We Need Protection from Marcellus Shale Drilling!

[ September 21, 2010; ] Come to Harrisburg on Tuesday, Sept. 21

Pennsylvania’s state legislature has taken NO ACTION this year to protect residents from all the problems Marcellus Shale gas drilling is causing in our state. Contaminated drinking water, pollution in our rivers, hazardous air pollution, safety problems, and destruction of our state forests are just some of the problems.

The [...]

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EPA’s Public Meeting on Hydraulic Fracturing Study to Take Place in Binghamton, New York

[ September 13, 2010; 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. September 15, 2010; 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Meeting Scheduled for September 13 and 15 at the Broome County Forum Theater
     
New York, NY – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has selected a new venue and dates for the public meeting on EPA’s upcoming hydraulic fracturing study originally scheduled for August 12, 2010. The meeting will now be held at the [...]

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the only advocacy organization working throughout the entire Delaware River Watershed – The DelawareRiverkeeperNetwork (DRN)

“In our single-minded focus on what rivers can do for us, we have ceased to consider what we must do for them. In the name of progress, we have auctioned off the commons to those who would most aggressively exploit its resources. We have lost sight of the reality that a river can only belong [...]

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FRESH the Movie

[ September 12, 2010; 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. ] Transition Town Media’s Food Group presents FRESH the Movie on Sunday, September 12, 2010 from 1:30 P.M. to 3:30 P.M. at the Middletown Free Library, located at 21 N. Pennell Road, in Lima, PA.

FRESH celebrates the personal stories of the farmers, thinkers and business people across America, who are re-inventing our food [...]

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How to Create Your Condo’s Green Committee

[ September 27, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Join us for a special workshop on developing the tools to bring sustainable practices to your condominium. The program will feature condominium managers and residents describing the development and use of green committees, the challenges the might occur and the techniques for building a consensus for sustainability.

Presented in collaboration with the Green Condominium and Co-op [...]

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Composting can reduce the cost of waste management

[ September 22, 2010; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Please join us for a discussion of food waste and composting and how we can combat climate change. This event is sponsored by the Springfield Township EAC.

What does waste mean in Delaware County?
What can we we do with our waste?
What if we went back to the good old garbage man days?
What if we can keep [...]

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Volunteers are needed to plant bare root trees

[ November 6, 2010; 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. ] HELP! Join tree tenders, tree lovers, and neighbors help Springfield Twp residents plant bare root trees on their front lawns. We need your help and expertise so that the bare root trees get off to a good start.

DATE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2010
TIME: 8:30 A.M. We can fine tune and [...]

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LIVE DEMONSTRATION OF HOW TO PLANT A BARE ROOT TREE

[ September 27, 2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Program includes planting and discussion of bare root trees

PRESENTED BY: BARLEY VANCLIEF, Tree Tender Project Manager, PA Horticulture Society

PLACE: SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP LIBRARY (HOSTING THE PROGRAM)
70 POWELL RD, SPRINGFIELD,PA 19064 (DELAWARE COUNTY)

CONTACT: SPRINGFIELD TWP LIBRARY: 610-543-2113 EXT 112
ANN JACKSON: ajackson61@verizon.net, phone: 610-543-2274

Free and open to anyone. Good chance to [...]

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Toby Hemenway, author of “Gaia’s Garden” – TWO workshops!

[ September 26, 2010; 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] The Eastern PA Permaculture Guild and The Delaware Center for Horticulture present TWO workshops by Toby Hemenway, author of the classic Permaculture book, “Gaia’s Garden.”

“Gaia’s Garden is simply the best permaculture book ever written, and is in the running for best gardening book ever written. No one should be without it.”
—Sharon Astyk, author of Depletion [...]

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Interesting things this week August 20, 2010

In reading some posts from current.com, I found some interesting articles.
Senate Bill S510 Makes it illegal to Grow, Share, Trade or Sell Homegrown Food
Listening to the Earth: The way to healing us and the world
Scientists stunned as bee populations continue to decline
China’s Fight Against Disposable Chopsticks | 100 Acres of Trees Are Felled Every 24 [...]

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