Posted by SerahRose on 10-7-10 in Latest | Comments Off on Register for Clean Energy Connections
Clean Energy Connections: Business Growth for a Carbon-Neutral Future is the region’s premier forum for green career- and business-development information and networking. The event convenes business owners, entrepreneurs, financiers, educators, career seekers, community leaders, and public agencies. On Wednesday, October 20, you will: – ACCESS resources to build your green business. – MEET entrepreneurs and clean energy experts contributing to the green economy. – LEARN...
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Posted by SerahRose on 8-26-10 in Latest | Comments Off on Green Consortium: Planning Charette
Saturday August 28th from 8am to 1:30pm, Western Mass Green Consortium is a hosting a planning charrette to follow-up the “info barrier.” Where 189 Pleasant Street Easthampton Ma. 01027Why Review “info barrier” workshop report, brainstorm action plans.How Community Collaboration The near-term goal of Project Retrofit is to stimulate demand for energy efficient retrofit work while augmenting thesupply of energy efficient retrofit competent workers in the Pioneer Valley. The long-term goal...
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via pvlocalfirst.org Where: parking lot of WATROBAS MARKET, 81 Sunderland Road, in North Amherst Center When: every Saturday, 9am to 2pm Demand for local produce has been steadily increasing, but it has been very difficult for many small farms to gain access to the more populated Farmers’ Markets. These farms continue to struggle, despite the fact that there is a growing need to connect the farms to the public. To help solve this problem, a group of small family farms and a local grocery...
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Posted by SerahRose on 6-17-10 in General | Comments Off on FREE June 19: Sustainable Energy Summit 2010
Put together by Co-Op Power an PV Local First, this year’s Sustainable Energy Summit is Saturday, June 19. The Summit will be an exciting, fun-filled family event this year with lots of hands-on activities and is held on the shore of the Connecticut River in Holyoke at the Nuestras Raices 30 acre farm, 24 Jones Ferry Road, Holyoke, MA. The gate will open to the public at 10:30 a.m. and festivities will go throughout the day until 7:00 p.m. For more information about exhibitors and...
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Posted by Rich on 5-17-10 in Press | Comments Off on Bike Week, 2010
More at www.pvBikeWeek.com Pioneer Valley cities and towns, from Greenfield to Springfield are hosting fun events for bicyclists such as free breakfasts, bike tours, lectures, public music, community bike rides, and bike-themed film screenings. Some events will be giving away prizes. The week long program encourages people to try bicycling, whether commuting to work or school, or just running errands around town. Bicycling is a fun, efficient way to reduce your carbon footprint and get...
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Friday, May 14 Movie Showing: In Transition ALL WELCOME! Free 7:00 p.m.Media Education Foundation, 60 Masonic St. Northampton,...
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Posted by Rich on 4-29-10 in Transition Towns | Comments Off on Transition Town Training in Montague
TRAINING for TRANSITIONMay 15–16, 2010Montague, Western Massachusetts Transition United States (www.transitionus.org) is offering the two-day Training for Transition course as developed by the Transition Network in England (www.transitiontowns.org, www.transitionnetwork.org). The course is an in-depth experiential introduction to Transition for those considering bringing Transition to their community. It is recommended for local communities wishing to become an...
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Franklin County Green Drinks is on hold starting September 2011. We’ve found that attendance has been down over the past few months and in the interest of making it a successful event for everyone that waiting until there is a higher interest level would be best. Please sign up on the left column to receive notifications of future events and feel free to contact us at info@earththrives.com if you are interested in helping to build this event back up or have any...
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Posted by Rich on 4-22-10 in Press | Comments Off on Earth Day – 40th – 2010
April 22nd is Earth Day — 40th Anniversary – Some local events that happened for Earth Day in Western Mass: More events listed at Earth Day.net Wbgy Earth Week A reminder of what lead to Earth Day, 40 years...
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GREENFIELD, MA – Come see the Greenfield Public Library’s rain garden, and learn how you can beautify your yard or community, while attracting butterflies, keeping our rivers and steams clean, and replenishing our ground water. Ed Himlan, of the Massachusetts Watershed Coalition, will present a slideshow on how to build a rain garden on Tues., April 6, 6:30 – 8:30 pm at the Greenfield Public Library. This event, organized by Greening Greenfield, and co-sponsored by many...
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