[Chat] Fwd: Local Green Events

[Crystal]

> From the
> 
> CENTER FOR A LIVABLE FUTURE (CLF)
> The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
> 615 N. Wolfe Street, Room W8503
> Baltimore, MD 21205-2179
> 410-502-7578
> clf at jhsph.edu
> http://www.jhsph.edu/environment/
> 
> 
> CHESAPEAKE BAY REGION EVENTS
> *Smart Growth Speaker Series - Natalie Gochnour
> *Permaculture Design Course
> *Green Festival
> *Jones Falls Valley Celebration
> *Herring Run Watershed Association Volunteer Events
> *National Nonpoint Source Monitoring Workshop
> 
>
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> September 15 , 2004
> Washington, D.C.
> The National Building Museum, 401 F Street, N.W.,
> (Judiciary Square Metro)
> SMART GROWTH SPEAKER SERIES - NATALIE GOCHNOUR
> Envision Utah: Lessons from the Front Natalie
> Gochnour, Associate Administrator for Public Affairs
> U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Before joining
> Administrator Leavitt's leadership team at the U.S. 
> EPA, Natalie Gochnour served on the Envision Utah
> Steering Committee and managed the technical work
> for
> the Envision Utah partnership. 
> Envision Utah is a groundbreaking public/private
> partnership formed to guide development and
> implementation of a quality growth strategy for the
> Greater Wasatch Area around Salt Lake City.  The
> community has worked for five years to build a
> voluntary partnership, prepare meaningful analysis,
> inform community leaders and adopt a preferred
> approach.  This approach applies many smart growth
> principles such as mixing land uses, providing
> transportation and housing choices, and preserving
> critical lands.  Natalie will report on the key
> lessons that Envision Utah offers to other regions
> seeking to tap local citizen expertise to create a
> shared vision for life quality. For more information
> please visit
>
http://www.smartgrowth.org/audio/default.asp?res=1152
> 
> **********************
> September 17, 2004 thru March 20, 2005
> Washington, D.C.
> 14th and Longfellow Streets, N.W.,
> PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE
> Garden Resources of Washington and Earthkeeping
> Ministry are sponsoring a ten day Permaculture
> Certification Course.  Permaculture is a tool for
> creating futures that are economically, ecologically
> and spiritually viable.  Using natural rhythms and
> patterns, woven together with appropriate
> technologies
> and ancient wisdoms, Permaculture seeks to restore
> ecology and redesign human communities to be
> harmoniously connected to the natural world.  The
> principles and practices of Permaculture can empower
> each of us to make a difference. For more
> information
> 724-376-2797,  or defrey at bioshelter.com.
> 
> **********************
> September 18 thru 19, 2004
> Washington, D.C.
> Washington Convention Center
> GREEN FESTIVAL
> This is a festival focusing on positive choices that
> are good for the environment and good for the
> Chesapeake Bay. The festival features green
> technology, fair trade, social investing, renewable
> energy, environmental justice, as well as live
> music,
> national and local speakers, entertainment, arts and
> crafts, organic food and beverages.  Volunteers
> needed
> to staff the Chesapeake Bay Foundation booth both
> days! To sign up or to get more information contact
> Heather Hetzeck at Hhetzeck at cbf.org or 443-482-2037.
> 
> For more information on the festival visit
>
http://www.greenfestivals.org/article.php?list=type&type=29
> 
> **********************
> Sunday, September 19, 2004 8am to 2:30pm
> Baltimore, MD
> On the northbound lanes of the JFX (I-83), Cold
> Spring
> Lane on-ramp.
> 2004 JONES FALLS VALLEY CELEBRATION
> The 7th Annual Jones Falls Valley Celebration will
> close the northbound lanes of the JFX for running,
> rollerblading, biking, walking, and cavorting, while
> boating enthusiasts enjoy the "real" Jones Falls in
> a
> floating caravan of kayaks and canoes. From 8:00
> a.m.
> when the runners take to the highway for the 5-Mile
> Run Off, until 2:30 p.m. when northbound traffic
> resumes, the fast lanes of the expressway are
> transformed into the world's widest sidewalk. The
> event benefits the Jones Falls Watershed Association
> and serves as a reminder that the Jones Falls is a
> river as well as a highway and that the valley
> provides some of the most scenic views in Baltimore.
> Registration for participants in the 5-Mile race is
> $20 in advance and $25 after September 10th.
> Registration for the canoe and kayak race is $10 in
> advance and $15 after September 10th. Registration
> for
> the biking race time trials is $20.00. Sponsorship
> for
> the Frog Race down the Jones Falls is $5.00 per frog
> or $20 for five frogs. Ride the light rail to the
> Cold
> Spring station. Free parking at Poly/Western high
> school. Volunteers are also needed to help with the
> logistics on the day of the event. To participate as
> a
> volunteer or to receive more information, call:
> 410-261-3515 or email eebrown at jonesfalls.org or
> visit
> www.jonesfalls.com
> 
> **********************
> Weekdays from August 12 through October 23, 2004
> Baltimore, Maryland
> HERRING RUN WATERSHED ASSOCIATION VOLUNTEER EVENTS
> As a partner with Baltimore City Forestry  we'd like
> to engage volunteers and residents to plant trees to
> green our streets, clean the air, increase property
> values, and reduce stormwater runoff pollutants. On
> weekdays from 8am to 3pm through August 12th, join
> our
> Youthworks team to complete a pilot street tree
> survey
> in Belair Edison.  Learn about street trees, tree
> identification, inventory methods, while helping to
> bring more trees to a neighborhood.  On September
> 11,
> from 9am to 12pm, pick up a free rain barrel and
> learn
> how to install your new rain barrel to help the Run.
> Limit one per family. On October 23rd participate in
> the Herring Run Park Celebration and Volunteer
> Appreciation Day from 9am to 2pm.  Come out to clean
> up the Run, beautify the Park, and celebrate our
> great
> volunteers.  Food and music provided.  For more
> information contact Darin Crew at
> dcrew at herringrun.org, or 410-254-1577, or visit
> www.herringrun.org
> 
> **********************
> September 26 thru 30, 2004
> Ocean City, Maryland
> Princess Royale Conference Center
> NATIONAL NONPOINT SOURCE MONITORING WORKSHOP
> This workshop, "Managing Nutrient Inputs & Exports
> in
> the Rural Landscape" will bring together land
> managers
> and water quality specialists to share information
> on
> the effectiveness of best management practices in
> improving water quality, effective monitoring
> techniques, and statistical analysis of watershed
> data.  The agenda will include three days of
> sessions,
> posters presentations and a field trip. Plus, two
> half-day workshops will focus on Project Evaluation
> and Nonpoint Source Modeling.  For more information
> please visit
>
http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/NPSWorkshop/NPSworkshop.html
> 
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