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Feb. 25, 2012 Vol. 4 No. 5
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Wednesday, Feb. 27
- 16th Annual Maryland State Bicycle Symposium
- Green Drinks Annapolis
- Living Green in Annapolis on the Radio
Saturday, March 2
- Lecture & Book Signing: Balancing Natives and Exotics in the Garden
Tuesday, March 5
- Compost Best Management Practices to Reduce Sediment and Pollution Seminar
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Annapolis Green on the Radio
Next Program
Wednesday, Feb. 27
6 - 7 p.m.
"Compost Based Ways to Reduce Sediment & Pollution Entering Chesapeake Waterways"
Living Green in in Annapolis on WNAV may be heard at 1430AM, streaming live on wnav.com and, in the City at 99.9FM. Past programs are available on our website. Click here.
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Support Annapolis Green
Be a Founding One Hundred Member or a "Bay Backer"
Want to join in and make your mark on sustainability in the Annapolis area?
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.
 | - Charlie Birney
- Infrared Tools Energy Services
- Gene Singleton & Maureen McEnerney
- Keith & Helen Drewett
- Doug Lashley / GreenVest
- Elvia Thompson
- Lynne & Mark Forsman
- Ralph Gleason
- Shelley & Eric Rubin
- Boatyard Bar & Grill
- John Nicklin
- Cohen Community Fund
- Towne Park
- Eastport Civic Association
- Galway Bay Irish Pub
- The Brick Companies
- Delegate Steve Schuh
- Severn Savings Bank
- Paul Murphy
- Hannah Studios, Inc.
- Joe Budge & Sharon Kennedy
- PNC Wealth Management
- K&B True Value
- Betty & Jim Davis
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Please read more. Thank you!
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Call for Exhibitors, Sponsors, and Student ArtistsThe Davidsonville Area Civic Assocition and Ruritan Club are seeking Green businesses and non-profits to exhibit at the 4th Annual Green Expo on Saturday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
K-12 students are invited to participate in the Expo's poster contest. Prizes will be awarded.
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Save the Date for Green Drinks in March
Our Annual Green Drinks
in the Garden
Wednesday, March 20
Theme: Cherish the Chesapeake
Details coming soon!
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Top of the Line
We've got two big messages for you:
- Vote for Annapolis Green so we can win a $10,000 grant
- Come to Green Drinks on Wednesday to learn about Project Clean Stream, network, mingle, and enjoy great music & appetizers in a lovely setting
First to the Vote, that is, "Rock the Bote!"
Annapolis Green is a finalist in a competition to win a $10,000 Grassroots Grant from the BoatUS Foundation. The winner will be determined by which organization gets the most votes between now and March 6.
We plan to use the funds to: 1) accelerate our recycling efforts at the Annapolis Boat Shows - the biggest outdoor events held in downtown Annapolis; 2) develop the practices into a toolkit that can be used by any group wanting to run a Green waterside event; and 3) create a mobile-ready website for visiting and local boaters to encourage a Green boating practices.
Annapolis Green needs votes! You can
vote once a day, every day until March 6.
Annapolis Green is the only mid-Atlantic organization in the competition. Support the hometown team, your environmental champions, Annapolis Green. Vote once a day, every day!
(Thank you to Wendy Marxen & Meghan Matthews
for the campaign slogan and graphic!)
This Wednesday, Feb. 27
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
The Golf Club at South River
3451 Solomons Island Road, Edgewatercomplimentary appetizers * cash bar * live music 50/50 putt for green * plan to stay for dinner
We're bringing our "fun side of eco-awareness... making serious connections" to the very Green, brand-new Bistro Great Room at the Brick Companies' Golf Club for our networking happy hour for those who are passionate about the environment. Our hosts, the Brick Companies, are one of the area's pioneering and leading sustainability businesses. Read more on our website.
The theme of this Green Drinks is "Have a Green Heart." Show that you do by supporting Annapolis Green, showing some love for our environment through Project Clean Stream, and getting to know one another better to discover what we all bring to environmental work close to home. Green Drinks this month is being sponsored by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, and the event will focus on building a groundswell of participation in the Alliance's Project Clean Stream, a watershed-wide clean up event to be held on or near the date of April 6 at more than 200 sites from New York to Virginia.
 We want to get your Green hearts all "pumped up" to do your part for just one day to help clean up a waterway in your neck of the woods. Get your hands dirty! Businesses, neighborhood associations, clubs... all can participate. In the next few weeks we'll have more information on how you can find a nearby group to join in their clean-up or how you can start your own. Let's show some love to our waterways!  We'll have live music at Green Drinks -- the Fiddle Oaks. The band masquerades during the day as employees of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. If you went to last year's Taste of the Chesapeake, you heard their fabulous country-bluegrass-bluesy sound. We are so excited to have them join us! 50/50 Putt Green for Green Contest  As you come in you'll see the signs. Give it your best shot and enter the 50/50 Putt for Green Contest. For just $5 try to sink your putt on the Green and enter to win 50% of the proceeds. The other half will go to further Annapolis Green's work in bringing the sustainability message to the Annapolis Area.
 The Bistro at South River is open to the public for dining. Do plan to stay for dinner and enjoy their offerings.
Green Drinks strives to bring the environmental message to new audiences, so bring along your friends, colleagues, family... everybody... to February's Green Drinks Annapolis!
Don't forget your name tags and handouts for our environmental information table.
As always, it's free with a cash bar (soft drinks available), and no RSVP is required. See you Wednesday. Cheers,
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!
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Cork Recyling: Still Moving
 We're up to 58 pounds of corks and growing! That's how much of this recyclable material we've kept out of the landfill -- thanks to you. The corks will be made into shoes, flooring and other materials instead of being lost in a landfill. So keep it up! And don't be shy... ask your friends and favorite bar or restaurant to turn the corks over to you for our campaign. Bring us your corks and we'll put them to good use! |
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 Our Email Sponsors
K&B True Value
Sale will be held rain or shine
Saturday & Sunday, March 16 & 17
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Composters $47 * Rain Barrels $58
 K&B True Value is your hardware store and more. There are literally thousands of Green Options products in stock to help you live your life in a more Earth friendly manner. And, now, K&B delivers!
Visit K&B True Value online, on Facebook, and in person at 912 Forest Drive, Annapolis. Phone: (410) 268-3939.
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