Next Wayland Green Team Meeting Happy Hollow ES Library THURSDAY JUNE 5, 2014 3.30-5.00pm The Wayland Green Team meetings are held every FIRST Thursday of the month, unless otherwise announced. Welcome! Contact us at info@waylandgreenteam.org Wayland Green Team In The News "Wayland Produce Served in School Cafeterias" Nov 2, 2013 Wayland Town Crier Read the article here: Good to Know The Environmental Working Group has put together their new Dirty Dozen (and then some) and Clean Fifteen produce & pesticide shopping guide. Check it out here. MORE ABOUT EARTH DAY Earth Day Network Website | What's Going On Check out the Wayland School Gardens this summer! _____________________ Next Wayland High School Green Thumb Club Meeting Thursday APRIL 17th 2.15pm WHS Room B134 _____________________ SUPPORT THE NEW Wayland High School GARDEN ON WAYLAND EARTH DAY IS COMING SUNDAY MAY 4th 2014 11am to 3pm at the Wayland Town Hall Come Join our "SkillFest"! _____________________ SATURDAY February 15, 2014 Join Massachusetts Beekeepers and demand Lowe and Home Depot stop selling bee killing pesticides and plants. When and where: Saturday, February 15, 11 AM – 2 PM 11 AM – 12 PM: Natick Home Depot ( 339 Speen St, Natick, MA 01760) 12 – 1 PM: Framingham Lowe’s ( 350 Cochituate Rd, Framingham, MA 01701) 1 - 2 PM : Waltham Home Depot (00 1st Ave, Waltham, MA 02451) Beekeepers, come in costume, light your smokers, bring flowers and signs, kids too. This is a friendly action. Protesters will collect signatures on Valentines cards, asking that these stores “Show Bees Some Love” by removing bee-killing pesticides and plants from their shelves.(*)www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2013-08-bee-die-offs-new-tests-find-bee-killing-pesticides ____________________________ 350MA METROWEST NODE MEETING THURSDAY, JAN. 16, 2014 7-9 PM at the First Parish of Sudbury, Unitarian Universalist on 327 Concord Road, in Sudbury. Bring your own mug! 350 Massachusetts is a volunteer-led, campaign-focused initiative convened and facilitated by Better Future Project, connecting and organizing a strong grassroots coalition to address climate change and build a just and secure future beyond fossil fuels. Learn More About the Brand New 350MA ___________________________________ Museum of Science's FOOD ON FILM PRESENTS and Boston Natural Areas Network's 2014 FILM SERIES Presents: Symphony of the Soil Wednesday, January 29; 7:00 p.m. Cahners Theater, Museum of Science Admission: Free Thomas J. Akin, conservation agronomist, grazing lands coordinator, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service | Serita D. Frey PhD, professor of soil microbial ecology, University of New Hampshire; research faculty at The Harvard Forest | Jim Ward, farmer and owner, Ward's Berry Farm, Sharon, Massachusetts __________________________ WAYLAND GREEN TEENS MEETING TUESDAY FEB. 4, 2014 2.14-3.15pm Room 228B at the Wayland High School The Wayland Green Teens are building a garden at the Wayland High School and doing a kayak river clean up with Pat Conway this spring. The WGTeens are also participating in Earth Day on May 4, 2014! All Wayland High School Students are welcome to join! __________________________________ Transition Wayland Eliminating Plastic Bags The Wayland Green Team and Transition Wayland are spearheading an effort to eliminate plastic bags. We would appreciate your support in showing the company that Wayland is behind this environment and wildlife-friendly policy. Read this letter and contact andrea@waylandgreenteam.org if you want to sign it or help. Got Styrofoam? Grace Congregational Church in conjunction with REFOAMIT, LLC is sponsoring: Foam Recycling Day (Styrofoam) for residential and small businesses Saturday January 4, 2014 10-3pm Please remove all tape, labels and food and bring to: Grace Congregational Church 76 Salem End Road Framingham, MA 508-872-3342 About that Trash! You know (what should be) the old saying: look at someone's trash and you know everything about them. The Green Team has put out a call to the school community to investigate our Town's trash in a school made documentary. Contact kaat@transitionewayland.org is you want to help. Find more info here. Past Events May 2012. Success! Our efforts, especially those of Green Teamer Pat Conaway, paid off: Wayland's public spaces and ball fields have adopted new, blue recycling bins next to the existing green trash bins. Read about it in the Patch and the Town Crier. The Green Team met with the Board of Public Works on Monday, April 30, 2012, to stress the continued need for recycling pickup at our fields and parks. Soon after the issue was resolved and we'll have a recycling program! Read the article in the Patch for more details. |