Category: Community Event (Page 1 of 2)

When: Thurs, Dec 7th, 6pm-8pm

Where: Mt Laurel Library 100 Walt Whitman Avenue, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054

Details:  Fun and Food for Free!  Enjoy light snacks from a delicious local restaurant, followed by a series of ‘lightning talks’.  The widely varied talks will feature hot topics and different aspects of sustainability. Continue the discussion afterwards and meet other novice and veteran sustainability enthusiasts. The event (and food and refreshments) are FREE. Registration is encouraged on Meetup or Facebook. Sponsored by Tri-County Sustainability Alliance, Sustainable Cherry Hill, Mt Laurel Library, and Mt Laurel Green Team.

Schedule:  

6:00pm: Doors open, chat and snack.

6:30pm: Speakers

1. Black Run Nature Preserve  An amazing resource right in your backyard. Hear about this unique open space by board member John Volpa
2. Mt Laurel’s Jacob’s Chapel‘s Connection to the Underground Railroad. Learn about this incredible piece of history and ties to sustainability by Pastor Terrell Person
3. Food Waste Composting. Reduce your foot print in Commercial and Residential settings by Robert Evangelista, Team Engineer, Rowan College at Burlington County.
4. Audience “open mic” (share your passion, needs, questions, in one minute)

7:00pm: Open discussion on those topics or your own

8:00pm: Farewell

Parallel Sessions:

Outreach and Planning

3:00: #TechforCommunityEngagement  – effective strategies in social media and web presence by Deb Hammond (Delran Green Team) and Patrick McDevitt (Sustainable Monroe Township)
3:30: Going Beyond Paris by Sustainable Jersey Energy Team

Hot topics and RCBC programs

3:00: The Growth of Solar Power by Prof Robert Brzozowski
3:15: Earth Science contributions to understanding Nature by Prof. Marc Zamkotowicz
3:30: How GPS mapping helps Environmental Studies by Prof. Marc Zamkotowicz
3:45: Applying Environmental Science to Natural Studies by Environmental Science Dept

Join the TriCounty Sustainability Alliance at Phily  Diner and Sports Bar on February 1.  Great opportunity to network with other sustainability enthusiasts in a a welcoming atmosphere. We have the upstairs all to ourselves. Event is Free! Come early or late as we’ll be there from 6pm to 8pm.  Light snacks provided free. Each person pays for their own drinks and other food. Located minutes from Rt 295 (exit 28) or NJ Turnpike (exit 3). Check out Phily Diner.

Bring your old plastic bags to support Runnemede Green Team’s plastic bag recycling effort.

Are you interested in learning more about raising bees? Here’s your chance. Check out the flyer for more details.

Date:  January 28, 2017 9am-Noon

Location:  Camden County Environmental Center, 1301 Park Boulevard, Cherry Hill

Cost:  $20.  Check Payable to: BCBA

Details:  Pre-registration is required.  Call (856)216-7130×3 for details or email Mike Haberland by January 25, 2017 to reserve your spot.

This full day workshop will focus on concepts around protecting and enhancing populations of pollinators, especially bees, in agricultural landscapes. The course will provide an overview of bee natural history and farm practices that support pollinators, such as protecting and creating habitat, modified horticultural practices, and advice on how to manage pests while protecting pollinators. In addition to receiving the latest cutting edge scientific findings, course participants will conduct a field tour to practice identifying bees and their habitat.

Introductory topics include the principles of pollinator biology and integrated crop pollination, the economics of insect pollination, basic bee field identification, and evaluating pollinator habitat. Advanced modules will cover land management practices for pollinator protection, pollinator habitat restoration, incorporating pollinator conservation into federal conservation programs, selection of plants for pollinator enhancement sites, management of natural landscapes, and financial and technical resources to support these efforts. Throughout the short course these training modules are illustrated by case studies of pollinator conservation efforts across the country.  Details on the agenda and the instructors are available online.

When:  September 29, 2016 from 9am to 4pm

Where: Cooperative Extension of Burlington County
Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
2 Academy Drive
Westampton, NJ 05060

Cost:  $45 an additional $10 for optional preordered lunch.

Registration:  Link

Details:  Registrants will receive the Xerces Society’s Pollinator Conservation Toolkit which includes Xerces’ book, Attracting Native Pollinators. as well as habitat management guidelines and relevant USDA-NRCS and extension publications.

Sustainable Haddon Heights invites you to visit them every Sunday from 9:30 am until 1pm at their booth “Sundays near Station with Sustainable Haddon Heights” located in the Haddon Heights Farmers’ Market on E. Atlantic Avenue. The group will be having demonstrations on various aspects of sustainability and gardening.
The tentative schedule is:

Sept 4—Storm Water Runoff and the Heat Dome Effect—great for kids. See the demo models from the Franklin Institute.
Sept 11—Backyard Chickens—Learn how chickens can provide great fertilizer for your garden, eat bothersome insects and provide your breakfast. A couple local hens will be visiting.
Sept 18—Worm composting—no place for a regular composter or live in an apartment? Learn how worm composting can provide you with compost for your houseplants.
Sept 25—Bees and how to keep them happy and in your garden. See a demonstration hive. Horticultural Society of South Jersey will be joining us and will have seeds you can plant this fall to encourage pollinators.