Monday, April 4, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the Nyack Library, located at 59 South Broadway
An informational, interactive evening which includes a screening of the When Learning Comes Naturally as seen on PBS, followed by an open discussion devoted to investigating and discussing why it is so critical for children to “unplug and get outside.” Leading the evening [...]
Cropsey Community Farm has now a beautiful hoop house and it is already growing in there. There will be more volunteer projects coming up throughout the season. If you are interested in getting involved and working on the farm, please contact Rockland Farm Alliance at volunteer@rocklandfarm.org.
There are still quite a few ice cream companies that still allow the use of genetically modified bovine growth hormone.
Here is your chance to take action: Link to Action page (you are only a few clicks away from making a difference) where you can ask your assembly member to sponsor a bill that would make it compulsary [...]
If you dont have the Keep Rockland beautiful newsletter, maybe you missed that The Great American Cleanup is coming up.
Dates between Saturday, April 9 and Sunday, April 24, 2011
56 groups signed up so far and the goal is 300 cleanups. Please pass the word - volunteers needed
Go HERE for all the information!
TED - “a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading” has a great website with talks doing just that. Here I listened to Majora Carter for the first time (on greening the ghetto and local eco-activism for example) and now I visit the site now and then. The TED talks always have something interesting or unexpected. Today [...]
In 2010, NOFA-NY hosted its first ever Locavore Challenge to run throughout the month of September. Planning for the 2011 Locavore Challenge is already underway. The goal is to have more than 4,000 participants throughout the state involved in this event.
The Locavore Challenge is set up as a personal challenge for individuals to make a commitment to [...]
