throw away plastic bottles, paper, aluminum cans, or cardboard milk cartons and boxes!  They are valuable resources that get processed and converted into new products.  Recycling also reduces water pollution by 35% and air pollution by 73%.

2.    Recycling paper requires 70% less energy compared with making paper by cutting down trees. Think about the forests we preserve to protect animal habitats.  

3.    One recycled plastic bottle saves enough energy to power a 30-watt light bulb for 6 hours.  Remember to empty out liquids first before recycling. 

4.    Can you recycle cans? Yes you can! Aluminum CAN be recycled at home and at school. Please make sure they are completely empty before you place them in the recycling containers. Did you know one recycled tin can saves enough energy to power a television for 3 hours.

Thank you for recycling!

https://americarecyclesday.org/

Project Learning Tree - HELP YOUR SCHOOL SYSTEM ACCESS FEDERAL FUNDING TO INCORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

It doesn't take much to live in an environmentally friendly manner. These 10 simple things, done every day, will go a long way toward making your corner of Earth more sustainable. 1 Turn out the lights you don’t need 2 Consider the amount of packaging when selecting groceries 3 Print on both sides of a piece of paper 4 Consider “no mow” native ground covers to replace your lawn 5 Use mass transportation, carpool, bike, or walk 6 Use cloth bags for shopping 7 Avoid bottled water 8 Buy ENERGY STAR® rated appliances 9 Turn down the heat and air conditioning 10 Eat organic food

Wastebusters - Idling Myths

Be Green Connecticut! Family Fair – Protecting our Coast

Sunday

October 2nd 12-3pm

Fairfield Museum and History Center

370 Beach Road

Fairfield CT

Link to Event Website

Enjoy the community opening of the exhibition “Rising Tides: Fairfield’s Coast, Past to Future” and find out what YOU can do to protect the environment for future generations. Learn about sustainable energy with hands-on activities presented by Energize ConnecticutSM’s eesmartsprogram throughout the day.

Take the ENERGY STAR® Pledge or bring an incandescent light bulb to exchange for a free, energy efficient LED light bulb. Energize Connecticut will present on the Home Energy Solutions program – make your home more comfortable, get rebates and lower your energy bill! Find out about the Fairfield Energy Challenge with Fairfield’s Clean Energy Task Force and learn about electric cars. Enjoy additional hands-on activities and informative displays by CT Audubon Center, Mill River Wetland Committee and Resilient Bridgeport.

Join the RMA Sept 21 to hear The Commissioner of CT Deep - CT & Challenges of Climate Change

11:00am

http://greenwichrma.org/wp-content/uploads/Robert-Klee-2016-0921-edited.pdf

The 2016-2017 Audubon Schoolyard Habitat Application is open!

The 2016-2017 Audubon Schoolyard Habitat Application is open!

8 grants available for the 2016-2017 Schoolyard Habitat Program

The Schoolyard Habitat Program works to create wildlife habitat and outdoor classrooms in urban areas. Since 2012, 16 New Haven and Fairfield County Schools have created Schoolyard Habitats!

If chosen, your school will receive support and funds to create a wildlife habitat and outdoor classroom in your schoolyard. This grant will also include funds for museum-quality interpretive signage for your habitat. As part of the program, we expect your school to create a leadership team made up of teachers, administrators, parents and other community members who will meet regularly to plan and implement your habitat. Also, we ask for 5 teachers to commit to attending workshops and implementing curriculum in their classrooms.

This program is open to any K-8 school in NEW HAVEN and FAIRFIELD COUNTIES. Funding is for the 2016-2017 academic school year. 

THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

For schools IN New Haven and Hamden:

Your Schoolyard Habitat Project would be part of the Greater New Haven Harbor Watershed Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership and will also become part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Schoolyard Habitat Network. Projects will be led by representatives from the following partner organizations: Audubon CT, Common Ground High School, Urban Farm and Environmental Education Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Yale Peabody Museum.

For schools OUTSIDE OF New Haven and Hamden:

Your schoolyard Habitat Project would become part of the national U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Schoolyard Habitat Network. Projects will be led by staff educators and naturalists at Audubon Connecticut and representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Apply online here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHWcip5wsIkD7HkVAgADtUtq77QwJR4UJ9myCcMI4wGkoq1A/viewform?usp=send_form)

Please email Jillian Bell (jbell@audubon.org) or Suzannah Holsenbeck (suzannah.holsenbeck@nhep.com) with any questions.

Free Organic Lawn Care Workshops hosted by Greenwich Conservation Commission

Explore Better Ways to Free Your Yard from Dangerous Chemicals and Heal Your Soil.

Several workshops will be hosted by Conservation Commission at the Town Hall Meeting Room

Greenwich Town Hall, 101 Field Point Road.

To register call (203) 622-6461 or email: amoch@greenwichct.org

Healthy soil is critical for clean air and good water quality as well as the health of our lawns and gardens. Workshop attendees will learn about how to use free organic materials such a leaves, grass clippings and kitchen scraps to restore soil health and benefit plants. Returning organic matter to the soil through mulching-mowing, composting and vermicomposting is the key to maintaining a well-balanced and healthy yard. This practice eliminates or limits the need for harmful synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides.

Learn how to properly manage your land and what to ask of landscape professionals to ensure proper maintenance.

Whether you care for your yard or provide landscape services for others you will receive a hands-on learning opportunity.

Property owners:                              Landscape professionals*:

Sept. 12 (Monday) at 7:00 pm                  Sept. 15 (Thursday) at 8:00 am

Sept. 14 (Wednesday) at 1:00 pm             Sept. 20 (Tuesday) at 8:00 am

Sept. 22 (Thursday) at 7:00 pm                  Sept. 27 (Tuesday) at 8:00 am**

Sept. 27 (Tuesday) at 7:00 pm                   Sept 29 (Thursday) at 8:00 am

Sept. 28 (Wednesday) at 1 pm            

*Landscape professionals who attend a workshop will be listed on the Town website, receive NOFA’s credit for Organic Land Care, and credits towards CT DEEP Pesticide Applicator Certification.

** Workshop will be given in Spanish

Creating Urban Oases for People, Wildlife and Watershed Health - Audubon Workshop - New Haven Sept 7th

Audubon Connecticut will offer a four hour workshop on September 7, 2016 from 9am-1pm on “Creating Urban Oases for People, Wildlife and Watershed Health” as part of a series of “Urban Refuge Academies” organized by the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge. This workshop is designed for municipal employees, land trusts and other land managers, as well as interested homeowners or teachers who want to learn more about creating bird-friendly habitat. It will be facilitated by Patrick Comins, Audubon Connecticut’s Director of Bird Conservation, Dr. Michellle Frankel, Director of Audubon Greenwich, and Dr. Michael Dietz, Director of the University of Connecticut’s NEMO (Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials) program. The workshop will focus on the importance of native plant landscaping for native birds, butterflies and other wildlife; will provide technical guidance, tools and resources for managing land to benefit both wildlife and people; and will discuss how the creation of native plant rain gardens can benefit wildlife, provide stormwater filtration and improve watershed health. The workshop will include a visit to an Urban Oases site to demonstrate how these practices look on the ground, and how the project has been implemented through partnership between federal and municipal agencies, NGOs and local community volunteers.

When: September 7, 2016,  9am - 1pm

Where: Southern Connecticut State University, 501 Crescent Street, New Haven. Room 212 New Science Building 

Instructors:  Patrick Comins, Audubon Connecticut’s Director of Bird Conservation, Michelle Frankel, Director of Audubon Greenwich, Michael Dietz, University of Connecticut’s Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO) Program Director.

Please RSVP by 9/3/16 to Richard_Potvin@fws.gov

Earth Day Events 2016

EVENTS:

Help beautify Greenwich Land Trust’s American Chestnut Sanctuary in celebration of Earth Day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 23 at Burning Tree Road in Greenwich. Follow the event signs.

Volunteers will plant native trees and flowers, remove invasive vines and witness a wildlife release with Wildlife in Crisis.

There are activities for all ages. The event is free.

Lunch will be provided by Whole Foods Market in Greenwich.

The rain date is Sunday, April 24.

RSVP to Michelle Spinei at 203-629-2151 Ext. 102 or michelle@gltrust.org.

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Link to Audubon Earth Day Events

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Greenwich Library - Saturday, April 23, from 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Celebrate Earth Day with Animal Embassy. Families will meet incredible Animal Ambassadors representing diverse habitats such as a Eurasian Eagle Owl, an Australian Eclectus Parrot and a Flemish Giant Rabbit. Participants will also discuss the significance of Earth Day and the challenges and successes of wildlife conservation. Recommended for ages 4 and up.

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Energize Connecticut Center Hosts Annual Earth Day Celebration

On Saturday, April 23, the Energize Connecticut partners will host the Annual Earth Day Celebration from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Energize Connecticut Center, located at 122 Universal Drive North in North Haven. The event is free of charge and open to the public.  Family--friendly entertainment and educational, energy-focused activities are scheduled throughout the day. 

Build musical instruments out of recycled and reused materials with Bash the Trash Environmental Arts from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Participate in "Energy Blast" and "Fantastic Forces" with Mad Science from 1 p.m. to   3 p.m.; Engage in a FIRST interactive robot demonstration.

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Bruce Museum - Wild Reading: Animals in Children’s Book Art Exhibition / March 26 – July 3, 2016

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Spring is here!  Time to clear out your old financial statements, medical records and documents that contain sensitive and personal information and bring them along to the paper shredding event sponsored by GRAB and Greenwich Green & Clean. We do ask that you sort out your materials so that we are not shredding extraneous material.  This only holds up the line unnecessarily.

·                Saturday, April 30

·                Island Beach parking lot

·                9:30 am - 12:15 pm

·                2 cans of Tuna or Fruit per box of paper or $2/box

·                Box size similar to 10-ream case, 12" x 18" x 12", maximum 5 boxes

·                All non-sensitive papers, folders, envelopes, paper clips, plastic binders and covers MUST be removed and recycled with regular single stream recycling.  Staples are ok.

Food will be donated to Neighbor-to-Neighbor.  Paper is shredded on-site and properly recycled. 

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April LEGO Drive at Greenwich Sentinel - donations may be made at 28 Bruce Park Ave btwn 9am-3pm weekdays
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RESOURCES:

Website for Audubon Schoolyard Habitat Program:

http://ct.audubon.org/conservation/schoolyard-habitat

http://greenwich.audubon.org/newsroom/news-stories/2016/new-england-wild-flower-society-lecture-series-march-2016

Anyone interested should contact Francesca.williams18@gmail.com or 914-557-4643.

Information on grant opportunities for schoolyard habitats:

Grant Opportunities for Schoolyard Habitat

Rogers International School in Stamford – Green Team website:

http://teacherweb.com/CT/RogersInternationalSchool/GreenTeam/apt5.aspx

Spring and summer energy saving tips:

Link to spring and summer energy saving tips

Article on Parkway Tower Garden:

http://greenwichfreepress.com/schools/aeroponic-harvest-time-at-parkway-school-tower-to-table-in-ten-feet-or-less-60185/

Earth Day Month Celebration this Sunday - Greenwich Point Park

 

  Earth Day Month Celebration

Greenwich Point Park, Old Greenwich, CT

Sunday, April 3, 1:30 - 4:00 pm

This year, in honor of Earth Day, the Bruce Museum Seaside Center presents an Earth Day Month Celebration at Greenwich Point Park from 1:30 to 4:00 pm on Sunday, April 3, to kick off the town's month-long observance of all things environmental. The festivities begin when Town of Greenwich officials join Conservation Commission members and staff to announce a proclamation supporting healthy air, land and water. The Bruce Museum Seaside Center has organized ongoing family activities and a series of short presentations throughout the afternoon by environmental groups including:

·         Secrets of the Soil with the Aleksandra Moch of the Conservation Commission

·         Citizen Science with Tim Walsh of the Bruce Museum

·         Identifying Invasives by Mary Hull of Green and Clean

·         Paper Shredding by Sally Davies of Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board

·         Greenwich Shellfish Commission will discuss clam and oyster harvesting in local waters

·         Ed Stilwagen of Atlantic Clam Farms will provide his delicious raw bar of local shellfish

·         Children's book illustrator Sally Tobin will share her book on the natural world

·         Bruce Museum live marine animal touch tank

The free event is part of the Fred Elser First Sunday Science at the Seaside Center programs held at the Floren Family Environmental Center at Innis Arden Cottage, Greenwich Point Park, Old Greenwich, CT, and organized by the Bruce Museum and Greenwich Shellfish Commission. Drop by anytime between 1:30 to 4:00 pm.

For more information, contact Bruce Museum Seaside Manager Cynthia Ehlinger at 203-413-6756 or cynthiae@brucemuseum.org

Cynthia S. Ehlinger
Marketing and Science Curatorial Associate

Seaside Center Manager

Bruce Museum

1 Museum Drive

Greenwich, CT 06830

P 203 . 413 . 6756

F 203 . 869 . 0963

cynthiae@brucemuseum.org

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Earth Day is April 22nd!

Here are some fun things you can do with your school:

Earth Day Ideas

Marker Drive - Crayola Color Cycle

Battery Drive - Bring to Holly Hill

Book Drive – or sale

Clothing Drive - Neighbor to Neighbor, Dress for Success, Jr. League

Assembly with Recycled materials made into instruments

Recyclables Relay Races

Build a bin worm composter

Recycled craft ideas – polystyrene tray mosaic, water bottle crafts

Walk or Bike to school

Read environmental poetry

Students take environmental pledges

Greenwich Conservation  Commission is a good resource - Earth Day Program

Presenters from the Garden Education Center or Audubon - see websites - Contact Educational Director

April 24th, Arbor Day, to arrange a tree planting on your school grounds, contact Greenwich Tree Conservancy with information about where the trees are needed.

Bash The Trash  Performance Event

Recycling is Magic – CJ May (AKA Cyril the Sorcerer) – elementary schools

"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." - John Muir