Paper Shredding Day - April 30th

From: Daviesally@aol.com
Date: March 24, 2016 at 3:04:05 PM EDT
To: Daviesally@aol.com
Subject: Shred Your Sensitive Documents

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. 

 

There will also be a separate opportunity for residents to drop off gently used Children's books which the Book Shed at Holly Hill will sort and distribute where needed.

 

Please pass on to family, friends and neighbors. 

 

Sally Davies
Chair, Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board
daviesally@aol.com
203-629-2987
(c) 203-921-5334

GEC Lettuce Challenge - Last Chance to Register!

Teacher/volunteer Q&A and refreshments, and in-person school registration takes place Wednesday March 23, 3:30-5:00 pm at the GEC.  Please RSVP if you plan to register in person.  We will have registration forms printed out, and be available to answer questions.

Greenwich 2nd graders adopt and tend to lettuce plants for six weeks, and participate in community showcase at the Garden Education Center in Cos Cob, CT.

Welcome to the Greenwich Lettuce Challenge (CLICK HERE for google doc summary including plant care tips, award categories, and printable calendar)

Timing for Greenwich Lettuce Challenge 2016

• Online school registration, NOW OPEN, click here to register online.  Final school enrollment deadline will be Wednesday, March 23, 2016, 5:00 pm
• Teacher/volunteer Q&A and refreshments, and in-person school registration, March 23, 3:30-5:00 pm at the GEC
• Plant plug pickup for pre-registered schools, Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at the GEC, 10:00 am-4:00 pm
• Deliver three plants per school to the GEC, June 15th, 9am-1pm, with entry forms
• Showcase and Buttercrunch Awards, Wednesday June 15, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. in the Garden Education Center Gallery.

GreenSchools! Update

Burst into Spring with Project Learning Tree!
The clocks have changed, Spring is on its way! Take your students outside and get them to connect their seasonal observations about plants to those being made all across the country. They'll gain invaluable experience collecting data and contributing to ongoing scientific research about climate change.

• Use Project Learning Tree's free activities, like "Bursting Buds," "Looking at Leaves," and PLT's School Site Investigation, to help your students make observations of plants.
• Get your students to share their data by contributing to Project BudBurst's well-established citizen science project. They'll see their data appear on an online map and compare it to other data being recorded in their community and around the country.
• Find plenty more resources to teach about phenology and how changes in climate affect a plant's lifecycle. For more information, see https://www.plt.org/newsletter-project-budburst-and-plt.

GreenSchools for Early Childhood Project Learning Tree has expanded its GreenSchools program to specifically meet the needs of early childhood educators and younger learners. PLT's GreenSchools for Early Childhood includes an Educator Guide and five Investigations that teach young children about their environment and how they can make a difference, while developing their skills in language, mathematics, science, and more. To access the materials, login or create an account (it's free!)

Special Offer for EE Week EE Week is the nation's largest annual celebration of environmental education that takes place this year April 17-23. Register for EE Week and you'll get a 10% discount on PLT's PreK-8 e-Guide and Online Course. You'll also get free "Greening STEM" materials and educator toolkits, plus benefits from other partners such as Green Teacher Magazine, Acorn Naturalists, Ranger Rick Magazine, Nature Watch, and World Water Monitoring Challenge.

Regards,

James Riley McGirt
Manager of Education Programs
Project Learning Tree

Mianus River Gorge - Source to Sound Watershed Tour

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> Source to Sound Watershed Tour
> Saturday - April 25, 2015
> 10:00am – 2:00pm
>
> Meet at the Mianus River Gorge parking area
> (across from 167 Mianus River Rd; Bedford, NY)
>
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> Clean drinking water is one of the most important components of our lives,
> yet many people have no idea where their household water comes from.
>
> On this trip, we will start at the Gorge, then visit the Dam of the Bargh
> Reservoir (at the end of our trails) that holds back 2.2 billion gallons of
> drinking water. We'll see how it operates and how water is diverted by
> aqueduct to other reservoirs. Then we'll visit the Mianus Filter Plant and
> see how it prepares water for households. Finally, we will end up at the
> old pump station, now an adult daycare, on Route 1 in Greenwich. The dam
> here has a fish ladder that allows thousands of alewife, herring and brown
> trout to get over the dam and upstream so they can breed in the lower
> river. We will learn how it works and hopefully net some migrants as they
> go upstream and take a look at the counter. This is second largest river
> herring run in Connecticut.
>
> Bring your own lunch or pick something up at the Italian deli in Greenwich
> at our final stop. Please register by emailing alison@mianus.org by April
> 23 or call (914) 234-3455.
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>
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Earth Day Calendar update

Earth Week is next week, let's Celebrate!

A reminder to everyone to post Earth Day messages in your newsletter.  Please share an invitation to "Explore the Secrets of Soil", and the full calendar of local events below.  Thank you for sharing the events and efforts in your school, like this beautiful banner at North Mianus.  

Hope to see you at the Buttercrunch Awards this Sunday at the GEC, 2-4pm, and the Earth Day Month Celebration next Sunday!

Sunday, April 26

Earth Day Month Celebration – Explore the Secrets of Soil (1 pm – 4 pm)
Garden Education Center, 130 Bible Street, Cos Cob
Come and celebrate with Conservation Commission the International Year of Soils. Through a variety of fun and scientific activities designed for the entire family, we will walk you through the soil formation process, soil properties, its need for conservation and care. With help of local archeologist, composting crew, and experts on soil, we will visit every aspect of this topic and answer all of your questions whether they are big or small. For more information contact Aleksandra Moch at 203 622-3822 or visit our website at: www.greenwichct.org 

Event flier http://www.greenwichct.org/upload/medialibrary/e64/earth-day-month-flyer-04-26-2015.pdf

Hi All,

Here is a link to an updated Earth Day Calendar.  Please use this one as we
had a few items that needed correction.

http://www.greenwichct.org/News/Conservation_Commission/2015celebrate_earth_day_month_in_greenwich/

Looks like spring is finally here so make sure to get outside and enjoy.

Denise


Denise Savageau
Conservation Director
Town of Greenwich
101 Field Point Road
Greenwich, CT 06830
Phone:  203-622-6461
Fax:  203-622-3795
Mailto:denise.savageau@greenwichct.org

2015 Town of Greenwich Earth Day Calendar

Hi All,

Here is the Town of Greenwich Earth Day Month Calendar and Press Release.

http://www.greenwichct.org/News/Conservation_Commission/2015celebrate_earth_day_month_in_greenwich/

Please note that the Earth Day Proclamation will take place on Saturday
April 11 at 3 p.m. at the Fishway Open House.  Hope that you can join us.

Fwd: Trailblazing save the date

Mark your calendars for April 22, "Earth Night" at Parkway from 5-7. Details to follow! 

Parkway's Woodland Trailblazing Day, Saturday April 25, 9-4pm

attached is the Trailblazing save the date flier, plus more information about the trail and event.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxzg5vPixQQ5Q3RZWVpsZUdxOXd2bURhWUFQbXdNU3ZjbGhv/view?usp=sharing