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.