At Thursday’s Annual Meeting of Southeast Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership (SEMAP), executive director, Bridget Alexander Ferreira, announced SEMAP’s first-ever membership drive. “We want to keep the momentum from the relaunch going,” said Alexander Ferreira. “Our goal is 500 new and renewing members by January 1, 2011,” she continued. With SEMAP’s newly established 501(c)(3) designation as a charitable non-profit, donations are now tax deductible and with the new website, memberships can be taken online. Invest in your community—invest in you—support SEMAP. See ‘Get Involved’ at semaponline.org to become a member, volunteer, or sponsor.

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On Earth Hour hundreds of millions of people, organizations, corporations and governments around the world will come together to make a bold statement about their concern for climate change by doing something quite simple—turning off their lights for one hour. In the U.S. where we are already feeling the impacts of climate change, Earth Hour sends a clear message that Americans care about this issue and want to turn the lights out on dirty air, dangerous dependency on foreign oil and costly climate change impacts, and make the switch to cleaner air, a strong economic future and a more secure nation.

The 350 Block Party on October 10, 2010, is Greater New Bedford’s culminating celebration of the international day of environmental action, to follow a number of local action/work parties across the South Coast.

What: 10/10/10 350 Block Party

When: October 10, 2010, 3-6 pm.

Where: The Sacred Green Space, on the corner of Chancery and Kempton St., New Bedford, MA

The 10/10/10 Climate Action Block Party on October 10, 2010 is Greater New Bedford’s culminating celebration of the international day of environmental action, to follow a number of local action/work parties across the South Coast.

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Join us for a community Block Party to celebrate local efforts to combat climate change. The main stage location is at The Sacred Green Space on the corner of Chancery St and Kempton St. Festivities will include live music and entertainment, contests and prizes, community discussions and free locally grown food! We will also have a “swap meet,” so bring some useful or nice things to pass on!

The Block Party is part of a global day of action, with over 7000 events worldwide where citizens will come together and take action to demand strong leadership on climate and environmental issues. This event is both an extension and a follow-up to the 350 Rally held in New Bedford (and worldwide) on October 24, 2009.

We hope to see you there!

Event Website: http://www.facebook.com/NewBedfordPOWER

Get Involved!: call the POWER project at 1-877-979-POWER or The Spiritual Exploratory Center (508) 990-1425

Event Host: The POWER project (people organizing for wealth and ecological restoration), Green jobs Green Economy Initiative, ESHU2 (education should help us X ecology spirituality health and unity)Collective, ASAP (All Scholastic Athletic Program), YouthBuild New Bedford, The Hunger Commisssion, SEEAL (Southeastern Environmental Education Alliance, a program of the Community Foundation), University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Spiritual Warrrior Society and more tba.

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Home owner & adult workshops
Location: Auditorium
1:30 Reduce. Reduce. Reduce. Save Money. Be Green.
2:35 Native Landscaping
3:40 Growing Vegetables (Advanced Course)

NEW BEDFORD – A grassroots candlelight vigil to encourage the City to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help combat climate change is scheduled for 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, in front of City Hall on William Street.

Here it comes—the hustle bustle of the holidays—when fun heartfelt times with family and friends is accompanied by unsustainable consumption and waste. Green up your holidays this year. We have browsed the web and collected the best info we could find to get you started on planning a low impact holiday season, early.