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| This week in conservation December 24 - 30, 2007 |
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| The VCS Board and Staff wish all our loyal supporters a very happy holiday and a healthy prosperous and safe New Year! Our office will be closed through the holidays and reopen Wednesday, January 2, 2008. Look for your next edition of the Conservation Almanac January 7, 2008. | |||||||||||
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| Island Grown Initiative Farm to School | |||||||||||
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| The Environmental Partners Group | |||||||||||
| Wed. Jan 8, 2008, The Environmental Partners Group, an independent consulting organization, will present the findings from their MV Solid Waste Management Study at the OB Library. The refuse district, as well as the towns of Tisbury and OB commissioned the study. The presentation will begin at 12:00 PM. Land use both present and future will be part of their talk and should be particularly interesting to all town Fin Com members. Any other interested individuals are welcome to attend. | |||||||||||
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| Announcement | |||||||||||
| Action Alert! Sign The Pledge to Support The Environmental Bond Bill! |
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| The Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition urges you to support what will be the most important environmental legislation of the next five years, the Environmental Bond. The bond funds programs and policy initiatives ranging from land protection, aquatic and wetland restoration, rare species recovery, and MassGIS, to renewable energy initiatives. We expect this bill to contain $250 million for land protection!!! The Patrick administration now plans to file the Environmental Bond Bill Wednesday, Dec 19th. Go to http://www.massland.org/pages/newsletter/documents/enews121707.pdf for more detail. |
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| Community Energy Challenge: Promoting Energy Efficiency and Renewables in New England Cities and Towns |
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| The Community Energy Challenge is an opportunity for municipalities across New England to identify simple and cost-effective measures that increase energy efficiency and renewable energy use while reducing air pollution and saving money. http://www.epa.gov/ne/eco/energy/energy-challenge.html |
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| Water Update | |||||||||||
| Edgartown, Oak Bluffs join in Sengekontacket Pond effort |
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| Climate Change Update | |||||||||||
| Climate Plan Looks Beyond Bush’s Tenure |
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| What Was That All About? |
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| As readers of this column know, I have a rule that there is a simple way to test whether any Arab-Israeli peace deal is real or not: If you need a Middle East expert to explain it to you, it’s not real. I now have the same rule about global climate agreements: If you need an environmental expert to explain it to you, it’s not real. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/19/ opinion/19friedman.html?th&emc=th |
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| Recycle Update | |||||||||||
| 100% Corn-based products will soon be saturating the Island! |
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On December 18, Eric Grubman officially acquired Benson's Thimble Farm from Lawrence Benson. The new owner, working closely with Andrew Woodruff and the Whippoorwill Farm CSA Advisory Group, will immediately begin to develop a master plan for the property that will explore the best options for the acreage and infrastructure that now exists or could exist on the property.
(12-17) 04:00 PST Washington -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may have left her progressive instincts at the barn door when she drove a starch-, sugar- and fat-bloated bill that all but left out organic farmers through the House last summer, but when it comes to food for Congress, it's out with high-fructose corn syrup and in with uncaged hens and hormone-free milk.
Wed, Jan 8, 2008, Island Grown Initiative Farm to School, from 7pm - 8:30pm at Island Co-housing’s Common House in West Tisbury. Come see, hear and brainstorm about the many ways to connect island schools to island farms via curriculum, cafeteria and community.
Edgartown and Oak Bluffs selectmen met together Monday to address the growing problem of bacterial pollution in Sengekontacket Pond. The boards agreed to work jointly to improve water quality.
NUSA DUA, Indonesia — The world’s faltering effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions got a new lease on life on Saturday, as delegates from 187 countries agreed to negotiate a new accord over the next two years — pushing the crucial debates about United States participation into the administration of a new American president.
Just eight months ago Mark Martin hadn’t given recycling a thought, now that is just about all he thinks about. His consciousness was raised by the wave of recent stories about tainted pet foods, poisoned products and dangerous toys. The power of the purse over company policy suddenly became very apparent to him.