Filed under: News | Tags: Real Food Farm, Who Wants To Be An Urban Farmer Baltimore
Who wants To Be An Urban Farmer? -Workshop
2nd Annual “Who Wants to be an Urban Farmer?”
Saturday April 28th, 2012, 8:30-12:30pm
Real Food Farm – 2801 St. Lo Drive
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Suggested donation is a sliding scale of $5-15.
Baltimore Green Week & Real Food Farm presents:
The second “Who Wants to be an Urban Farmer” is a morning of workshops that provide the opportunity to learn specific production techniques utilized at urban farms in Baltimore, Maryland. Each workshop will present a different specialized tool to growing food for production in Baltimore City. The workshops will be focused on urban farming and production, and presented in a scope and scale able to be transferred to backyards and open urban green space. The best recipients of the workshops will be new urban farmers, and home and community gardeners looking to improve their operations with efficiency, diversification, and output.
Topics will include:
- urban chickens
- scaling up with appropriate tools
- installing irrigation for less labor
- season extension
- plus more!
To learn more and register, CLICK HERE.
Filed under: Events, News | Tags: Baltimore Bus, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Circle of Support For Offshore Wind
Rally For Offshore Wind!
Circle Of Support For Offshore Wind
Monday, April 2nd, 2012, 7PM
Lawyer’s Mall, 100 State Circle, Annapolis
Speakers will include business leaders, fatith leaders public health advocates, legislators and more.
Please come join hundreds of Marylanders on Monday night April 2nd, 2012 as we form a “Circle of Support” around the Maryland State House in Annapolis to encourage lawmakers to embrace offshore wind power.
$5 BUS TO ANNAPOLIS FROM BALTIMORE, 5:45pm
We’re going to make it super easy for you to get to Annapolis by chartering buses from Baltimore, Montgomery County and Prince George’s County. One 56-seat bus will be chartered from each area. Plus, riders get a free “Wind Works” t-shirt and healthy snacks for the trip! After completing this registration page, click on the link to reserve your seat! Suggested fare of $5 dollars per passenger requested.
For more information, visit Chesapeake Climate Action Network or contact Tanvi Gadhia, Baltimore Clean Energy Organizer, MDLCV, tgadhia@mdlcv.org, 410.419.5664 or
https://www.facebook.com/MarylandersforOffshoreWindPower
Baltimore Food Truck Rally at the Maryland SPCA
On Friday, March 23, the Maryland SPCA is hosting a Baltimore Food Truck Rally at the from 5-8 p.m. Purchase delicious food from some of Baltimore’s best food trucks! Onboard are Souper Freak, The Gypsy Queen Cafe, GrrChe – Gourmet Grilled Cheese, Iced Gems Creations, Kooper’s Chowhound Burger Wagon and South Carolina BBQ & Catering. Beer and wine also will be available for purchase. See adoptable Maryland SPCA dogs and take a tour of the adoption center. Listen to music and win prizes from CBS Radio. A portion of the proceeds benefits the animals at the Maryland SPCA.
Admission is free. Parking is not available at the Maryland SPCA (3300 Falls Road), where the food trucks will be located. But, there is parking nearby in Hampden, including a parking lot at the Academy for College and Career Exploration (1300 W. 36th Street). No pets permitted except MD SPCA adoptable dogs due to the nature of the event. For more information, contact Tami Gosheff at tgosheff@mdspca.org.
Filed under: News | Tags: Baltimore City Schools Sustainability Challenge
Support Young Baltimore Green Leaders
From the Baltimore Community Foundation:
The City Schools Sustainability Challenge–which puts Baltimore public school students in the lead in implementing environmental action projects at their schools–is the featured project on GiveCorps.com.
Your donation to the Sustainability Challenge will help us reach our goal of funding projects in 50 schools in 2012. Better yet, Constellation Energy will be matching all donations dollar-for-dollar, so your gift will be doubled!
From school-wide recycling programs, to rain gardens, outdoor classrooms, and composting and energy conservation projects, Baltimore students are leading the way in making their schools greener.
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Green Monday At American Brewery with Marty Schwartz, of Vehicles for Change
Join CSBA and Social Enterprise Alliance, Maryland Chapter for an evening of networking and learn about Vehicles for Change and it’s Freedom Wheels Program. Enjoy beer/wine and light fair in the beautiful American Brewery Building.
Monday, March 5, 2012, 5:30–8 PM
Humanim at the American Brewery
1701 N. Gay Street, MAP IT
The social enterprise success of Vehicles for Change and it’s Freedom Wheels program are rapidly becoming a national model for increasing access to opportunity for working families. What is less well known are the contributions Vehicles for Change makes to the local economy, and the positive environmental effects of its vehicle rehabilitation process. Speaker: Marty Schwartz, CEO of Vehicles for Change.
Register online by COB Friday, March 2, 2012: $20 member / $30 non-member ($30 member / $40 non-member at the door)
To register, CLICK HERE.
Filed under: News | Tags: National Invasive Species Awareness Week Maryland
February 26 – March 3, 2012
From The Nature Conservancy:
What is an Invasive Plant?
Invasive plants are usually nonnative species that have been introduced intentionally or by accident and spread from human settings into natural areas with negative effects to our economy, environment or health.
Free from the plant-eaters and parasites that keep them in check in their native ranges, invasives reproduce rapidly and spread aggressively, taking over natural areas and altering biological communities. Invasive plants have been referred to as a form of biological pollution.
What can you do?
You can do your part by learning about some common invasive plants in our area and being able to identify them.
To download a Maryland Invasive Plants Brochure from The Nature Conservancy, CLICK HERE.
To learn more about Maryland invasive plants. CLICK HERE.
March 6, 2012
@ Engineering Society of Baltimore
Keynote address from Mark Maloney, Dir. of Public Works, City of Shoreview, MN
“Pervious Concrete as Public Infrastructure”
Read Mark Maloney’s Bio Here
Vendor Tables * Breakfast and Lunch Included * PDH’s available
Engineering Green 2012 is an event for civil engineers, landscape architects, property owners, developers, and others interested in the engineering design of a sustainable site. This one day conference will showcase projects in the commercial and government sectors int he Chesapeake bay Watershed. The day will include four sessions (with 2 or 3 presentations to choose from in each) in which presenters will give an in-depth look at project design, implementation, and lessons learned. The event will also include a keynote address from a leader in the field of site sustainability, breakfast and lunch, and a chance to put your mind together with other professionals working in similar areas and dealing with similar issues to come up with practical solutions.
Early Registration Ends Feb. 28th
For more information, CLICK HERE.
Lecture With Ex-Pro Basketball Player & Farmer, Will Allen
March 7, 2012
On the Future of Food, Lecture & Book Signing
Speaker: Will Allen
Time: 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Location: Sommer Hall
615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD
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