Green Drinks Westchester, Tues, March 27, Ossining

Tuesday, March 27, 6pm Ossining

 

GREEN DRINKS WESTCHESTER 

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Each month, we honor a venue that is committed to sustainablity.  We are thrilled to hold our next event at the beautiful Atria on the Hudson, the first green senior living community in Westchester County.  Atria on the Hudson has applied for LEED silver certification from the USGBC and they employ an exemplary list of sustainable practices. Their chef is committed to serving food from local and organic ingredients which we will be lucky enough to sample that evening.

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Urban Agriculture Summit, Aug 15, Toronto

2012 Urban Agriculture Summit

August 15 to 18, 2012, Toronto, Canada

Building Capacity for Action

Around the world people are growing food in cities! From August 15 to 18, the 2012 Urban Agriculture Summit will bring together a diversity of people that are making it happen - design professionals, community groups, social housing advocates, tenants and developers, educators, planners, homeowners, urban growers and others - to share what is working, and to discover what is possible.

From bee-keeping to community and school gardens; from aquaculture to rooftop farming, urban agriculture is becoming an essential element of food security, improving access to healthy, affordable food in a rapidly urbanizing world. Urban agriculture can also generate much-needed skills development and local employment while improving local environmental and community health.

The first Urban Agriculture Summit in Toronto will be action-oriented: attendees will learn new tools to advance urban agriculture in their own communities. Together participants will explore urban agriculture's current role and future potential in 21st century city-building.

Major Summit themes include:

• Food Security, food sovereignty and city-building
• Planning and design of innovative infrastructure for small & large-scale urban agriculture
• New technologies and innovative practices associated with production
• Scaling up urban agriculture: Supportive programs, policies and governance models
• Best management practices in for-profit and not-for-profit food production
• Building the business case: the economics, financing and marketing of urban agriculture
• Embedding urban agriculture in community development and housing

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Hunt for Wild Cattails with Wildman Steve Brill, Sunday, Apr 15

Hunt for Wild Cattails at Stone Barns Center

 with naturalist/author "Wildman" Steve Brill

1 PM on Sunday, April 15

 

America's go-to guy for foraging, "Wildman" Steve Brill, will lead one of his world-famous foraging tours of Stone Barns Center in Pocantico Hills, NY. Here's a natural area you'll love exploring in early spring, with lots of common species, and some surprises always in store. There are cultivated areas, thickets, streams, and woodlands, all with different plant communities. Wild herbs and greens will be thriving in fields and disturbed habitats. We'll look for ground ivy, sheep sorrel, field garlic, hedge mustard, shepherd's purse, garlic mustard, and chickweed. In addition, we'll find culinary and medicinal herbs such as northern bayberry, black birch, yarrow, sassafras, and spicebush twigs.

See his full calendar here
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Leave Leaves Alone Leaf Mulching Workshop, March 15, Bedford Hills

Free Landscaper Leaf Mulching Workshop and Equipment Demonstration

March 15 , 2012 from 8:30AM-11AM at Bedford Hills Community House.

An educational initiative to inform homeowners and landscapers about the many advantages of mulching leaves on site.For more information on the event click here
Pre-Registration is preferred, email leaveleavesalone@gmail.com Coffee and Bagels at 8:30AM followed by Demonstrations and Workshops from 9:00AM-11:00AM.
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Hunt for Japanese Knotweed in Central Park with Wildman Steve Brill, Sunday Mar 18

The 4-hour walking tour begins at 11:45 AM on Sunday March 18 at 72nd St. & Central Park West. The suggested donation is $20/adult, $10/child under 12. Please call (914) 835-2153 at least 24 hours in advance to reserve a place.

On Sunday, March 18, at Central Park West and West 72nd St., America's go-to guy for foraging, "Wildman" Steve Brill, will continue with his 30th season of his world-famous foraging tours.

The 2012 foraging season shifts into high gear with this most popular of parks for foragers. Because of its varied habitats and the combination of wild and cultivated, native and exotic plants, Central Park is a great place to forage, even in late winter and early spring.

The PURPOSE of this hands-on program is to learn about the environment and get back in touch with nature. By studying foraging and nature, we enjoy our renewable resources and reaffirm our commitment to preserving and rebuilding our ecological riches.

These are some of the plants we'll be looking for:

Cold-weather shoots and greens abound in Central Park. We'll be finding large stands of field garlic, with mild-flavored onion-like bulbs, and tender young leaves that you use like chives, just south of Belvedere Castle.

The first leaves of curly (yellow) dock may appear near the West 79th St. overpass and the bridle path, and the first sweet and sharp daylily shoots will be popping up along the embankment of the reservoir—a treat for all.

Also known as yellow dock, the lemony flavored, long, wavy-edged leaves, rich in vitamin A and iron, make an excellent addition to salads and soups. And the root has been used to detoxify the liver.

There should be chickweed across from the Delacourte Theatre, and we'll find new, young garlic mustard greens, with their horseradish-flavored taproots, just south of Belvedere Castle.

Sassafras, the original source of root beer, will be growing just south of the garlic mustard, and the seeds of the Kentucky coffee tree—for making caffeine-free coffee—may be littering the ground not too far south of the garlic mustard.

Sheltered by a huge, sun-warmed rock in the Ramble (the park's central forested region), the first rhubarb-like shoots of Japanese knotweed may be making their debut for the year.

There will also be beautiful early-season flowers to observe, including those of the hazelnut, witch hazel, common spicebush, and carnelian cherry.

With a little luck and lots of rain, we may even find such cold-weather gourmet wild mushrooms as the enoki and the oyster mushroom.

For "Wildman's" 2012 tour calendar and additional info, visit http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com

Contact: "Wildman" Steve Brill, (914) 835-2153 wildman@wildmanstevebrill.com, http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com

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Meet at the Gate of Indian Point, Sunday March 11th at 3:30PM, Buchanan NY

Meet at the Gates of Indian Point

Sunday March 11, 2012 at 3:30pm 300 Bleakley Street at the intersection of Bleakley and Broadway Buchanan NY.

Organizer: Marilyn Elie, IPSEC, c914-954-6739, eliewestcan@gmail.com, and many other amazing organizers and volunteers..

Sponsored by the Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Sierra Club,- Lower Hudson Chapter and Riverkeeper.

Be there for the body count. We need to demonstrate to the general public and the press that closing Indian Point remains a big deal. We have had demonstrations at this site in the past. Entergy no longer uses this as an entrance but there is a big Entergy sign and room to gather. If the space becomes crowded, people can line the sides of the road to greet the Peace Walkers as they approach.

3:30PM Press Conference. Moderated by Mark Jacobs. Mr Saburo, a contract laborer at Fukushima Dai-chi nuclear power plant and an union organizer will talk about his first hand experiences in the relief efforts following the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster. Gary Null will speak about heath issues associated with Indian Point. Paul Gallay of Riverkeeper and Manna Jo Green of Clearwater will speak as well.

4:00PM Vigil. The No More Fukushimas Peace Walkers arrive and the Vigil will begin. The Vigil will be led by Jun San Yasuda, a Buddhist nun from the Grafton Peace Pagoda. Jun San walks for peace and a nuclear free world. She has recently returned from Japan and will lead the Vigil in the Buddhist tradition using her prayer drum and chanting . All are welcome to participate.

5:00PM Potluck at the Old School House on 210 6th Street in Verplanck. The Old School House is 1.5 miles from Indian Point. Walk or drive west on Broadway. You will see numbered streets starting with 14th Street. Continue to 6th Street and turn right. Head down 6th St towards the river and you will see the red brick building on your left. There is parking in the front and back of the building. Bring food to share if you can. The food crew will be there prior to the Vigil so that you can drop off your covered dish prior to the rally and everything will be ready afterwards.

Potluck Organizer: Keiko Kaysaki, kaysakai@gmail.com
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Join Bird Friendly Vegetable Garden at Bedford Audubon's Bylane Farm, Bedford

For details visit www.bedfordaudubon.org or call Janelle at 914.232.1999 with questions and to register. Space is limited, so sign up soon to reserve your place!


Yearning to get your hands dirty, but no time or room for a garden of your own?

Join the Bird Friendly Vegetable Garden at Bedford Audubon’s Bylane Farm and enjoy fresh veggies, flowers, and herbs all season long!
Novice and seasoned gardeners alike are welcomed to help us start seeds, plant, maintain, and enjoy the season-long abundance of the Garden. Gardeners tend more than 25 beds together at Bedford Audubon’s Bylane Farm in Katonah, where we raise a wide variety of produce for take home by Garden members and for the food bank at the Northern Westchester Community Center. The season starts in March with indoor seed sowing, by April we’re in the Garden, and we’re harvesting greens and herbs in May!

Membership includes 20 hands-on workshops led by Master Gardener Cathy Clare on garden design, composting, companion planting, and pesticide-free methods of cultivation that are good for people and the environment. Two sessions are available: Mondays 9:30-11:30am and Saturdays 10am-12pm, starting the week of April 2nd.

Bird Friendly Vegetable Garden Supporter Benefits ($100 per household)

• Annual Membership to Bedford Audubon Society.
• Receive Bedford Audubon Society’s quarterly Newsletter and weekly Email Blasts.
• Access to weekly photo and instructional blog for gardening and cooking at home.
• Share in herbs and cut flowers from the garden.

Bird Friendly Vegetable Garden Member Benefits ($250 per household) All the benefits of Garden Supporters, plus:

• Participate in weekly hands-on workshops and gardening instruction.
• Share in fruits and vegetables from the garden.

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