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| This week in conservation February 25 - March 2, 2008 |
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| Sustainable Book Club Meeting | ||||||||
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| The CIRenew chapter meeting | ||||||||
| Wed, Feb 27, The CIRenew chapter meeting will feature Jeff Rogers talking about his zero-energy, LEED platinum home in Truro at 7 pm at the Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham. Check out www.cigogreen.org for details. All are invited. | ||||||||
| Nutrition Lecture | ||||||||
| Sat, March 1, Nutrition Lecture 7-8 pm, Natural Food Barn, 294 State Rd., Vineyard Haven. With Lisa Vunk. Alternatives to white sugar. Weekly through May 3. Free. 508-471.3707. | ||||||||
| Geology Guided Walk | ||||||||
 Sun, March 2, Geology Guided Walk 1 pm, The Trustees of Reservations, State Rd., Vineyard Haven. Slide show followed by walk at Menemsha Hills Reservation, Chilmark. No dogs. $15; free for members. Pre-register: 508-693-7662. |
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| Mitten Class | ||||||||
| Sun, March 2, Mitten Class, ISLAND ALPACA CLASSES, 11 am to 3 pm Mittens are fun to make. In this class we will make a basic mitten that will fit well and the pattern can be adapted to any size from a child to an adult. Learn the basic mitten in this class and take off from here! Registration: Contact instructor, Ann Marie D'Addarie @ 508-274-9696, or Farm, @ 1-508-693-5554, or send along and email to islandalpaca@verizon.net Class Fee: $45 | ||||||||
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| Save The Date | ||||||||
| Fuel Your Farm's Future: New technologies and resources to stretch your farm dollar and increase profits |
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 A One-Day Farm Conference and Resource Fair Sponsored by Bristol Conservation District and SEMAPSaturday, March 8, 8:00 am-4:00 pm Bristol Co. Agricultural High School, 135 Center St., Dighton MA Cost: $15 (includes lunch). Up to 2 pesticide recertification credits offered Season Extension - Farm Transfer/Tenure - Grant Updates - Biodiesel - Pesticide Credits March 1, deadline to register: Bristol Conservation District, 508-669-6621, bec.turner@verizon.net OR SEMAP, 508-295-2212 x50, info@semaponline.org, www.semaponline.org |
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| Announcement | ||||||||
| MV Times Article on Energy Saving Tips |
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| The Martha's Vineyard Times will celebrate Earth Day with an article on no-nonsense, everyday things we do to save the planet. Tell us what you do. For example Anna Marie D'Addarie, Calendar Editor, says, "I take 5 minute showers and put my watering can into the shower to capture the water as it heats up before I get in. Also, I do not buy or drink bottle water and I always use a refillable mug for my morning coffee. I changed my habits after taking the Low Carbon Diet Workshop at the Vineyard Haven Library in November." Tell us how you make a difference. Email Anna Marie at: calendar@mvtimes.com. |
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| Mobilizing to Save Civilization |
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| Need data? Sometimes numbers can tell a story. Here are some of the figures from the behind-the-scenes research for the latest book from Earth Policy Institute, Plan B 3.0. Did you know? The eight warmest years on record have all occurred in the last decade. For seven of the last eight years, the world has consumed more grain than it produced; grain stocks are now at a historic low. One fifth of the U.S. grain harvest is now being turned into fuel ethanol. One third of reptile, amphibian, and fish species examined by the World Conservation Union are considered to be threatened with extinction. And much more.. Complete data sets and charts are now available on-line at www.earthpolicy.org/Books/PB3/data.htm |
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| Welcome to our Summer 2008 Programs page! The Farm Institute |
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 Need some information on our summer programs? Well look no further. Our programs are designed to connect children to the culture of agriculture through fun, exciting, and informative farm experiences. Our belief is that just about everything a child learns—values, work ethic, teamwork, commitment to community, caring for the land, even the "3-Rs"—are experienced on the FARM. It is our joy to work with our young students and help them grow alongside our plants and animals.http://www.farminstitute.org/programs/progsummcamp.html |
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| MVC Update | ||||||||
| “Development Permitting Processes on Martha's Vineyard” | ||||||||
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| Water Update | ||||||||
| Island Plan, Water Resources, Discussion paper | ||||||||
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| Energy Update | ||||||||
| As Nuclear Waste Languishes, Expense to U.S. Rises |
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| The Vineyard Energy Project Reaches Crossroad of Change |
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 The founder of the Vineyard Energy Project, Kate Warner, is preparing to step down as director as the VEP shifts its focus from primarily education and advocacy to practical implementation of energy saving measures.http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?15500 |
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| Nature Update | ||||||||
| How to Handle an Invasive Species? Eat it |
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A report by an independent consultant has come out with strong recommendations that the waste management functions on Martha's Vineyard should not only be consolidated under one central authority but infrastructure changes could force improvements in the ways that our wastes and recyclables are handled.
Tues, Feb 26, Sustainable Book Club Meeting 7 pm, Vineyard Conservation Society, Wakeman Center, off of Lambert's Cove Rd., Tisbury. "The Creation" by Edward O. Wilson. Refreshments. Free.
The Martha's Vineyard Commission has released “Development Permitting Processes on Martha's Vineyard”, a study that addresses how the permitting processes at the town and Commission level can be made more transparent and efficient, without compromising the standards that boards and commissions are mandated to uphold.
How Can We Ensure Clean Water in our Taps and Ponds?
WASHINGTON — Forgotten but not gone, the waste from more than 100 nuclear reactors that the federal government was supposed to start accepting for burial 10 years ago is still at the reactor sites, at least 20 years behind schedule. But it is making itself felt in the federal budget. 
LATE last year, a flotilla of fluorescent jellyfish covering 10 square miles of ocean was borne by the tide into a small bay on the Irish Sea. These mauve stingers, venomous glow-in-the-dark plankton native to the Mediterranean, slipped through the mesh of aquaculture nets, stinging the 120,000 fish in Northern Ireland’s only salmon farm to death.