June 5, 2015 Vol. 6 No. 18
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Support Annapolis Green
Be a Founding One Hundred Member or a Friend of Annapolis Green 
Want to join in and make your mark on sustainability in the Annapolis area? 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
- Chesapeake Bay Roasting Company
- Clean Currents
- John H. Stevens
- EP Henry
- MOM's Organic Market
- La Prima Catering
- Jeannie Zajac
- Vic Pascoe
- Robert Clark
- Mid-Atlantic GEM, LLC
- Dick Lahn
- Homestead Gardens
- Rick Kissel & Lee Finney
- Kevin Green
- Hannon Armstrong
- Clare Vanderbeek & Jack Morkan*
*multiple donations
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 Our Weekly Radio Program 6 p.m. WNAV, 1430AM, 99.9FM, streaming on wnav.com
June 10
"How to Compost at Home and How it's Done on an Industrial Scale," with guests Terence Wright, Master Composter and Master Gardener; and Justen Garrity, Founder, Veteran Compost
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June 13 - Wetland Restoration in Severn River Watershed
Volunteers needed.
Saturday, June 13 - Magothy River Day
Sunday, June 14 - Walk for Yellow Perch in the Magothy Watershed
Volunteers needed.
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Belvoir Plantation & Arboretum Tour
Benefits Severn River Association
 On June 20, you can tour this property, which is not open to the public, with SRA. Belvoir Plantation was built 1680-1690 and has had many notable guests, including George Washington. The house is surrounded by one of the country's oldest arboretums. Archaeologists are uncovering the largest slave quarters in Maryland on the property. Tickets: $25 for visitors over age 16; free for under 16. Tickets may be purchased online or on-site. Learn more.
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Save the Date! Next Green Drinks Tuesday, June 23  at the Loews Annapolis Hotel 126 West Street 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Theme: Green Roots
Weaving the Past with the Present
for a Sustainable Community
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 Right before Green Drinks gets underway, at 5 p.m., we invite you to a ceremony to mark Annapolis Green's affiliation with Keep America Beautiful. This will be held at Baroak as well. Details to come.
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Highlights
 Friday - Sunday, June 5-7 - 11th Annual Green Festival in Washington, DC Everything about sustainability and Green living: Exhibitors, speakers, shopping, music, food, new ideas. Admission charge.
 Saturday, June 6 - SERC BugblitzSpend a day searching the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center for insects and photograph what you find.
 Saturday, June 6 - Riverfest 2015
Discovery Village, Shady Side
Discover the roots and tides of Southern Anne Arundel County at this new agro/eco/heritage celebration.
 Saturday, June 6 - Maryland League of Conservation Voters Vineyard Fundraiser
Support the important work Maryland League of Conservation Voters is doing on issues like Clean Agriculture and Clean Water and to learn about the sustainable winemaking being practiced at The Vineyards at Dodon.  Saturday & Sunday, June 6 & 7 - Friends of Jug Bay Native Plant Sale & Garden Tour, Glendening Preserve Butterfly Garden, Lothian  Sunday, June 7 - World Oceans Day Film: Mapping the BlueCelebrate World Oceans Day with the screening of Mapping the Blue, an award-winning film about the creation of one of the world's largest marine parks from the Living Oceans Foundation, at the Annapolis Maritime Museum.
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Get Your Free Marsh Grasses
Anne Arundel County residents with qualifying living shoreline or other tidal projects can obtain free native marsh grasses through the Emergent Grasses Program. Two species of grass are currently available:
Spartina alterniflora, for areas between normal and high tides, and Spartina patens, for areas above high tide. County personnel are available to conduct a field visit to evaluate site conditions before you submit an application. Contact the Forestry Office at 410-222-7441 for more info.
Magothy River Kayak Watertrail Project
The Magothy River Association, with a grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust, will build a Magothy River water trail and create new stewards of the River by exploring its hidden coves and creeks. The project will also develop a hyperlinked map. To participate, contact Kelly Kalalinowski. Education Award Nominations OpenThe Jan Hollmann Award Committee is currently accepting nominations for its yearly Anne Arundel County environmental education award. To nominate a candidate, contact Pierre Henkart no later than Monday, June 15. Unity Gardens, a non-profit that provides grants up to $1000 to community groups for community greening projects, is in urgent need of skilled volunteers willing to dedicate a few hours a month to event planning and promotion, accounting and bookkeeping, financial planning, fundraising, grant research and writing, and social media and communications. If you can help, send your qualifications to unitygardens@gmail.com.
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Join Our Growing List of Sponsors Helping Us Green Area Events!
Responsible Events & Festivals, our festival greening program (The Green REF), is getting to be well-known.
prized by planners of regattas, foot races, rowing races, and more, as they ask us to help Green their events.
Our REF program is based on sponsorship.
We look for companies - in any sort of business - that would like to Make the Right Call and connect their brands to our recycling and composting educational efforts.
Sponsorship makes it possible to cover the expenses associated with making these good things happen! If you know of a company that might like to be a part of this exciting program, please contact us AND them. Tell them why you support Annapolis Green, put them in touch with us and we'll do the rest.We also welcome corporate volunteers who can help us with set-up and break-down at REF events. A REF event could be a great team-building initiative for your company.
Together, let's turn the tide and make this Festival Season a Green one! Watch for these upcoming REF events. Would YOU like to be a Green REF sponsor?
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 Our Email Sponsors
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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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