Organic Gardening Workshop at John Jay Homestead, Wednesday, March 10

Organic Gardening Workshop at John Jay Homestead, Wednesday, March 10, with Lisa Schwartz and Isaac Jahns from Rainbeau Ridge, 9-11am

presented by Bedford Garden Club

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Leon Levy Environmental Symposium: How the Greenmarket Saved the Hudson Valley, Sunday, March 7, South Salem

Food, Land, Sustainability: 
Part of a series of 5 cutting edge lectures about the environment, the way we live today, 
and the way we'll need to live in the future

Sunday, March 7, 2010, 3 p.m.

The Annual Leon Levy Environmental Symposium
How the Greenmarket Saved the Hudson Valley
Barry Benepe, co-founder of the New York City Greenmarkets
Jewish Family Congregation, South Salem

Benepe, an architect and planner, started the Greenmarket program in 1975 with an $800 grant from the America the Beautiful Fund to demonstrate how temporary markets could bring life to streets and create community gathering places on empty lots and underused parks. The program now sponsors farmers markets in more than 30 neighborhoods across all five boroughs.Benepe also helped found Transportation Alternatives more info here

The suggested donation is $15 per lecture, or $50 for all five. All proceeds will go to support our land preservation work throughout the county.

Visit the WLT website here, follow them on Twitter, join their conversation on Facebook.

Email Grace Buck to reserve a spot at any of the lectures: Grace@westchesterlandtrust.org.

Or call for more information: 914 241-6346 x24.

If this topic interests you, see the KatonahGreen article on Farmer's Markets as a sign of a vital community
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Slow Food Potluck Meetup, Saturday, Feb 27th, South Salem

Slow Food Potluck hosted by Enviro-photographer J Henry Fair

KatonahGreen is organizing a series of Slow Food Potlucks in northern Westchester
 
Inspired by Josh Viertel's incredibly inspiring talk on Food, Land and Sustainability, we're scheduling a series of potlucks in hopes that they will help to foster a sense of community around food and sustainability issues. After all, what better way than sharing food to do this?

The first one of 2010 will be a potluck held in the home of renowned enviro-photojournalist J. Henry Fair in South Salem. Henry will briefly talk about his project Industrial Scars. For this event only we will have a vegetarian meal.

Please bring a dish to share. When you RSVP you can let the group know what you'll bring so that it's easier for the rest of us to plan.

In respect of Henry's incredible commitment to low-impact living, please contact me for ride-shares and make sure your dish is prepared with organically-raised whole, vegetarian foods, as local as possible.

Directions will be emailed to you after you RSVP on the KatonahGreen Meetup site.

Find out more about Slow Food Westchester on their blog or Facebook group.
We look forward to eating with you!

 

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GreenDrinks Westchester, Tuesday, Feb 23rd, Hastings-On-Hudson

GreenDrinks Westchester Cancelled for  February 23rd from 6-?
at the super-cool bamboo eco-bar at the Rainwater Grill, set in the Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.
RSVP on the Yahoo Groups page or the Facebook page
$5 donation requested. 
Elyssa Cady from NYSERDA will be talking about NYSERDA incentives and programs.

"Rainwater strives to be an eco-friendly full service restaurant elegant in décor yet free of pretense and exaggerated cost. From sea grass dining chairs and grass cloth wall treatments to natural stone and a vibrant waterfall" 

Our sponsors for this event are: Print Responsibly Go Green Expo who is giving discounts to events for GDW members
Our PR partners
Natural Awakenings Westchester. Be sure to check out their monthly natural health networking events. This month's event is February 10th in Valhalla
Check out the event organizer's green blogs too!
Director: Seth Leitman, Green Living Guy
PR: Heather Flournoy, Katonah Green

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Community Garden Network Summit

 INTERGENERATE has pulled together numerous organizations for a Community Garden Summit to be held Sunday, February 7th 

When: Sunday, February 7th, Noon-3pm

Where: Westchester County Center

If you are interested in participating in or starting a community garden come to this event. It's free!

- Learn from seasoned community gardeners
- Network with other community gardeners
- Gather information to start a new garden
Admission to the Westchester Community Garden Network is free, but space is limited and advance registration is required. To register, log onto
http://intergenerate.community.officelive.com/WestchesterCommunityGardenNetwork.aspx
For more information, e-mail info@intergenerateny.org or call Roseann Rutherford at 914-393-7169.

Presented By: InterGenerate
Sponsored by:
Bedford Audobon
Bedford Garden Club
Cornell Cooperative
Groundwork Hudson Valley
Lewisboro Garden Club
Marsh Sanctuary
Natural Awakenings
Rusticus Garden Club
Slow Food Westchester
Ward Acres Community Garden, New Rochelle
Westchester County Parks
Westchester Land Trust 
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NEWSFLASH: VOTE on the Bedford Climate Action Plan, Tues, Feb 2, 7:30pm

Please come to the public hearing and Town Board's vote on adopting The Climate Action Plan.  Tuesday, February, 2 at 7:30PM at the Bedford Courthouse, 321 Bedford Road, Bedford Hills. 

7:30pm Tuesday, February 2
Bedford Town Hall
321 Bedford Road
Bedford Hills.

After nearly 3 years of development and 4 months of public comment, it all comes down to Tuesday, February 2.

That's when Bedford's Town Board will vote on adopting our Climate Action Plan.   

Let the Town Board  know you support this plan by coming to the public hearing.  It's1 night to add your voice and speak as 1 community to pass this critically important plan --75 measures to cut 194,634 of the 275,951 tonnes of CO2 emissions produced daily in Bedford--  a 70 % reduction that will create jobs, save money, and provide energy security and independence for
future generations.  It's a critically important plan that needs your support to be adopted. 

Be there.
 
Help your town,
help our future,
help spread the word!


If you can't make the meeting email by clicking here.  Tell the Board you fully support adopting the CAP.
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