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Published 10/9/2010
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Upper Valley Takes Action
Against Global Warming
By Warren Johnston
Valley News Staff Writer
More than a dozen Upper Valley groups are joining an effort tomorrow
to raise awareness and energize millions of people worldwide in the
fight against global warming.
Upper Valley residents are joining others in all 50 states and 188
countries across the globe for work party events with activities
ranging from planting trees and raspberries, fixing bicycles, saving
energy, weatherizing houses and more. And there will be an equal
emphasis on the “party” as well as the “work” to get people actively
involved in preventing global warming, said Barbara Duncan, who heads
the Catamount Earth Institute, a community environmental action and
educational group.
“This is inspired by (author) Bill McKibben’s 350 organization that is
designed to get people out doing something about climate change,
rather than just going to a rally in Washington, D.C.,” Duncan said.
Earlier this week, 6,848 events had been planned globally, and the
number was growing, according to the website 350.org.
Today, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sharon will be holding a farmers market
and planting trees on the grounds of Sharon Elementary School. There
also will be weeding, mulching, the building of a solar oven for
classroom use and writing postcards to elected officials seeking
action on global warning.
Here’s some of what is going on tomorrow in the Upper Valley:
* As part of its eighth annual Pumpkin Festival, Cedar Circle Farm in
Thetford will hold a “bike-in” that includes bike check-ups and simple
repairs.
There also will be demonstrations of a bicycle-powered bean thrasher
and winter vegetable storage, as well as tours of the farm and of a
waste-recovery station.
There’s free admission to the festival if you bike, walk or take The
White River Flyer train from White River Junction to the farm. The
event is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 802-785-4737.
* Tunbridge is celebrating the Global Workday with events beginning at
1 p.m. and ending with a concert featuring Sarah Lee Guthrie and
Johnny Irion to benefit the Tunbridge Community Sustainability Fund.
From 1 to 3 p.m., there’s a working tour of the town forest to
eradicate invasive species.
The Grease Van (powered by waste vegetable oil) will take attendees
from 3 to 5 p.m. to area sites and residences that are actively using
or planning to use such renewable power as solar, wind, microhydro
power and others. A sustainability panel discussion and potluck dinner
will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The concert begins at 7:30. All the
events are held at the Town Hall and are free except the concert,
which is $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Call 802-431-3433.
* At noon, Transition Town Hartland is sponsoring a bike clinic, an
art show called Que Sera Hartland? at the Hartland Library, a wood-
fired pizza oven, a one-day 350-points meditation wheel and the
planting of 350 daffodils at the library. There’s no admission charge.
Call 802-738-0255.
* “The Raspberry Revolution” is taking place in White River Junction.
The event includes raspberry planting on South and North Main streets
from 1 to 5 p.m.; a community-wide celebration at Lyman Point Park
from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., with music, food, presentations and games and
from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m., the Revolution Fashion Show at the Tip Top
Café.
* VINS Nature Center in Quechee is holding a tree planting at 2:20 p.m.
* Smooth Power, an event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the green in
Woodstock, will include interactive activities for all ages to help
raise awareness and collaboration and engage people to work together
while having fun.
* COVER is sponsoring a home repair workday to help needy homeowners
in the Claremont area from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lunch, materials, safety
gear and tools are provided. No prior experience is required. Call
802-296-7241, ext. 104.
* The Thetford Energy Committee is sponsoring a day-long event to
complete 350 energy saving activities. The purpose of the project is
to teach children basic energy efficiency and resource-saving
activities that can save energy at home and reduce carbon emissions.
* The Lyme Energy Committee is holding an expo on the town green from
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. recognizing energy savings realized by using local
businesses and working from home.
* There are free discussions, workshops and demonstrations titled
“Creating a Green Community: How Do We Do It?” at the White River
Craft Center at the end of Randolph Avenue in Randolph from 10 a.m. to
2 p.m. The demonstrations include how to make an energy efficient
window quilt and how to make a spindle from used CDs to spin yarn,
among others.
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