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Welcome to the Abington Township Environmental Advisory Council (EAC) and Shade Tree Commission (STC) web site. The EAC and STC work together to provide a clean and healthy environment for residents in our community through various programs outlined on this web site.
AnnouncementsRegister now for upcoming workshops: Green your Yard - September 2010 date TBA, at Meadowbrook Farm, 1633 Washington Lane, Meadowbrook. Free. We'll show you how to green your yard, and help you create a healthier and more beautiful space for your family. Rain Barrel Workshop - Wednesday October 13, 2010, 7:30 pm at the Abington Township building, 1176 Old York Road, Abington. Workshop is free, $35 fee to purchase a rainbarrel ($100 value). Everyone should have a rain barrel. Learn how easy it is to install. Trees for Abington - Saturday March 26, 2011, 9:00 am at Briar Bush Nature Center, 1212 Edge Hill Rd, Abington - Workshop is free, fee TBA to purchase a tree ($50-$70 value). Trees are like chicken-soup for the soul. Trees benefit people and the environment. Trees help reduce flooding, pollution, and green-house gases. Learn how to plant and care for trees. More information at Trees for Abington. Living Streamside - April 2011 date TBA, at the Roslyn Boys and Girls Club, Roslyn Park. Free. If you live next to a stream, don't miss this workshop on how to love your stream. We'll show you how to beautify your stream and reduce flooding and erosion. For more information, or to register for any of these workshops, please contact Michele Kaczelak at 215-884-4822 or jjkaczalek@aol.com . These workshops are sponsored by a grant from Water Resources Education Network, a program of the Pennsylvania League of Women Voters. Meadowbrook Bird Sanctuary wins 2010 Montgomery Award At the July Board of Commissioners meeting, Meadowbrook Bird Sanctuary was awarded the 2010 Montgomery Award for environmental leadership in Abington township. The group took a former sewer project staging area and turned it into a beautiful neighborhood park and bird oasis. Congratulations
to MBS! Please visit the Montgomery Award page for details.
Saving
Energy for your business - thank you Thank you to the Abington Twp Economic Development Committee and Matt Lahaza for partnering with the EAC to present this workshop for businesses about energy audits, tax credits, best cost energy improvements, financing opportunities, and when renewable is doable. Business people learned how to best manage their energy use. The workshop was held on Tuesday May 4 at 3:00 pm at the Abington Township Municipal building, 1176 Old York Rd. Visit the Energy Workshop page for details. 2010 Earth Day Events - thank you Thank you to all of the residents and community organizations who helped clean up Abington during our month long celebration of Earth Day. Together we cleaned up parks, and planted in public spaces. Sites included Abington Junior High School, Alverthorpe Park, Copper Beech Elementary, Crosswicks Audubon Sanctuary, Keswick Avenue train underpass, McKinley Elementary, and Roychester Park. Thanks for keeping Abington beautiful! Please check our Earth Day page for additional details.
2010
Arbor Day Celebration - thank you Thank you to everyone who helped make our Arbor Day celebration a big success: Abington Twp, Abington commissioners, TreeVitalize, NAM Planning, and our neighborhood volunteers. Together we completed Phase 4 of the TreeVitalize Roslyn Park streambank restoration
planting, celebrated Arbor Day, and received our Tree City USA award. Details at Arbor Day. Saving Energy at Home or Office workshop - thank you Thank you to Earthright and Abington Twp for partnering with the EAC to present this workshop about energy audits, tax credits, best cost energy improvements, financing opportunities, and when renewable is doable. Residents learned how to best
manage their energy use. The workshop was held on Tuesday April 6 at 7:00 pm
at the Abington Township Municipal building, 1176 Old York Rd. Visit the April 2010 Energy
Workshop page for details. For more information, please call Paul Macht of
Earthright at 215-572-7511.
Tree Planting and
Maintenance Workshop - thank you
This
year's tree workshop on March 27th was our fourth year of encouraging
residents to plant trees. By providing high quality trees and teaching
residents about tree care, we hope to improve our community. Thanks to Pennsylvania
Horticulture Society and TreeVitalize for
offering the bare-root tree program. Thanks to the Abington Parks and
Recreation Department for their support. Thanks to Briar Bush Nature Center for
generously hosting our
event. Thank you to our residents for planting a tree and making our
community a better place. More information at Trees
for Abington. Change of meeting night Beginning in January 2010, public meetings will be held on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:30 pm at the Abington township building, 1176 Old York Road. The meetings are open to the public and we welcome your comments and suggestions. Recycling OpportunitiesReduce, Reuse, Recycle! Plastics recycling at Whole Foods Market Every second Thursday of the month, 9 am - 7 pm. Cost: Free. Bring your #1 through #7 plastics to Whole Foods Market Jenkintown Store, 1575 The Fairway, Jenkintown, PA. No Styrofoam, please. Details at http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/jenkintown/storecalendar.php*
Best Buy Electronic Recycling
Customers may drop off up to two devices per day at any Best Buy including televisions and monitors up to 32 inches, desktop computers, notebooks, videocassette recorders, DVD players and phones. A $10 recycling fee will apply to any unit with screens, such as televisions and computers. Customers instantly will received a $10 Best Buy gift card in exchange for the recycling fee. The fee does not apply for any of Bet Buy's exclusive-branded products, such as Insignia, Dynex and VPR Matric. Appliances are not covered under the program.
EAC/STC Volunteer OpportunitiesBecome an associate member of the EAC
You can become part of a local network of concerned and generous people who care about our environment in Abington. Volunteers are always needed to help with EAC/STC events, projects, planning, and on-going maintenance of public green spaces. This volunteer work qualifies as community service for most organizations, and fulfills requirements for service learning and scouting. Contact us at eac.abington@gmail.com.
Maintenance of plants in public spaces
The EAC/STC needs neighbors to help maintain public green spaces in their neighborhoods. You can learn the tricks of growing green in an urban environment and discover free local plant resources. The township green spaces are listed on the Local Programs page, under the heading "Greening Projects". If you would like to adopt or help with a certain site, contact the person listed there, or contact eac.abington@gmail.com.
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