Annapolis Green Newsletter
          October 19, 2010                                                                                      Vol. 1 No. 5
In This Issue
Short Notice: TMDL Briefing Tonight!
DC Green Festival This Weekend
Taste of the Chesapeake
Sorry for the Short Notice - TMDL Briefing Tonight!


7:30 p.m.,
Annapolis Council Chambers, City Hall
160 Duke of Gloucester Street

Attend the Annapolis region presentation and Q&A on the State of Maryland's Draft Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) - with special reference to our local tributaries - vis-a-vis the EPA's Draft Chesapeake Bay TMDL (total maximum daily load) report.

Among those presenting will be DNR's Irene Hantman and Claudia Donegan; and Frank Biba, Staff Environmentalist for the City of Annapolis' Department of Neighborhood and Environmental Programs. The timing of this meeting is geared to the WIP comment period which ends November 8.
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Green Festival
This Weekend
 


7th annual Washington D.C. Green Festival
Saturday- & Sunday
Oct. 23 & 24
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW (accessible by Metro)

Find great ideas for greening your life, your community and the world and experience visionary speakers and workshops to inspire your actions every day. Admission.
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Start Thinking Green for Holiday Gifts
 
 Green Drinks Marketplace

Our November 10 Green Drinks at Federal House will feature our Green Gift Marketplace -- just in time for holiday shopping. Shop local merchants with us. Don't miss it! We'll have more info soon about the vendors you'll see that night.

Want to join our growing group of vendors? Send us an email with "holiday vendor" in the subject line.
Thank you to those who shopped at Weems and Plath during the Boat Shows and mentioned Green  Drinks, triggering  a 5% donation to Annapolis Green/Green Drinks pr sale. Although the donation period is over, Weems & Plath deserves our support because they are doing theirpart to be environmental stewards in Annapolis, winning an Environmental Steward certification from the City of Annapolis.
Taste of the Chesapeake
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
 
 Thursday, Oct. 21

Annapolis Maritime Museum, 723 Second Street


Reception 5-7 p.m., Buffet 7-10 p.m.


The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay celebrates 38 years of service and dedication to protecting and restoring the Bay and its watershe. Join the celebration and enjoy delicious local delicacies, live music by Them Eastport Oyster Boys, and see the presentation of the 2010 Environmental Leadership Award.

Information & Tickets

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay is a regional nonprofit organization that builds and fosters partnerships to protect and to restore the Bay and its rivers. The Alliance does not lobby or litigate. Instead, they do the slow, hard work of bridging dialogue between groups that don't see eye-to-eye, forming strategies for joint solutions, and building the capacity of communities for local-level action.

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 Make a Difference Day!
RainScaping Exhibit
at School/Community Event
Chesapeake Ecology Center
 
 

Saturday, Oct. 23

Truxton Park 273 Hilltop Lane, Annapolis

9 a.m.- 1 p.m.


Exhibits will highlight programs and partnerships at various schools, including the Adams Academy/Chesapeake Ecology Center/RainScaping partnership. Information
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We had a GREAT Green Drinks yesterday


More info about our "fun side of eco-awareness ... making serious connections" will follow
in a day or two.
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