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March 19, 2012 Vol. 3 No. 10
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Want to Help with Green Drinks?
As always, we can use a few committed volunteers to help us meet and greet. If you want to be very popular and talk to everybody who comes in, please send us an email and volunteer to be a Green Drinks greeter, bartender or ticket-seller. We can't put these events on without volunteers!
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Calendar Highlights
For a complete listing see our calendar.
- Advanced Seminar on Conservation Easements
- Severn River Association Meeting Wednesday, March 21 - Green Drinks Annapolis
- Magothy River Association Meeting - Woods in Your Backyard Workshop - Green Business Night Co-Hosted by Delegate Tom Hucker & Bethesda Green Thursday, March 22 - WORLD WATER DAY - Reef Ball Event (through March 25) Saturday, March 24 - Annapolis Maritime Museum Oyster Roast - South River on the Half Shell Auction - London Town Garden Workshop: The Good, The Bad, and The Untested - Digestive Wellness Class Wednesday, March 28 - Beginning Herbalism Class - Rally for Clean Water Saturday, March 31 - Severn River Cleanup - London Town Garden Workshop: Vegetated Building Systems - Interpretive Nature Program |
Don't Forget to 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 helps us continue to spread the word about environmental issues in Annapolis. And, a few 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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About Project Clean Stream -- The restoration of the Bay region has many  facets, but a personal connection between residents of the watershed and their local stream or river may be the most vital. People will care for and protect the things they know and love. The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay works to create this connection by providing experiences that encourage committed people, communities, organizations, and  businesses to get involved. On April 14th, Project Clean Stream will aid in the restoration effort. Throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed, thousands of people will participate in this annual trash cleanup event coordinated by the Alliance and its partners. Come out to one of hundreds of cleanup sites and beautify the neighborhoods where you live and work. Information on how to start a cleanup site and a map of locally registered cleanup sites is available at this link or contact Dan Brellis at 443-949-0575 or dbrellis@allianceforthebay.org. Find Project Clean Stream event on Facebook. About the Watershed Stewards Academy -- The Academy trains and supports community leaders to serve as Master Watershed Stewards in the protection, restoration and conservation of our watersheds, working to reduce  the negative impacts of stormwater runoff in Anne Arundel County. If you live in Anne Arundel County, you can make a difference in the health of our waterways. At Green Drinks, watch for the folks in the yellow shirts and ask them how you can become a Steward too.
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Top of the Line
Join us in the Garden at Homestead Learn all about Earth friendly gardening and community clean-ups from watershed groups 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
743 West Central Avenue, Davidsonville
It's Getting Green Outside!
In this great green month of March, we are thrilled to return for our third annual March event at Homestead Gardens!
Homestead will be in the midst of its Spring Open House, an event that includes beautiful flowers and many classes on topics as diverse as No-Mow Lawns, Growing Potatoes in a Bag, Fruit Trees in Maryland and more.
Green Drinks hopes to provide you with both information and options as you head out to YOUR lawn and garden ... to work in an Earth friendly way! Learn about volunteer opportunities for community-wide environmental projects in the County and City.
We'll be joined by the Anne Arundel County Watershed Stewards Academy and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay to discuss the upcoming Project Clean Stream. Representatives of the City's GreenScape program will be there to give us information about the City's efforts to obtain a National Wildlife Federation Community Wildlife Habitat Certificate. Historic London Town and Gardens reps will be on hand too with information about their series of spring garden workshops. Also exhibiting will be the South River Federation and the Patuxent Riverkeeper.
And of course, Homestead staff will be there to answer questions too. As many of you who have joined us in the past know... take advantage of shopping as the store will be open for business during our event. And, there have been some changes made since our last visit. The late Don Riddle's son Brian is now at the helm, they've re-branded with a new logo, the store layout has been updated and reorganized, the café has been expanded and is now on a little deck of its own under an arbor with a great patio dining feeling to it, and they've opened their second store in Severna Park. Tomorrow, the beautiful "in-bloom" atmosphere will be there to greet us. It will be a lovely event.
A Generous Special for Green Drinkers: Homestead will give us coupons for 20% off most items in the store!
  We'll be joined by and spoiled once again with complimentary, sustainable hors d'oeuvres generously provided by Honey's Harvest Market & Deli (Herrington Harbour South) and Killarney House!  New Belgium's organic Fat Tire Beer will be featured, thanks to our friends at Katcef Brothers. We might just have a special guest from New Belgium to tell us all about Fat Tire and what makes it organic! Mills Fine Wine and Spirits will conduct a wine tasting and will offer wine for sale at the cash bar. The wines are all either entirely organic or sustainable. Reds: Domaine Sanglier Vin de Pays, Rhone, France; Di Majo Norante Sangiovese, Tuscany; Finca Los Alijares Graciano, Spain. Whites: Wente Riesling, Livermore California; and Michel Torino Torrontes, Argentina. Why not be very green and bring your own wine glass? And don't forget your name badge if you have one.
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Check line 35!
Help the environment with just a checkmark on your tax return. We have an opportunity to support the Chesapeake Bay Trust through our Maryland state income tax return by making a voluntary contribution to the Chesapeake Bay and Endangered Species Fund. The proceeds from this check-off are split evenly between the Chesapeake Bay Trust and the Wildlife and Heritage Division of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. With fully 90 percent of the Trust's expenditures directed to Chesapeake Bay restoration and education programs, Maryland residents can be confident that their donations are leveraged appropriately. Check line 35 when you file your taxes. Donations of any dollar amount can be made, and all are tax deductible. Learn more.
There are so many activities and events of interest to the eco-minded planned for the next few months. Be sure to keep an eye on our calendar so you won't miss a beat.
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Yes, it is getting green outside! Let's greet spring with a renewed commitment to living responsibly in our watershed. Our next gathering will come quickly -- April 12th at Pussers. Stay tuned for an exciting program with the Rozalia Project!
Be part of the Annapolis Green community. Join in and leave comments on our Facebook page and follow our Tweets.
And ... we encourage you to become a Founding One Hundred, helping Annapolis Green to grow! Read more below.
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Over the past five years we've provided an on-line and in-person way t o distribute local environmental information, make friends and alliances, and exchange views. Your support of our programs tells us that you believe we are providing a valuable service. Changing our status to non-profit allows us to take on projects funded by grants and tax-deductible donations. But in this "formative period," we need your financial support to get established.
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Thank you!
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