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May 4, 2011 Vol. 2 No. 15
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News
WYPR's Midday with Dan Rodricks is devoting his daily show all week to energy issues. This thoughtful series, called Power Ahead, is broadcast on 88.1 FM from noon to 2 p.m. and also is available in podcast form online. Read more. Chesapeake Bay Trust's 13th Annual Treasure the Chesapeake Celebration read more Garden Adventures Camp for Kids Opens in June read more
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Future Green Drinks
Thursday, May 12 Green Boating Sam's on the Waterfront
Tuesday, June 21 Historic London Town
Theme TBA Tuesday, July 12 Punk's
Theme TBA
August, date TBA
Green Travel
Location TBA
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Support Us Through
Mills Fine Wine & Spirits'
Community Rewards Program
Give us your Mills cash register receipts! 
When you shop at Mills, at the foot of Main Street in downtown Annapolis, save your cash register receipts and give them to us. Once a quarter we'll turn them in to receive a 5% rebate as a donation from Mills.
This generous offer costs you nothing and will allow us to keep spreading the word about environmental issues in Annapolis. And, four to six times a year Mills will provide unique wine, spirit and beer offers specifically created for as special promotions just for Green Drinkers! It's a Win-Win! Please shop at Mills and save your receipts for us.
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Coming Up
Get the details on our calendar
Wednesday, Mar 4
- Thyroid/Adrenal Education Class
Thurs.-Sat., May 5-7
- Reef Ball Construction Saturday, May 7 - Hazardous Waste Drop-off Day - Muddy Creek Canoe Trip Friday-Sunday, May 13-15 - Solar & Wind Expo Friday & Sat., May 13-14 - Land Conservation Conference Saturday, May 14 - Chesapeake Ecology Center Garden Tour - Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Open House 
Several Farmers' Markets are open. Full schedule on our calendar.
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Top of the Line
SAIL. POWER. PADDLE. FISH. GREENLY.
Thursday, May 12
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Sam's on the Waterfront, Chesapeake Harbour
We're looking forward to a terrific outdoor Green Drinks at Sam's on the Waterfront next week. (Directions) This is going to be our Green/Blue event as we highlight our area's passion: boating and all that goes with it. We have a great line up of folks to share a number of programs, products and services that cover the many aspects of living green while you're out on the water ... hanging out at the dock, fishing, sailing, paddling or power cruising!
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Greenline
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First, Annapolis Yacht Sales will bring the Greenline, the first hybrid solar yacht, that we know of, to our event. The boat has a 1.3kW solar roof and a hybrid drive. She's ready for her close-up. Come and see!
West Marine has started BlueFuture, a program to introduce Earth-friendly products and reduce packaging -- all working toward a focus on sustainability. Learn all about it. Through environmental education and outreach, the BoatU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water helps boaters, anglers, and other user groups understand how they can be better stewards of the natural resources they enjoy by sharing practical ideas, proven best practices, and info on laws and regulations. See their 21 Simple Steps to Cleaner Boating and read more.
 The Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Boaters for the Bay website has loads of information to help us be responsible boaters. Read more. Sign the Boaters for the Bay pledge and show your support for a clean and healthy Bay!
 For anglers: Catch & release fishing has proven to be a valuable conservation tool, but the effectiveness is diminished if fish do not survive after being released. By adopting just a few simple habits, recreational anglers can increase the chances that the fish they catch and release will survive -- and that's sustainability. We'll have information about the Careful Catch program for you and about the work of one of its founding partners, the Coastal Conservation Association of Maryland.
 The State of Maryland recognizes its environmentally friendly marinas as Clean Marinas, and Chesapeake Harbour is one. We'll have info about that as well. Read more.
This is just a teaser about our May 12 event. We'll have more details for you shortly. Be sure to save the date! By the way, you know that we do try to make our events as green as possible. We are happy to report that during our event at SERC last month aboard the Richard Lee, our hosts were very green. When all was said and done, Captains VKs and Mike had only ˝ container of trash versus six container of recycling!. The leftover food scraps provided food for VK's chickens too. Aboard and on the dock we used five cases of glass wine glasses that were later loaded into VK's dishwasher. Had we used plastic, that would have created a lot of waste. And last, our wonderful good green caterers, A Cook's Cafe, My Butcher and More, Herrington by the Bay and Palate Pleasers provided their goodies in recyclable or reusable containers! Hooray for us! Be sure to read the information below about our fundraiser aboard the USS Sequoia, the former Presidential yacht. This is a fabulous opportunity to cruise aboard a piece of history. Read more below. See you next week!
Lynne & Elvia
 Directions to Sam's:
From 50 take exit 22, Aris T. Allen Blvd. (MD665) and follow signs for 2.7 miles to Forest Dr. Go 2.8 miles to Edgewood Rd. and turn left. Continue .8 mile to Chesapeake Harbour Dr. Turn right and follow to security gatehouse. After gatehouse turn right and take your second left into Sam's on the Waterfront parking lot.
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Fundraiser Cruise to Benefit Annapolis Green Aboard the U.S.S. Sequoia
Saturday, May 21
4-8 p.m.
Departing from the Gangplank Marina
Washington
 Hosted by Christine Penny, founder of Angelberry Organics, provider of natural mineral cosmetics and body care products. The Sequoia, formerly the Presidential Yacht, first saw service during the 1920s and has served Presidents, Vice Presidents, administration officials and many world leaders. The Sequoia Presidential Yacht is a fully restored, 104-foot, 1925 Trumpy-designed yacht that has served more than nine Presidents. Congress designated the Sequoia a National Historic Landmark. Tickets for this fundraiser are $185. Click to buy tickets | Directions | Information
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