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Saturday, March 6th 10am-4pm

Learn how your backyard can be beautiful and provide good things to eat with minimal maintenance. Create a yard that is resilient, productive, and beautiful with Monica Ibacache or Green Pheonix Permaculture.

The Beczak Environmental Center is located on the Hudson River at 35 Alexander Street, Yonkers NY.
The event costs $30 and includes a resource guide. Bring your lunch. Reserve your spot today by calling 914-377-1900 x 13

Learn how to increase energy efficiency in your home to help you save money and save the environment! To download the flier for more information, click the image below.

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Groundwork Hudson Valley
And
The Science Barge
Present:

Second Annual Floating Sculpture Exhibition
June 12th – 13th, 2010

Drawing upon our 2009 success, we are repeating our floating water sculpture exhibition. Groundwork Hudson Valley is seeking artists to create floatable art to be installed in a semi-sheltered section of the river adjacent our Science Barge.

Our water sculpture celebration is a two day event building upon our work in this community. The event begins on Saturday morning with the installation. The event continues later that day with a reception for the artists and music, and an opportunity for the judges to review the art. There are also boxes for the guests to vote on their favorite art. All Saturday and Sunday the sculptures will be available for viewing by the general public.

The site of the installation is the Hudson River in an area between the Science Barge and the shore. The Science Barge is moored 35’ off shore. There is a beautiful little park onshore along side a brick path with benches. The park sits at the confluence of the Saw Mill River and the Hudson River. Combined with the majestic Palisades in the distance framed by the George Washington and Tappan Zee Bridges, make this an especially beautiful site.

The Science Barge, its gangway, and the shore side park makes it possible for the sculptures to be viewed easily from all sides. The sculptures will be judged for artistic merit and creativity by a panel of judges and by a “people’s choice” ballot and recognition awards will be given. Please see the  attached rules for further information. It is important that each submission carefully follow these guidelines.

We hope you’ll join in the celebration of the river by providing your artistic talent. By bringing people down to the Hudson River you help raise awareness as to the plight of this majestic and important body of water.

All start at 3:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

FEBRUARY
16 – Food and Love: From Gifts of Chocolate to Deadly Fish
23 – Beyond Wood: The Edible Tree – a survey of trees and what they’re used for

MARCH
2 – The Spices of Life: The ingredients that mobilized a world
9 – How Food Influenced Art: A slide show on food art from still life to soup cans
16 – FILM SHOWING: The Garden (Award winning documentary on community gardens)
23 – VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY (at Riverside H.S.). Rethinking Food With Youth (10:22 – 11:09 a.m.)
30 – Marketing and Food: How Park Avenue and Wall Street shaped what we eat.

APRIL
6 – Tea: From Religion to Revolution
13 – The Diet Wars: How conversations about what we should eat have changed our culinary habits
20 – TOUR: Organic Farming Techniques (12:00 – 4:00) – Sister Hill Farm. 2:00 p.m.
24 – SATURDAY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: – Kick off Festivities at the Science Barge (12-2 p.m.)
27 – The Invention of Sauce:  The Four Mother Sauces, and a few others.

MAY
4 – Canceled (Green Jobs Conference in Washington)
11 – What Mother Made: Home Inventions, Julia Child, and TV Dinners
18 – Seafood and the History of the Fishmongers
25 – FILM SHOWING: “The Power of Community – How Cuba Survived Peak Oil”

JUNE
1 – Pesto Making Class: Learn traditional and adapted recipes (including sage) – Free Basil!
8 – TOUR: Plant and Human Nutrition Aboard the Science Barge (free lettuce!)
12 – VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: Booth at the Science Barge Floating Sculpture Event 12 – 2 p.m.
15 – Sugar at Any Price?: Why we crave sugar, and how it ends up in all of our food

All these activities are free. To insure a seat on the bus, please sign up for the trips in advance. Philipse Manor Hall has graciously offered meeting space, but during their remodeling the room is under-heated. Please be sure to dress warmly on cold days. NOTE: IF THE DAY’S FORECAST PREDICTS MORE THAN A DUSTING OF SNOW THE EVENT IS CANCELED. All events and activities are free and open to all adults 55+ years. For more information contact Curt Collier at (914) 375-2151, or curt@groundworkhv.org.

On Thursday, October 29th staff from GW USA, GW HV, the Saw Mill River Coalition, and a member of our Youth Green Team made a trip to E.P.A. headquarters in Washington D.C. to meet with their Office of Water, which focuses on urban rivers and streams.

Help us put the finishing touches on our BioBlitz reports and learn about all of the species found! Contact us at (914) 375-2151 or emily@groundworkhv.org or respond to this post!

October/November 2009. To sign up to receive our occaisional newsletters, send a quick e-mail to emily@groundworkhv.org

The next vine-cutting will be Saturday, March 13th from 9:30am-12:30pm at the Farragut Avenue site (directions are below). This may be one of the last couple of vine-cuttings for this season! As spring approaches, so do the poison ivy leaves that cause us to postpone our events until fall… Let’s make the last couple events leave a dent that could  last through summer!

If you didn’t see the article about February’s vine-cutting, read Aman Ali’s article in the Journal News about Sunday’s effort.  It was a good article and we received a lot of positive response from concerned citizens throughout the watershed. With continued support and participation, our group effort is building momentum. Let’s keep it up!

Hope to see you there! Please send a quick e-mail to emily@groundworkhv.org, or leave a comment on this post if you know that you will be able to attend.

Future Vine-cutting Dates are as follows (same time, same place-different days-scroll down for location information):

• Saturday, March 13th
• Rain Date: Saturday, March 20th
• Sunday, April 11th
  
• Rain Date: Sunday, April 18th

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