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Apply Now! MUGatHOME Spring Session

January 25th, 2010

Boston Natural Areas Network (BNAN) announces the 2010 session of the Master Urban Gardener-AT HOME (MUGatHOME) program this spring. This new program in its second year trains backyard gardeners in sustainable residential gardening techniques suitable for urban spaces. The MUGatHOME course uses elements of the MUG program – 35 hours of free landscape training in exchange for 35 hours of volunteer service assisting other backyard gardeners. The next course takes place beginning Saturday, April 3, 2010, through Saturday, May 15 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The program is for Boston residents with yards, rooftops, decks and other small spaces to garden. It includes techniques for growing ornamentals and vegetables using environmentally friendly techniques. The program addresses design planning, urban soil remediation, plant selection and placement, composting, and much more.

The volunteer service bank of MUGatHOME provides opportunities for students to solidify their learning while serving the larger community. Both MUG programs will create a new larger group of urban stewards, informed and willing to help make Boston a greener city.

Apply now for MUGatHOME; the application deadline is March 5, 2010.
Download the MUGatHOME Application from the website or call BNAN at 617-542-7696 to have an application mailed to you. Complete the application and send in by mail: BNAN c/o Stewardship Manager, 62 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02110-1008; email; or fax: 617-542-0383.

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Lead Action Collaborative: Community Volunteer Day, Oct. 31

September 28th, 2009

RAIN DATE - volunteer with the Lead Action Collaborative to help prevent childhood lead poisoning in Boston!
When: Saturday October 31, 2009, 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM
*LUNCH PROVIDED FOR ALL VOLUNTEERS*
Where: Columbia Road, Dorchester – meet at 270 Columbia Road, in the parking lot of the Frederick Middle School

Since 1993 the Lead Action Collaborative (LAC) has played a leadership role in the fight to eliminate childhood lead poisoning in Boston. Childhood lead poisoning still affects hundreds of children in Boston every year. Made up of » Read more: Lead Action Collaborative: Community Volunteer Day, Oct. 31

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new green spots pop up all over dot

September 16th, 2009

A busy group in the Polish Triangle – the John W. McCormack Civic – dedicated the new “Sharon’s Park” on Columbia Road last September, which they designed and built as a tribute to the late Sharon Yokaitis, a community activist who passed away in 2002 at age 47.

The same busy folks are building a new park this year, the Washburn Howell Green Space – with its rain gardens it will be a new buffed-up spot of green on Dorchester Avenue. There is still lots to get done, and they are asking for help on the project, check out the Dorchester enviro events calendar for dates and times to get your hands dirty.

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Community Volunteer Day August 1st

July 31st, 2009

Volunteer with the Lead Action Collaborative to help prevent childhood
lead poisoning in Boston!
Childhood lead poisoning still affects hundreds of children in Boston
every year. The Lead Action Collaborative is conducting visual housing
surveys to identify homes in Boston’s high risk neighborhoods that are
likely to contain lead paint hazards. By identifying hazardous homes and
educating homeowners about resources, LAC is being proactive in
preventing children from being exposed to a toxic indoor environment.

When: Saturday August 1, 2009, 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM *LUNCH PROVIDED*

Where: Roxbury (meet in Franklin Park at El Parquesito de Hermandad
across from 440 Walnut Ave)

Who we are:
Since 1993 the Lead Action Collaborative (LAC) has played a leadership
role in the fight to eliminate childhood lead poisoning in Boston. Made
up of non-profit organizations, foundations, and government agencies,
LAC has been working to develop and implement strategies that will
greatly reduce the risk and eventually eliminate the likelihood that
children in Boston will test positive for lead poisoning.

For more information or to register, please contact Elizabeth Tanefis:
etanefis at hria.org or 617-279-2240 x530.

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Dorchester Beach Festival Saturday Aug 8, 11-4

July 24th, 2009

The Dorchester Beach Festival takes place rain or shine on Saturday, August 8, from 11 to 4. The festival is a one-day free outdoor event designed to celebrate and promote one of Dorchester’s natural gems, the Savin Hill/Malibu Beach area. A wide range of fun activities will also provide environmental, conservation and health information to the community. The festival’s free activities, such as lifeguard demonstrations, canoeing and sailing, bike safety instruction, and sun damage screening, are meant to promote health and wellness in the outdoors, as well as how to live sustainably through recycling and conservation.

Save the Harbor/Save the Bay grants support this and other free events on Boston area beaches this summer. “We have great beaches. It’s important to have great things for people to do on them,” said Bruce Berman of Save the Harbor. “The grants help people to do that.” The grant came from donations by The Boston Foundation, Comcast and National Grid.
Volunteers are needed to make this year’s Dorchester Beach Festival experience as wonderful as last year’s, which saw around 5,000 attendees. Click here to volunteer.