EVENTS CALENDAR 2011
Event dates and times are subject to change. Please check this page for updates
| January | 10 | Environmental Speaker Series: Create and Collaborate! New Tools and Resources for Exploring Life on Earth with Marie Struder, Harvard University 7 pm -- Newton Free Library |
| January | 15 | 5th Annual Student Environmental Art Contest begins Open to all students in grades K-5 who live or attend school in Newton Entries due March 1 |
| January | 26 | Safe Alternatives Workshop practical tips for using safe alternatives to toxic chemicals at home |
| February | 28 | Environmental Speaker Series: Film: "The Work of 1000" Screening followed by panel: Fitchburg Mayor Lisa Wong, CRWA's Bob Zimmerman and Rita Barron 7 pm -- Newton Free Library |
| March | 15th Annual Alternatives to Pesticides Month | |
| March | 1 | Newton Student Environmental Art Contest Entries Due |
| March | 3 | Newton Unplugged & Connected 2011 Magic Recycled Box Workshop 4:00 - 5:00 pm -- Druker Auditorium, Newton Free LIbrary |
| March | 5 | Urban
Ark Seminar and Tour Saturday, 10:00 am - Noon Cancelled |
| March | 6 | Urban
Ark Seminar and Tour Sunday, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Cancelled |
| March | 11 | Newton Unplugged & Connected 2011 Spring in My Backyard 3:30 pm -- Newton Cultural Center |
| March | 12 | Saving Your Original Wooden Windows Workshop Ryan Pirro of Restoration Windows 1-4 pm -- Historic Newton/Jackson Homestead & Museum |
| March | 21 | Environmental Speaker Series: Cape Wind: Making Massachusetts the 'First Mover' in Offshore Wind Power Mark Rodgers, Cape Wind Communications Director 7 pm -- Newton Free Library |
| March | 26 | Newton Unplugged & Connected 2011 Get Your Bike Ready for Spring 10am - 2pm -- War Memorial Triangle, Newton City Hall |
| April | 1 | EnviroJAM 6:30 - 9: 0 pm — Little Theater, Newton North High School |
| April | 6 | Newton Student Environmental Art Contest Awards Program 6:30 - 8:30 pm — Newton Cultural Center |
| April | 11 | Environmental Speaker Series: Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth Juliet Schor, Boston College Department of Sociology 7 pm -- Newton Free Library |
| April | 22 | Earth Day |
| April | 22 | Green Decade at Whole Foods |
| April | 22 | Rain Barrel Workshop at Whole Foods 916 Walnut St., Newton 1:00 – 3:00 pm |
| May | 15 | NewtonSERVES Day of Community Service Green Decade participation 9:00pm - 4:00pm |
| May | 16 | Environmental Speaker Series: The Green News Show and Environmental Leadership Awards 7 pm -- Newton Free Library |
| June | 20 | Environmental Speaker Series: Create a Nuclear Free Future with Hattie Nestel, nuclear power expert Monday 7 pm -- Newton Free Library |
| July | 19 | Evening on the Farm Newton Community Farm 6:30 - 9:00pm |
| July- October |
Newton Farmer’s Market or Green Decade at the Farmer's Market Tuesday 1:30-6:00 Cold Spring Park Friday 1:30-6:00 American Legion Post 440, California Street, Nonantum |
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| August | ||
| September | 10 | Open House – Newton Cultural Center Saturday, 9am - 4pm Newton Cultural Center, 225 Nevada Street |
| September | 11 | First official "Senior Bike Ride" Newton Senior Center, 345 Walnut Street |
| September | 12 | Performance of "A Sense of Wonder" Monday 7:00pm Shapiro Center, Brandeis University |
| September | 13 | Protect Your Groundwater Day Tuesday 7:00pm |
| September | 16 | Make your own rainbarrel workshop Friday 4:00pm - 7:00pm Whole Foods Market, 916 Walnut Street, Newton |
| September | 18 | Solar Turn On Party Sunday 4:00pm - 5:00pm |
| September | 24 | "Moving Planet", Climate Action Rally in Boston Saturday 3:50pm |
| September | 25 | 3rd Annual Touch-A-Truck Event Sunday, 11:00am - 3:00pm Newton South High School Parking Lot |
| September | 25 | Annual Harvest Festival Sunday, 11:00am - 3:00pm, rain or shine Newton Community Farm, 303 Nahanton Street |
| October | 16 | Green Solutions Expo Sunday, 11:00 – 5:00pm 492 Waltham Street, West Newton |
| October | 23 | Fall Home Energy Upgrade Forum Sunday, 3:00 – 4:30pm Newton Cultural Center |
| November | 19 | Is "Green" A Historic Paint Color A hands-on workshop 1-4 pm -- Historic Newton/Jackson Homestead & Museum Canceled—Will be rescheduled in the spring |
| December |