http://www.rocklandgreenmap.org ...for a sustainable community! Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:33:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First out is a list of Nurseries where you can go and meet spring, support a local business and local agriculture (Source Rockland Farm Alliance) (Of course they will soon be on the open green map together with other updates) CELETTI NURSERY 937 Rt. 45 New City, NY 10956 845-354-0791 Plants, trees, shrubs, topsoil, ... http://www.rocklandgreenmap.org/2010/03/09/support-rockland-agriculture-1/ if (WIDGETBOX) WIDGETBOX.renderWidget('8b7244d6-51a1-4e9c-8430-d0a285066155');Get the Countdown Creator Pro widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox! Not seeing a widget? (More info) http://www.rocklandgreenmap.org/2010/03/08/let%c2%b4s-all-come-together-for-earth-hour/ Follow this link to read a v e r y interesting story, published in The Nation on March 4, on environmental non-governmental organizations and where they get some of their funding from. Thought provoking! Here is the link to the story. http://www.rocklandgreenmap.org/2010/03/08/the-wrong-kind-of-green/ [caption id="attachment_218" align="alignnone" width="231" caption="Support our regional farmers and treat yourself to health and community!"][/caption] http://www.rocklandgreenmap.org/2010/03/05/palisades-indoor-farmers-market-tomorrow/ Found thanks to the Rockland County Tourism calendar: Rockland’s only winter indoor farmers’ market is back! The Palisades Indoor Winter Farmers’ Market opens Saturday, February 6. The market will be held every Saturday through May 15, from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. in the Palisades Community Center located at 675 Oak Tree Road ... http://www.rocklandgreenmap.org/2010/02/26/why-not-visit-the-indoor-farmers%e2%80%99-market/ The Great American Cleanup in Rockland County, which is coordinated by Keep Rockland Beautiful and many local cleanup leaders, is Rockland's biggest annual community improvement event. The dates for this year's cleanup is between April 17-25 2010. In 2009, there were over 300 cleanups registered, around 4000 volunteers involved, and they bagged up ... http://www.rocklandgreenmap.org/2010/02/22/save-the-date-2010-spring-cleanup/ As you may have noticed, this website is very seldom updated. The reason is that the Rockland Green Map is without a local network or group. WOULD YOU be interested in creating a new group in Rockland, and continue to develop the map and maybe even maintaining the website you are ... http://www.rocklandgreenmap.org/2010/02/20/help/ http://www.rocklandgreenmap.org/2010/02/18/take-a-green-map-wherever-you-go/ From Rose Marie Raccioppi: The Rockland County Nontoxic Land Maintenance Act passed in June, 2008 is currently in effect. As a member of the Orangetown Environmental Committee I will be making a presentation on January 24, 2009 in preparation of presenting a request to the Town Board for a similar nontoxic land ... http://www.rocklandgreenmap.org/2009/01/20/nontoxicotown/ On January 24-25 the Knickerbocker Ice Festival at Rockland Lake will mark the beginning of the celebration of Henry Hudson´s journey up the Hudson River 400 years ago. We are about to embark upon the 400th Anniversary of Henry Hudson's famous sail upon the 'Half Moon' in 1609.   We are proud ... http://www.rocklandgreenmap.org/2009/01/05/knickerbocker-ice-festival-at-rockland-lake/