Annapolis Green Newsletter
         Dec. 13, 2012                                                                                                 Vol. 3  No. 41
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In This Issue
Check Out Our Email Sponsors!
Events Coming Up
Support Annapolis Green
Join us on the Radio
Clean Currents--a Gift to the Planet!
Screening of Promised Land
Check out our calendar for events coming up, such as:  

Friday, Dec. 14
- Support Sustainable Catch Limits for Menhaden
Saturday, Dec. 15
- Trail Monitors' Potluck Meeting
Tuesday, Dec. 18
Severn River Association Meeting on Living Shorelines
Wednesday, Dec. 19
- Living Green in Annapolis on WNAV
- Magothy River Association Meeting
Thursday, Dec. 20
Winter Waterbird Survey 
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Want to be one of the first to be a part of Annapolis Green? Then consider becoming one of our Founding One Hundred. Join the list below.  
  1. Charlie Birney
  2. Infrared Tools Energy Services
  3. Gene Singleton & Maureen McEnerney
  4. Keith & Helen Drewett
  5. Doug Lashley / GreenVest
  6. Elvia Thompson
  7. Lynne & Mark Forsman
  8. Ralph Gleason
  9. Shelley & Eric Rubin
  10. Boatyard Bar & Grill
  11. John Nicklin   
  12. Cohen Community Fund
  13. Towne Park
  14. Eastport Civic Association
  15. Galway Bay Irish Pub
  16. The Brick Companies
  17. Delegate Steve Schuh
  18. Severn Savings Bank  
  19. Paul Murphy
  20. Hannah Studios, Inc.
  21. Joe Budge & Sharon Kennedy
  22. PNC Wealth Management  
  23. K&B True Value       
Please read more. Thank you! 
Join us on the Radio

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Our next show is "2012: An Environmental Review," with guest Rona Kobeell, staff writer at the Chesapeake Bay Journal and co-producer and co-host of the monthly Midday on the Bay with Dan Rodricks on WYPR.  

Join Annapolis Green's Elvia Thompson Wednesdays from 6 to 7 p.m. for Living Green in Annapolis on WNAV, 1430AM, 99.9 FM in the city, or streaming live on wnav.com, or archived on annapolisgreen.com/radio.

For the schedule of programs and guests, see our calendar.  

Top of the Line

 

Once again we had a full house at Green Drinks to kick off to Midnight Madness. Becoming a tradition, we literally had hundreds come thru and begin their shopping and socializing with us ... including a repeat visit by the Three Wise Men!

We're grateful to the Maryland Inn for opening their doors to us, and spoiling us with delicious appetizers and bar. We toast our sponsors PNC Wealth Management and enjoyed welcoming members of their brand-new Annapolis office to join in as well.

The evening was made even more festive with the music of Swarbrick and Birney (featuring our own board member, Charlie Birney) and a special appearance by the Wiley H. Bates Performing and Visual Arts Magnet School's Chorus. See the video on our website
  

Tonight is Midnight Madness Two and we hope you'll go Downtown tonight too to celebrate the season and support our Downtown merchants and restaurants, including the cozy Treaty of Paris at the Maryland Inn. 

 

Historic Inns is offering a special Thank You rate of $89 for a night's stay. It's good Sunday through Thursday, with the Friday & Saturday rate being $109. What a marvelous opportunity to sleep where some of our founding fathers did or to treat visiting family members this Holiday Season. Click here to make reservations. 

 

Happy Holidays! 

  

Elvia & Lynne  

 

PS - Visit our Facebook page (link at the left, at the top) and share your Green opinions, articles, whatever. It's becoming a  community forum!

Clean Currents Wins Green America's People & Planet Award

 

The award recognizes America's best Green businesses that are committed to environmental and social initiatives in their business practices and programs. The $5000 award will help Clean Currents continue its Green Neighborhood Challenge program that gives community groups and non-profits an opportunity to raise funds for Green projects while increasing support for clean energy. Read more. 

 

Take five minutes to switch to wind power at home with Clean Currents by clicking here. Consumers who pay an electric bill to BGE or Pepco can choose wind power as their electricity supply source. There are no switching fees, no installation of equipment, and you will continue to have the same reliability of power and one electricity bill.

It's an easy way to reduce your carbon footprint.   

 

Mention Annapolis Green when you enroll and Clean Currents will donate $25 to help fund us! Click here to learn more. For any questions: email [email protected] or call 301-754-0430. 

 

There are also special opportunities for businesses to switch to clean, green power through Clean Currents. Contact Lynn Gardner for information. 

Screening of Promised Land

annapolis green logo Promised Land is the new movie coming out at the end of the month about the effect of fracking on a small town. It stars Matt Damon and was directed by Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Milk).

The film will be at Bow Tie in Annapolis, either at Harbour Center or at the Mall -- they haven't scheduled it yet. It opens on Dec. 28. But, if we wait a week and get a group of at least 25 we can see the film the evening of Friday, Jan. 4, for just $6.50 per ticket. If we get over 100, we may be able to lease the theatre and have a special showing just for us on Saturday morning, Jan. 5, for $6.50/ticket.

Please go to our Facebook page or send us an email to let us know if you are interested in being part of an Annapolis Green viewing of the film. If we have enough interest we'll set this up!
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Visit K&B True Value online, on Facebook, and in person at 912 Forest Drive, A nnapolis. Phone: (410) 268-3939.


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Holiday Gift Ideas for Children
from Local Author Diane Holland

 
The award-winning children's book God is Green uses verses from the Bible to explain how being Green is part of God's plan for taking care of the Earth and all of creation. Although written for new and early readers through the third grade, the messagesu in this book are timely and relevant for all ages. Only $12.95
2012 Green Book Festival Runner-Up 


Easy to be Green is a durable, beautifully illustrated book that is perfect for new and experienced readers in pre-K and elementary school. It describes what our world could be like one day unless we all do our part - a little, every day - to save the planet. Only $12.95
2011 Green Book Festival Honorable Mention

To order, click here. Website: www.allfortheone.com   

 

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Oak Rain Barrels Make Unique Holiday Gifts 

Complete with Red Bow Delivery*
by Rain Barrels Annapolis/Baltimore 

     

 

Control your stormwater in a beautiful way with a 55-gallon authentic inch-thick American Oak re-purposed barrel is from a local micro brewer.

 

Rain barrels come complete with mosquito proofed intake, brass hose bibb, over flow hose and with a timber oil-rich finish. They are easy to install, are made to order for your installation needs and offer a stormwater management and water conservation option that is not plastic!

 

We are a local business. See our rain barrels installed and on display at 826 Chesapeake Avenue, Annapolis, or visit our website: rainbarrelsannapolis.com. 

 

410-267-0673 - [email protected]   

 

Rain barrels $229 each; cash and quantity discounts. We also have a limited number of "bare" oak barrels for sale (not rigged to catch rain) for landscaping purposes -- $129 each.

 

*Red bow delivery within a 10-mile radius of Annapolis

  

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