Pioneer Valley, MA - EarthThrives is happy to announce that internships and volunteer opportunities are available for the Fall and Winter of 2009-2010. These opportunities in journalism, editing, new media and website operations are expected to fill quickly. Interested applicants should go to http://www.earththrives.com/volunteer for more information about individual positions and details on how to apply.

EarthThrives is very excited to invite the community to engage in the process of bringing information about Green, Sustainable and Local to the people of the Pioneer Valley.

Join the efforts today!

Contact:
Kirsten Bonanza
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(413) 559-9118

We are proud to announce that EarthThrives has been nominated to receive this month's Co-Op Green Stamp from River Valley Market.

River Valley Market sent out this voting info to their members,

"Member-owners, [vote] between now and 9:00 pm on November 27 for November's recipient of donated Green Cards (worth $1.00 each) and cash register can donations. Past monthly recipients have received shopper donations ranging from several hundred to several thousand dollars."

The Pioneer Valley Institute will present author and ecologist Tom Wessels at its annual meeting on Wed., Nov 4 at 7 o’clock in Greenfield Community College’s Sloan Theater on the main campus. The program, based on Wessels’ book Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England, is free and open to the public. There will be a brief business meeting at 6:30 to which all PVI members are urged to come.

If you have organized a consciousness-raising event for next Saturday—October 24^th—the day of climate awareness www.350.org -- make sure you post your events there.

Search for local events at Earththrives' PV valley 350 event search
(It also has a saved copy of local events since 350.org has been pretty busy)