VOLUNTEER TREE PLANTING AT CHESLEN PRESERVE

Calling all volunteers to get involved in a mega tree planting party!  Natural Lands Trust is planting 600 trees this fall at our 1,263-acre ChesLen Preserve, in an all-volunteer effort generously supported by TreeVitalize.

Large-scale tree planting is part of an important reforestation project in the southwest area of the preserve. Planting native trees is one of the best ways to support wildlife as well as minimize erosion, purify air, filter nutrients, capture stormwater runoff, and provide great spaces for people to enjoy! Natural Lands Trust is hosting a tree-planting party to plant 600 native tree saplings, including oak, maple, birch, and other species.

Volunteers meet and park along Kelsall Road, between Route 162 and Cannery Road – NOT at the Lenfest Center.  This GPS address will get you close: 1251 Kelsall Road, Coatesville, PA. From there, continue half-mile south down Kelsall, and look for us. No experience necessary; instruction and tools will be provided.  Suitable for ages 12+. Light snacks provided afterwards. Before you come:

* Bring water bottle and  sturdy closed-toe shoes.
* Wear long pants and long-sleeve shirts, to avoid skin scratches and possible poison ivy.
* Be prepared to walk on uneven terrain, and get dirty.
* Shovels will be provided.  Bring work gloves if you have them; they will also be available to borrow.
* Ticks and bugs are possible.
* Poison ivy may be present

DATE: Saturday, November 5, 2016, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
LOCATION: ChesLen Preserve  (Kelsall Road, between Route 162 and Cannery Road), Unionville, PA 19320
COST: FREE!
RSVP: https://natlands.org/event/volunteer-cheslen-2016-1105/
MORE INFO: contact Becky Rennix at brennix@natlands.org, 610-353-5587, ext 214.

CHERRY HILL GREEN DRINKS COMING TO BERLIN BREWING!

Meet up with old friends and make new ones this month! Join Sustainable Cherry Hill and  your
neighbors over the river for their November South Jersey Green Drinks. Their next Green Drinks is on Wednesday, November 2nd, from 6pm to 8pm at the Berlin Brewing Company, 220 South White Horse Pike, Berlin NJ, 08002.Light appetizers will be provided by Sustainable Cherry Hill and drinks are available for purchase.

RECYCLING: THE PHILLY MOB GETS INTO THE ACT

Runoff from the Jersey Recycling Services
landfill purportedly reaching Pennsauken Creek.
Apparently, the Philly Mob has gotten with the times and has gone “green” – as in recycling. 

The Philly Voice reports that Bard Sirkin, a Florida-based businessman with ties to Philadelphia mob boss Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino and the Lucchese and Bonanno crime families in New York, operated Jersey Recycling Services, a company that leased a 104-acre dumping site in Palmyra NJ.

  Authorities claim he used the recycling and mulching operation as a front for an illegal landfill that took potentially hazardous waste materials, construction debris and dangerous pollutants.

To add insult to injury, the potential cleanup costs for the now abandoned site to the borough of Palmyra could top $10M, said a representative of the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation (SCI). And it's also unknown if any contaminants had leeched into the nearby Pennsauken Creek, the Delaware River or the 250-acre Palmyra Cove Nature Park adjacent to the dumping site.

Read the full article here: http://www.phillyvoice.com/investigators-merlino-associates-mulch-operation-leaves-palmyra-10m-cleanup/

DINE OUT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT!

 Time to eat your greens and love it! Join the Clean Air Council and your friends and neighbors for the 3rd annual Dine Out For The Environment! This event that highlights
sustainable restaurants in the Philadelphia area.

The Clean Air Council will partner with many of the most exciting sustainable restaurants in and around the city and promote the variety of ways they are giving back to the environment. Their food is top notch and world-classdelicious, but the impact they are making goes beyond food, to benefit our communities and environment.
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Restaurants participating in Dine Out for the Environment are of the most sustainable the Philadelphia area has to offer. All restaurants pledge to donate a percentage of sales on October 13th to local non-profit Clean Air Council.

UPENN SPONSORED PANEL ON SCIENCE POLICY AND LAW

The UPenn Science Policy Group will be having a Panel Discussion on  "The importance of Science-Informed Policy and Law Making" on October 5th, 2016 at 4pm in the University of Pennsylvania Bookstore, in partnership with 314 Action. 


The panelists are:
- Dr. Michael Mann (climatologist and geophysicist)
- Shaughnessy Naughton (scientist and former congressional candidate)
- Andrew Zwicker (scientist and elected member to New Jersey Assembly)
- Adrian Rivera-Reyes (moderator)

Dr. Michael Mann's new book on global warming and politics, Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics and Driving Us Crazy was recently published, thus we have arranged for the Penn Bookstore to have copies available for purchase. A reception will follow the panel discussion and Dr. Mann will be signing copies of his book. Hope to see you there!

PS. Food and refreshments will be served!

More here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1677992995851307/

HELP JUDY WICKS SOLARIZE CENTER CITY!

This fall, Judy Wicks (founder of the White Dog Restaurant, The Sustainable Business Network and BALLE) is partnering with the Center City Residents Association, the Clean Air Council, and Solar States, a local solar installer, to launch a Solarize Center City campaign in which residents  of West Center City can use their collective buying power to purchase solar systems for their properties at greatly reduced costs.

She says, "Early this year, Solar States installed solar panels on my roof and I am very happy with the quality of their work and the tremendous savings I’ve seen. Importantly, displacing fossil fuel-produced energy with renewable energy curbs climate change and improves air quality, reducing asthma and other illnesses caused by pollution. Rooftop solar provides significant savings to homeowners, while contracting with locally-based Solar States creates green jobs and supports our local economy."

When neighbors solarize together, Solar States can offer large discounts – the more neighbors the greater the discount. Solarize campaigns have the potential to reduce the cost of a home solar system by 15% , and combined with the federal tax credit of 30% produces savings of 45%, and that’s just the beginning - savings from greatly reduced electric bills will continue over the years.

DATE: Campaign Kickoff: Wednesday, October 5, 5:30 – 7:30 pm | 5:30 Wine & Cheese Reception; 6pm program
LOCATION: Trinity Center for Urban Life, 22nd & Spruce Streets
RSVP: https://solarstates.ticketleap.com/solarize-center-city-kick-off/dates/Oct-05-2016_at_0530PM

SUSTAINABLE CHERRY HILL PRESENTS GREENDRINKS CHERRY HILL AT THE BIG EVENT! 

Make new friends and mingle with old ones at Sustainable Cherry Hill's monthly Green Drinks. Their next event is a family friendly one being held at The Big Event on Kings Highway in Cherry Hill, NJ. Come out and enjoy a sustainably renovated entertainment complex that offers bowling, arcades and billiards. Food and beverages are available for purchase. And as always, bring your green issues, news and events (and a friend or two) with you!

DATE: Wednesday, October 5th, from 6:00-8:00pm
LOCATION: The Big Event, 1536 North Kings Highway (Route 41), Cherry Hill, NJ
COST: FREE!
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