Upcoming Regional Events
| April 24, 10-1:00 pm |
Electronics Recycling Day. Westport River Watershed Alliance is hosting the 4th annual Computer and Electronics Recycling day on April 24th, so start gathering up all of your batteries, lightbulbs, computers, and electronics. The event was a big success last few years with tens of thousands of pounds of electronics recycled. Complete Recycling Solutions from Fall River will return this year to help rid you of unwanted technology at special discounted rates. For a pdf of accepted items and their prices click here. Please note: cash and checks only, no credit/debit cards will be accepted. They will load all of the items into their trucks and then dispose of them properly and responsibly. 816 Main Road, Westport, MA. www.wrwa.com, 508-636-3016. |
| April 24, 1-3 p.m. |
Native Pollinator Workshop. Join The Trustees of Reservations to learn how you can attract native bees, butterflies and other beneficial insects to your garden and how you can help us to survey and monitor these important pollinators at the Westport Town Farm. bioreserve@ttor.org. |
| April 24, 9-11 a.m. |
Vernal Pool Exploration at Westport Town Farm. Join WRWA Education Coordinator, Shelli Costa, in an up-close and personal exploration of some local vernal pools at DNRT's Parson's Reserve. These seasonal water bodies provide crucial breeding habitat for mole salamanders, wood frogs, and other species. We will be getting our hands wet looking for frog/salamander eggs and other critters that are dependant on these pools. Russells Mills, Dartmouth. www.wrwa.com. |
| April 24, 11-4 p.m. |
Civic Engagement Summit. The primary goal of the summit is to increase understanding of community assets as a means to deepen our commitment to civic engagement. If you are interested in civic engagement or want to understand how to build community, develop volunteers, or use service learning. Keynote speaker: Professor John McNight, Northwestern University, and Governor Deval Patrick has been invited. UMass Dartmouth, Woodland Commons, South Dartmouth. $25. Students with valid i.d., free. Lunch provided. Register > |
| April 26, 2010 | Climate Change & Wildlife Conference: Adaptation and Mitigation. Speakers include Ian A. Bowles, Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Hector Galbraith, Ph.D., Director, Climate Change and Energy Initiative, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences. Workshops will provide the latest thinking on how climate change will impact fish and wildlife resources, present opportunities to become actively involved in monitoring and on the ground management activities, establish a regional context for climate change issues, and identify emerging issues. Registration $50 >. Newton, MA |
| April 27, 8:30-4:00 p.m |
Regional Conference on Sustainability. Keynote presenters include Richard Heinberg, and Mark Sylvia, Director of Massachusetts Green Communities Division. Panel discussions of special interest to municipal leaders and local businesses. Sponsored by the Southeastern Massachusetts Council on Sustainability. Bristol Community College, Fall River. www.umassd.edu/sustainability/. |
| April 28th, Noon | Richard Heinburg, author of Peak Everything: Waking up to a Century of Declines. Location TBA. UMass Dartmouth Office of Campus & Community Sustainability Visit http://www.umassd.edu/sustainability/events.cfm, for more info. |
| April 28, 6:30 pm | No Impact Man (Sustainability Film Series, sponsored by Office of Campus & Community Sustainability). As the news stories go: "Colin Beavan is a liberal schlub who got tired of listening to himself complain about the world without ever actually doing anything about it" Thus, in November, 2006, Beavan launched a year-long project in which he, his wife, his two-year-old daughter and his four-year-old dog went off the grid and attempted to live in the middle of New York City with as little environmental impact as possible. The No Impact project has been the subject of stories in the New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor, and many other national and international news outlets. UMass Dartmouth Library Browsing Area. http://www.noimpactdoc.com/ |
| July 18, 1-4:30 pm | Creating Backyard Biodiversity – a Workshop. This lecture and field tour is an opportunity for sharing the experience of one who has spent twenty years creating and sustaining a variety of microhabitats in a suburban backyard. His _ acre “sanctuary” that began as an empty building lot now has a meadow, shrubland thicket, woodland, and a small pond and marsh. There is practical advice for creating and sustaining wild places, dirty fingernail stuff such as managing invasive plants and pond muck, mowing suggestions for cool and warm season grasses, and finding and introducing native plants that survive wild competition—Natural Landscaping 101. This workshop shows the exciting potential for natural beauty and biodiversity in a limited suburban land area with successional habitats and common southern New England native plants. Westport & Tiverton. Instructor: Garry Plunkett, Naturalist. Fee: $28 (Members) / $32 (Nonmembers). Limit: 12. Cosponsor: New England WildFlower Society. To register call Westport River Watershed Alliance office, 508-636-3016, or register online, www.wrwa.com. |
| July 31 | Coalition For Buzzards Bay Swim Buzzards Bay. The Swim is a 1.2 mile open-water swim through outer New Bedford Harbor from Davy's Locker in New Bedford to Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven. Each year, hundreds of swimmers ages 12 and up plunge into Buzzards Bay and prove that the Swim is for every age, shape, size, ability, and fitness level. The course through warm water draws serious competitors, first-timers, families, teams, and everyone in between. To learn more, visit www.savebuzzardsbay.org. |
| July 31 | Westport Land Conservation Trust. The Barn Dance for 2010. Want to be on the invite list for next year? Join as a member! Westport, MA. Call 508-636-9228, or email to jlynch@westportlandtrust.org. |
| Oct 3 | Coalition For Buzzards Bay Fourth Annual Watershed Ride. Help us pedal our way to a healthier Bay by participating in the Third Annual Watershed Ride - a fully-supported, one-day, 75-mile cycling event to build awareness and raise funds to Save Buzzards Bay. Cycle through pastoral farmlands, coastal villages, cranberry bogs, working waterfronts and the back roads of Cape Cod - all while helping your Bay and its watershed. For more info, visit www.savebuzzardsbay.org. |
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APR 2010 |
| 4.24 | 10:00 - 1:00pm Electronics Recycling |
| 4.24 | 1:00 - 3:00pm - Native Pollinator Workshop |
| 4.24 | 9:00 - 11:00am Vernal Pool Exploration |
Make a statement to address climate change!
On Thursday, April 8th, at 5:00 p.m., attend New Bedford’s
Earth Eve Procession. The day will be filled with fun, as the
group parades along the route with their eco-floats
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