GreenDorchester

Boston Natural Areas Network and the Boston Gardeners Council are moving forward on planning this year’s Produce to Pantries program. Last year, gardeners grew over 7,000 pounds of fresh produce for pantries in Mattapan and Dorchester. BNAN is looking for gardens or individual gardeners who can dedicate growing produce to be collected for Produce to Pantries weekly. Additionally, BNAN is hoping to find volunteers who will dedicate time each week in helping collect produce from gardens, transporting food from garden to pantry, and distributing produce at the pantries. The food pantry locations, dates, and times are still TBA (but coming soon!).

Attached you will find a flyer about Produce to Pantries, including volunteer opportunities, that you can pass around, post in your garden, and generate throughout your gardening circles. For more information about Produce to Pantries and how to get involved, please contact Dana Chepulis, Garden Outreach and Engagement Coordinator, at dana@bostonnatural.org or 617-542-7696.

MA Park Serve Day, Neponset River Greenway Saturday, April 20, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Neponset Park, Hilltop Street @ Granite Ave, Dorchester Service projects to improve MA Department of Conservation and Recreation Parks across the Commonwealth will be happening on Park Serve Day. Join Boston Natural Areas Network (BNAN) to plant seven new trees at beautiful Neponset Park in Dorchester on the Neponset River. Volunteers will also care for 25 trees planted in the fall of 2012, applying additional mulch, checking stakes and ties, fertilizing and installing gator bags. Gloves, tools, snacks and water provided. Bring friends and family!

Neponset River Greenway Sweet History Stroll along the Neponset River Saturday, February 9 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Meet at the public parking lot at Milton Landing, near 25 Wharf Street, Milton What do chocolate and the Neponset River have in common? Join a DCR Park Ranger on a scenic stroll in Milton and Dorchester Lower Mills to find out. We’ll explore the former Baker Chocolate Factory site and learn about the sweet history of Lower Mills. Then, warm up with hot cocoa. For ages 10 and up. Sponsored by MA DCR.

 With the Boston Gardeners Council, Boston Natural Areas Network is kicking off a three-part series about the importance of compost for all gardens. This first forum features Erika Rumbley, BNAN Garden Educator, introducing the critical role of compost in building healthy and productive soil. Susan Cascino, Director of Recycling at Boston Public Works, oversees yard waste recycling and city composting and will present city plans for 2013. Come with your ideas and questions.

Co-op Power is hiring a Weatherization Crew Leader for its Metro Boston crew! Employee will coordinate activities of Co-op Power’s Boston Energy Efficiency crew members engaged in air sealing and insulation for residential buildings. Download the job posting here or write to jobs@cooppower.coop with “CREW LEADER” in the subject line for more details.

Co-op Power Boston Metro East is finishing up their new home and seeking a few office supplies! They have conference tables and chairs, but are looking for some office furniture and equipment. Contact Wilbert (wseoane@cooppower.coop) if you can donate office equipment that is in good condition. An Open House for the new office (located in Hyde Park) will take place in  January. The staff is growing! Co-op Power is in process of training two local jobs energy efficiency crew leaders, an energy auditor and office management staff – creating local jobs for the green economy. Plenty of programming coming up: a solar hot water training, a House of Worship project at Dorchester’s 2nd Church in Codman Square, and “Neighbor to Neighbor” barnraisings  to support community organizations. Please join the next meeting on January 3rd! (For details, contact Olive Knight, olive@cooppower.coop.

GreenDorchester founder and Dorchester Community Food Co-op board member Rosanne Foley, was recently profiled on WERS and Boston.com. Please read the article, listen to the radio piece, and share this photo online with a few friends. Rosanne, who has for years gone without credit for so much of the work she’s done, deserves a resounding round of applause. Let your friends know about seeds of community Rosanne continues to nurture and grow. Engage with them yourself! Become a member of the food co-op, learn about Dorchester’s history, and Go Local today!

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Reduce energy use and bills in your own home, while helping a historic house of worship.

The congregation of Second Church in Dorchester strives to be a wise steward of both financial and natural resources. The church is adding insulation above the historic Sanctuary and converting to gas heat. These efforts will keep the congregation more comfortable, lower our energy bills and improve the energy efficiency of our building.
HEET, SunBug Solar and Co-op Power will donate money toward the energy work being done at the church; for every home energy assessment and solar installation the congregation gets:
· $50 to church for a home energy assessment (no cost to you)
· $100 to church for solar hot water installation
· $300 to church for solar electric installation
This work can reduce your energy bills at home and will help the church.
To learn more and perhaps sign up, please go to this link right now! http://bit.ly/SVAiuh
or contact Alphonse Knight 617-872-5961, or the church office secondchnaz@gmail.com

Weatherize Now! with Renew Boston
Saturday, Nov 3 9:30a to 11:30a
at Grove Hall Library, Boston, MA
High energy bills? Cold house? Are you a landlord, renter, or homeowner in Boston?
Join us at this event hosted by Mayor Menino’s Renew Boston initiative. Refreshments served!

You can:
Sign up for a no-cost energy assessment for 1-4 unit homes/buildings.
Engage with professional contractors.
Find out how to access rebates for insulation and efficient heating & hot water equipment. read more

Date: 11/17/2012, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
Event Location: Franklin Park
Partner Organization: Franklin Park Coalition
Description: Join 2012 REI Stewardship Grant Award Recipient the Franklin Park Coalition for a day of removing invasive plant species from Boston largest urban park. Enjoy the crisp fall air and a morning of clearing leaves from historic steps and ruins or removing invasive plants. Help preserve Franklin Park’s marvelous landscape. We’ll supply training, gloves and tools if you supply the labor. Wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty and old closed-toe shoes. For more information call 617-442-4141 or visit www.franklinparkcoalition.org. Meet at the Valley Gates Lot (midway on main park road, Circuit Drive, across from golf course).

This weekend, 10/20-10/21, REEP’s Grow or Die campaign will be taking our next big step toward community control of vacant lots for growing food! Could you spend a couple hours helping us out?

Saturday, 10am-4pm on Ruthven St. / Humbodlt Ave (htts://maps.google.com/maps?q=Ruthven+St.+and+Humboldt+Ave,+Boston,+MA&hl=en&sll=42.036922,-71.683501&sspn=2.456028,4.938354&hnear=Humboldt+Ave+%26+Ruthven+St,+Boston,+Suffolk,+Massachusetts+02121&t=m&z=16). Lot clean-up & People
are surveying neighbors about the LOT.
Sunday, 10am-4pm on Ruthven St. / Humbodlt Ave., Rain day
Wednesday 4pm-7pm on Ruthven St / Humbodlt Ave.. Celebrating FOOD Day /
Community Raised Beds dialogue – in place for neighbor to start to in-vision what
the lot can look and feel like.

To learn more, call Olmis at 857-869-7673 or Olmis@ace-ej.org <857-919-0649>.
Please wear long pants/sleeves and bring gloves if you have them. Also, if you have a weedwacker, lawnmower, trash bags, paper grass bags, please let bring it along!

Bill McKibben, environmental activist and author of more than a dozen books on the environment will speak on the topic “Building a Movement with Hope,” at Mass Interfaith Power &Light’s 10th Anniversary Celebration on Sunday, 10/28/12 from 2-5 PM at First Church in Jamaica Plain, 6 Eliot St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130. Bill’s talk will be followed by a discussion with Massachusetts faith leaders, Rev. Dr. Jim Antal, President and Conf. Minister
of the MA Conference of the UCC, Sr. Alice Laffey of Holy Cross, Rabbi Katy Allen of Ma’yan Tikvah in Wayland and Rt. Rev. Bud Cederholm, Bishop Suffragan, (ret.) of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.

Concurrent action-focused discussions will be held on
• How to Become a Builder of the Movement, (Marla Marcum, Better Futures/350.org);
• Energizing Congregations to be Climate Change Leaders, (Jon and Alicia Hunt of Grace
Church, Medford); and
• How to Shrink the Energy Bill and Carbon Footprint at Your Home and House of Worship; (Tom Nutt-Powell of MIP&L and Jason Taylor of HEET).

Advocacy groups and representatives from energy efficiency and solar companies will share their experiences at a Sustainability Fair. Suggested donation: $5. To register go to: www.MIPandL.org. For more information contact Vince Maraventano at vince@MIPandL.org.