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Greetings!
August gardens overflow with abundance and it is time to remember the joys of living a simple life.
I have come to terms with the future.
From this day onward I will walk easy on the earth.
Plant trees. Kill no living things.
Live in harmony with all creatures.
I will restore the earth where I am.
Use no more of its resources than I need.
And listen, listen to what it is telling me.
M.J. Slim Hooey
To learn more about the health and status of the Chesapeake Bay, here's a recent article by the Washington Post regarding the
Alarming 'dead zone' grows in the Chesapeake
In knowing this information, the question of "What do we do?" arises. If you have thoughts, answers, or more questions, CHEARS would like to hear them.
Peace & Understanding,
Kim Walsh ~ Executive Director
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Volunteers of all Ages and Skills are Needed and Welcome to Help with Three Sisters Demonstration Gardens!
 August 2011 Schedule
Greenbelt East Garden: Schrom Hills Park Garden (6915 Hanover Parkway, Greenbelt MD 20770)
August 6 (9-11 AM) Look for our trellises now topped by runner beans. It will be time to fill in gaps of harvested summer crops and start some plants for cool-season harvest (hard to believe fall's just around the corner!). Other tasks: adding sheet-mulch layers on beds' borders to prepare for early-fall cover-cropping, maybe reel-mowing our remaining grassy areas. Contact lucyduff@earthlink.net!
Greenbelt West Garden: Springhill Lake Recreation Center (6101 Cherrywood Lane, Greenbelt MD 20770)
Tuesday evenings (7pm-9pm) & midday Wednesdays starting (10am-1pm).Looking for a reason to spend some time outside in the beautiful Maryland summer weather? CHEARS will be hosting open gardening sessions every Tuesday evening (7pm-9pm) and midday Wednesdays (10am-1pm) in August to help revitalize the Springhill Lake Gardens. Come anytime during the open garden sessions ready to plant, design, and decorate with other CHEARS volunteers and friends in the community. Are you just looking for a nice place to unwind? Bring out your picnic blanket to find a place to relax and show your support. Feel free to bring a buddy and refreshments or music to share. RSVPs and walk-ins welcome! Contact: concetta@chears.com!
Greenbelt Center Garden: Greenbelt Community Center (15 Crescent Rd, Greenbelt MD 20770)
August 21 ( 7-9PM) Yoga Gardening Work session and discussion of plans for a new Greenbelt Orchard and Forest Garden project-- The garden site is in the back of the Community Center near the flagpole. We'll be harvesting and doing fall crop plantings! Contact: maggie@chears.com!
Contact maggie@chears.org for more information. The Three Sisters Demonstration Gardens is a project of the nonprofit organization, CHEARS. CHEARS thanks the Greenbelt Community Foundation and the City of Greenbelt for its support. The project is approved as one for which Prince George's County Master Gardeners can receive volunteer work hour credits.
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This month, GCAN will be hosting or participating in the following events:
~ GCAN Meetings are on hiatus until September
~ Look for more info about a GCAN Picnic in August
~ Several GCAN Members are going out "postcarding" every weekend (in Districts 24 and 25 in Prince George's County), to collect signatures in support of Offshore Wind Energy. If you would like to join our Greenbelt Team and go with us one weekend, please contact lore@simplicity-matters.org.
THOUGHTS ON FOOD: A combined conversation of the Calvert Farm CSA, Farmers Market, Community Gardens, Three Sisters Garden, Food Co-op, Master Gardeners, Menu for the Future. Share events, what's in your CSA box, best products at the market, recipes, gardening tips, food politics, etc
GO TO: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thoughts_on_food/ OR thoughts_on_food-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
For more info, contact, Lore Rosenthal, Greenbelt Climate Action Network, lore@simplicity-matters.org, 301-345-2234
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GCAN is hosting 3 discussion circles that are meeting regularly and will finish up mid-August!
They have been meeting in private homes in Greenbelt or nearby. All three topics will probably be offered again in the fall, so please contact Lore to let her know of your interest. More info on the topics is available here!
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Reel N' Meal @ New Deal Cafe
Reel and Meal is a monthly film series at the New Deal Cafe exploring vital environmental and social justice issues. August's film is...
Inside Job
This past month has been filled with special emergency sessions of our national government---now R&M is having its own special session to explore what happened and is happening to our economy and discuss important suggestions for affecting change & finding solutions.
August Line-up is:
- Excerpts from Academy Award Winning-Inside Job, on the financial meltdown;
- Shorts-- Robert Reich's: The Truth About the Economy in Two Minutes &, Kyle Thiermann's TED talk Surfing for Change.
Greenbelt Common Security Resilience Circle will facilitate discussion about the impact of the financial crises on our lives and what we can do locally.
August 15 (7 PM) @ New Deal Cafe
FREE & Open to the Public
with optional vegan buffet at 6:30 PM ($13).
| | Admission to the film is always FREE! Organizations that co-sponsor the monthly film are Beaverdam Creek Watershed Watch Group, CHEARS-Chesapeake Education, Arts and Research Society, Prince George's Peace & Justice Coalition, and Vegan Networking. |
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CHESTORY-The Center for the Chesapeake Story
Tom Wisner's legacy is being carried on through a variety of activities that Chestory has been supporting. Tom's last two CD's, "Made of Water" and "Follow on the Water", are available for purchase at www.chestory.org.
The Calvert Marine Museum is heading up the development of the Chestory Archive of Regional Story and Song. We have received funding for a one year paid, full time intern through the Chesapeake Conservation Corp. We are pleased to welcome Concetta Laskey to the Chears/Chestory family. She will be located in Solomon's, MD to assist with organizing the Chestory Archive for six months starting this fall.
Sara Ebenreck Leeland, co-founder of Chestory, has edited a book of Tom's writings that articulate his vision for the Chesapeake. Gather 'round Chesapeake: Tom Wisner's Vision will be published in September. Copies of the book will be available for purchase on the Chestory website in September.
Michael and Kathy Glaser and Teresa Whitaker are working with Jim Fox of Fox Lion Recording Studio to publish a children's songbook of Tom's music with an accompanying CD. This will be completed in the spring of 2012.
The traveling art exhibit "The Art of Healing the Chesapeake - A Tribute to Tom Wisner" consists of Tom's own art work and his children's collages - make by the children he taught as an environmental educator mostly in Southern, MD. For information about bringing this exhibit to a location near you, contact chestory@gmail.com.
Tom Wisner's Latest Album | |
| | Tom's last CD "Follow on the Water" (a two CD set completed iin January 2010).
You can purchase the album for $25, includes shipping.
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Wild Meadows Farm Design Team presents
Creating Your
Edible Estate!
Workshop Series
Turn this...
Into this!
Session I: Theory and Design
August 27th, 2011
Session II: Site Preparation~ Soil, Water and Wildlife
September 11th, 2011
Session III: Getting Established
September 18th, 2011
Session IV: Ensuring an Abundant Harvest
October 9th, 2011
For more details and to register, go here!
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CHEARS on FACEBOOK!
You can now become a fan of CHEARS on Facebook and receive updated information in a format that may best suit your networking preferences. We will continue to communicate via email and Twitter but are pleased to offer yet another method to share information about upcoming events, discussion boards, photo albums, and much more. We look forward to your feedback and suggestions as CHEARS moves into the social networking arena. |
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Follow CHEARS
on Twitter!
CHEARS is offering an exciting line-up of educational, musical, and community activities and events in 2011. Receive up-to-the-minute information by following CHEARS on Twitter-an information sharing network. -
Simply register at
http://twitter.com
- Add CHEARS as a friend and follow
- Choose how you wish to receive information (email, text message, rss feed)
- And never again miss any of CHEARS's exciting educational and community events!
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Chesapeake Education, Arts, and Research Society4 Maplewood Court · Greenbelt, MD · 20770 www.chears.org
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