"GO GREEN Group" Updates & Info

The Go Green group is a committee of area residents interested in learning and exploring pro-environmental practices and methods. All are welcome to join, no matter where you reside!

Monthly Meetings take place the 3rd Thursday of every month at the Kentlands Clubhouse.

Summer Schedule of Activities

JULY 2010

Guest Speaker-Boyce Thorne-Miller

The topic is The Gulf Oil Spill and how this has affected the surrounding marine life, and what we might be able do to help the Cleanup.
Thursday, July 15th at 7:00 pm
Kentlands Clubhouse (485 Tschiffely Square Road)
Boyce Thorne-Miller is a marine biologist who has worked for two decades as an activist on ocean environmental issues, including toxic pollution, marine biodiversity, aquaculture, and most recently  
fisheries.  She is Science and Policy Coordinator for the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance, a New England based organization that works with fishermen, their communities, and scientists and social  
scientists who support them toward the goal of maintaining a fishing fleet that is diverse, participates responsibly in it's own governance, is socio-economically viable, and is guided by principles  
that help maintain a healthy ecosystem.

She will talk about the farmer-fishermen alliance that is leading to more sustainable food that focuses on local markets, and will show how that is linked to fisheries management policies and ultimately to marine environmental policies (yes, including drilling for oil in the ocean).

Family Walk in Great Seneca St. Park with Amy Beam

Friday July 30th, 2010

Time 5:00 pm Meet at Kentlands Clubhouse
http://wildernessawareness.ning.com/profile/AmyBeam

Amy will lead a walk through Seneca State Park and teach us how to look for animal tracks, interact with nature. Bring a picnic dinner!

AUGUST 2010

A CHEMICAL REACTION- Documentary Viewing
Date: Thursday August 19, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Kentlands Clubhouse
 View movie trailer at  http://www.safelawns.org/chemical-reaction/.

SEPTEMBER 2010

Book Discussion on Living Downstream

Date: Thursday September 16, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Kentlands Clubhouse
Read  Living Downstream and come to discuss what you think of the book!
From Amazon.com Reviews
“Sandra Steingraber, a poet and biologist, writes with extraordinary grace and clarity about that most depressing of subjects: cancer, a disease that sends you into an unfamiliar territory where all the rules of human conduct are alien. That territory, she suggests, is expanding as chemically poisoned environments begin to take their toll on their human inhabitants. This interaction between the disease and compromised natural zones takes her text into fascinating arguments. Along the way, Steingraber looks at community efforts to reverse the effects of carcinogenic toxins, such as an Iowa farming group's decision to replace chemical herbicides with natural methods of pest control, following the principle of the least toxic alternative. She also suggests that with proper foresight we can do much to make our environments less dangerous.”

OCTOBER 2010

Home Energy Audits
Time: 7:00 pm
Date: Thursday October 21, 2010
Location: Kentlands Clubhouse

Learn about the cost and benefits of a Home Energy Audit!

TBA-Learn the ABC’s of Composting
Kids and families can learn how to compost at Kentlands Community Garden. Learn what you can and can not compost and make your own composter!
Time: TBA
Date: TBA

GO GREEN Wins Environmental Award

Accepting a 2010 City of Gaithersburg Environmental Award for their efforts in creating their neighborhood's first organic Community Garden is (l to r): Adrienne Gillen, Ruthzaly Weich, Dennis Stiles, Bridget Ryder, Mayor Sidney Katz and Alex Stavitsky-Zeinnedin.

Community Garden Updates

The inaugural Kentlands Community Garden has filled its 12 available plots for the 2010 calendar year. The Garden is looking for sponsors to provide monies or supplies to build the beds for the garden. Contributions are tax deductible as the Community Garden is sponsored by the Kentlands Community Foundation a 501 (c)) 3 non profit.
For more information, please contact: Alex Stavitsky-Zeineddin
240-246-1645
GO GREEN